PROGRAM BASICS
Master of Business Administration
Max M. Fisher College of Business
100 Gerlach Hall,
2108 Neil Ave
Columbus , Ohio 43210
Program Web site:
Status:
Public Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
Years in which the following programs were founded:
Full-time MBA: 1933
Part-time MBA : 1933
Undergraduate business program: 1916
Executive MBA: 1999
Executive Education (non-degree): 1955
PhD program: 1924
PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident : $ 47,277
Nonresident : $ 77,745
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 26,952
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $ 26,952
PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
21
ENROLLMENT
Graduate business school enrollment
Total graduate business school: 927
Full-time MBA: 274
Part-time MBA: 326
Executive MBA: 52
PhD program: 66
Other: 261
Undergraduate business school enrollment
5,663
Graduate degree programs:
Master of Accounting
master of Human resources
Other graduate degree programs:
Master in Business Logistics Engineering Master of Business Operational Excellence
ADMISSIONS
Application Deadlines
November 15,2008 December 31, 2008 March 15, 2009 May 30, 2009
Does the program have rolling admissions?
Yes
Is proficiency in English required for admission?
Yes
Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?
Yes
Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?
IELTS
TOEFL Computer Based
TOEFL Internet Based Test
TOEFL Paper-based Test
U Michigan Language Test
Other: N/A
Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:
600
Relative importance: Application Elements
GMAT Score:
Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Important
Application Essays:
Important
Interviews:
Not Considered
Recommendations:
Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Important
APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
802
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
31 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
58 %
Applicant interviews are:
By invitation only
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
APPLICANT POOL
International applications received:
65 %
Applications from women received:
30 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 52,327
Median base salary forgone:
$ 50,000
CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:
Female: 27 %
International: 33 %
Ethnicity/US Students in Program
African American: 6 %
Asian American: 13 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 64 %
Chose not to report: 16 %
Students from following regions:
Entering North American citizens by region:
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
50
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
48
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From: 14
To: 84
Median age of entering class:
26
Mean age of entering class:
27
FINANCIAL AID
Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Central financial aid office at the university
Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
85 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:
75 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 21,255
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 17,255
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
academic merit
some other criteria
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
23
How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
all candidates are considered for scholarship
Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$ 7,592
Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:
100 %
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
No
Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:
$ 30,000
GMAT
Applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
Mean : 674
Median: 680
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From: 620
To: 730
CLASS OFFERINGS
Average students in a full-time MBA core class:
70
Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:
32
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
132
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:
Applied Enterprise and Risk Management
Financial Engineering
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Organization Turnarounds
International Accounting
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2008
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Accounting
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Health Care Administration
Human Resource Management
International Business
Marketing
Operations Management
Portfolio Management
Real Estate
Strategy
Other: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND REPORTING; CUSTOM-DESIGNED -more
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/JD (Law)
MBA/MD (Medicine)
MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
Other
Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No
FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
173
Full-time faculty
Tenured: 59
Non-Tenured: 49
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty
Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 65
Women on Faculty
Tenured: 13
Non-Tenured: 13
Minority Faculty
Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 13
International Faculty
Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 10
Faculty with PhDs
Tenured: 59
Non-Tenured: 38
Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
6 %
Faculty who have owned their own business:
0 %
STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Entrepreneurship
Environmental
Finance
Human Resources
Investment Banking
Manufacturing
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
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used
Case study: 25 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 20 %
Lecture: 25 %
Simulations: 5 %
Team Project: 25 %
Other: 0 %
Requirements for graduation:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
Other
Additional graduation requirements:
Students must complete 98 Quarter Hours
TECHNOLOGY
Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?
Yes
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Designed & implemented admitted student web portal; Upgraded enterprise messaging; Redesigned computer labs with group areas; Implemented network admission control; Added redundant SAN with 57TB; Enhanced classrooms with annotation monitor, touch panel room controls with X-Panel and improved projection equipment; Expanded video conference plant to HiDef audio/video plus people and content including HiDef end points; Expanded IP recording capabilities to six concurrent sessions including content.
Amount spent:
$ 7,586,115
ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
8,987
Active MBA alumni clubs
16
Countries in which MBA clubs exist
4
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
7 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$ 1,744
Median gift from MBA alumni
$ 75
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?
No
Business School Endowment
$ 105,800,000
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:
Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 86 %
Graduates not seeking employment: 7 %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7 %
Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 63 %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 25 %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 0 %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 0 %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 12 %
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination: National Black MBA Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: National Hispanic MBA Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Orlando
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Wall Street
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Chicago
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Primary Source of Job Offer
School-facilitated activities: 79 %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 17 %
No information provided by graduate: 4 %
Job Offers for 2008 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 79 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 15 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 5 %
Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:
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Deloitte Touche Tomatsu |
4 |
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International Bus. Machines |
3 |
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Limited Brands |
3 |
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Boston Consulting Group |
1 |
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Nationwide |
7 |
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Sears Holdings |
7 |
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Wipro technologies |
4 |
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Accenture |
3 |
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Oracle |
3 |
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Sterling Commerce |
3 |
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Ashland Chemical |
2 |
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dunnhumbyUSA |
2 |
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Emerson |
2 |
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NetJets |
2 |
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United Airlines |
2 |
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Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
65 %
Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $ 89,584
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $ 90,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 14,738
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 14,625
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 18,625
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 15,400
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 18 %
Finance/Accounting: 24 %
General Management: 8 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 23 %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0 %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 18 %
Other: 9 %
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0 %
Consulting: 16 %
Consumer Products: 17 %
Financial Services: 20 %
Manufacturing: 11 %
Media/Entertainment: 1 %
Non-Profit: 0 %
Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 2 %
Real Estate: 2 %
Technology: 15 %
Other: 12 %
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa: 0 %
Asia: 2 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 96 %
Oceana: 0 %
Western Europe: 2 %
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast: 7 %
Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
South: 6 %
Southwest: 3 %
Midwest: 73 %
West: 4 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %
Top Companies – Internships:
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Limited Brands |
5 |
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Ford Motor |
4 |
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Procter & Gamble |
4 |
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Deloitte Touche Tomatsu |
3 |
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Kimberly-Clark |
3 |
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Nestle |
2 |
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Nationwide |
8 |
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Dow Chemical |
6 |
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Sears Holdings |
5 |
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Johnson & Johnson |
4 |
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Hexion Specialty Chemicals |
3 |
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Whirlpool |
3 |
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American Electric Power |
2 |
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Motorola |
2 |
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Scotts |
2 |
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Internships awarded that are paid:
100 %
Mean and median intern compensation per week:
Mean : 1,286
Median: 1,339
Average internship length in weeks:
12
SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
Additional Formal Concentrations: LOGISTICS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT; SERVICES MANAGEMENT; SIX SIGMA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BUSINESS ANALYTICS; Sustainability
The small class size provides ample opportunity for learning, leadership experience, and networking. — Marketing
Fisher truly delivers on its promise of the benefits of a small class size without sacrificing the access to an excellent recruiter base. — Marketing
Over the past 18 months, I have learned from world-renown faculty, interacted with senior leadership at Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, and networked with a tight-knit group of MBA’s. I�ve also had access to the entire Ohio State University community for programming and additional classes. I couldn’t imagine having gone to another program. — Consulting
Because Fisher is a small program, some classes have limited availability. — Finance
The regional recruiting base meant that students looking for careers outside the Midwest had to work extra hard on their own, which was the case for me. But the raw resources were available to achieve the ends I sought. — Consulting
Having lived in Ohio prior to starting my MBA, I am proud to be enrolled in Ohio’s most prestigious and highest-ranked MBA program. My ability to qualify for in-state tuition and some financial assistance over and above that has made this degree very affordable with an incredible ROI, in terms of salary and other professional benefits. — Marketing
I did not have a business background prior to attending b-school, and I also knew I would be pursuing a non-traditional career path: HR in the non-profit sector. Fisher allowed me to customize my curriculum and take classes outside the business college. — Nonprofit
The faculty was outstanding. A review of their resumes will reveal excellent experience and alumni from the top business schools in the world. — Finance
Some professors are not very good at teaching, and some students did not display the kind of behavior you’d expect to see at an MBA school (i.e., no sense of responsibility). Fisher also recruited many students who did not have work experience. — Operations
School has diversity but lacks inclusion. Many minority and international students felt they did not fit in due to lack of inclusion from domestic students, which is mostly made up of Ohio residents. — Operations
Fisher’s association with Ohio State is a major asset, as every corner of the world has an OSU alum who will warmly welcome a contact from another Buckeye. This is a treasure many “larger” programs can’t truly boast about. — Information Technology
The program is very nicely structured and classes are good, but some of the admission focus is shifting to young and very young students being admitted to the course with minimal experience, which can lead to immature class behavior. — Consulting
Although I had some issues and was to some degree a �problem child,� the Fisher faculty stuck with me. I wouldn’t trade that environment for the world. — Marketing
Of all the schools that I applied to, Ohio State was the most welcoming. Schools that I had interviewed at were disrespectful to me if they thought I didn’t fit into their �mold.� Ohio State valued the unique qualities and experiences I brought to the table. — Finance
The school needs more diversity in the companies that recruit here. Nearly everyone is from the Midwest. — Marketing
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