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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
52

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
40

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
77

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Leadership and Professional Development
Managing the Global Corporate Tax Rate

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2009

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

Other

  Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Strategy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
162

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 104
Non-Tenured: 33

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
N/A

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 29
Non-Tenured: 15

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 18
Non-Tenured: 16

International Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 14

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 119

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STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Nonprofit

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Experiential Learning: 20  %
Lectures: 30  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 10  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
Students must complete a minimum number of credits and participate in an Enterprise experience where they work alongside professionals at client organizations on high-profile business projects

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
New Undergraduate building includes fully upgraded classroom technology. Laptop program has full Help Desk hardware support and repairs, and breakout rooms with plasma screens. Upgraded all student lab computers and printers. Web based applications support student & admin services including online: program and scholarship applications, alumni directory and career services. Expanded storage, research computing platform and databases; Expanded wireless network; Added webcast capabilities, including remote automated webcast. Upgraded distance learning facilities.

Amount spent:
$  3,300,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
14,683

Active MBA alumni clubs:
78

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
17

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

Business school endowment
$  117,100,000

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/umn

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
https://carlsonschool.umn.edu.affinitycircles.com

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 68  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 32  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: New York, NY
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Chicago, IL
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: San Francisco, CA
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: NSHMBA Annual Conference and Career Expo
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: NBMBAA Annual Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: partial

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Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 43  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 20  %
No information provided by graduate: 37  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
65

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
297

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 71  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 13  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 14  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 63  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 20  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Cummins   6
Deloitte   5
General Mills   3
Ecolab   2
Target   2
Johnson & Johnson   2
Kurt Salmon   2
Samsung   1
Polaris   1
Boston Scientific   1
McKinsey   1
Thomson Reuters   1
Kimberly Clark   1
Valspar   1
Robert W. Baird   1

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Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
87  %

Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary: $  92,601
Median base salary: $  90,000
Mean signing bonus: $  19,500
Median signing bonus: $  17,500
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  9,571
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  6,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 30  %
Finance/Accounting: 27  %
General Management: 3  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 34  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 3  %
Other: 3  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Consulting: 25  %
Consumer Products: 22  %
Financial Services: 9  %
Manufacturing: 16  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13  %
Other: 15  %

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Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 3  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 97  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 7  %
Mid-Atlantic: 3  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest: 90  %
West: 0  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Boston Scientific   4
General Mills   4
Sears   3
Intel   3   3M   2
Thomson Reuters   2
Inclusion Inc   2
Education Pioneers   2
Zimmer Spine   1
Target   1
AGA Medical   1
Medtronic   1
Nestle   1
Cummins   1
United Health Group   1

Internships awarded that are paid:
79  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,114
        Median: $ 1,000

Average internship length in weeks:
12