Enrollment: 1,005
Average GMAT: 627.00
GMAT Range (25-75%): 590-660
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.40
Regular Application Deadline: 04/01
Rolling Admission: No
School Type: Public
Average Age: 28.00
Average Work Experience (months): 65
Student Faculty Ratio: 13:1

Part Time Program: Yes
Evening Program: Yes
Executive MBA Program Offered: Yes
Total Faculty: 105

Average Starting Salary: $70,000.00
Hired Consulting: 7%
Hired Finance: 37%
Hired Operations: 2%
Hired Marketing: 12%

Out-of-State Tuition: $20,772.00
In-State Tuition: $7,992.00
Financial Aid Deadline: 05/01
Students Receiving Some Aid: 57%
Average Annual Total Financial Aid: $23,000.00

School Says - General Information
Educating leaders for more than 125 years, the University of Connecticut (UConn) is ranked among the top 5% of business schools worldwide according to Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. UConnÂ's highly regarded MBA Program exposes students to a wide array of complex, real-world business experiences. This comprehensive, integrated approach to graduate management education allows you to put into practice what you are learning in the classroom and provides you with extraordinary insight into todayÂ's unique business challenges. Not only does this preparation equip you to be a better leader, but it's also what gives you the competitive edge over other candidates at the recruiting table.

School Says - Student Body
UConn MBA students come from a wide variety of undergraduate institutions, both domestic and international. Their undergraduate degrees represent majors in many diverse areas Ââ€" from engineering and English, sciences and fine arts, to business to economics. In a typical class of students, 40 percent are women, the average age is 28, and approximately 30 percent are international students. Friendliness and informality characterize student life at the main campus. Social and professional organizations, including the Graduate Business Association (GBA), offer a variety of activities to satisfy the needs of students.

School Says - Academics
The full-time MBA program at UConn offers students a practical, comprehensive business education that truly integrates basic business fundamentals with innovative experiential learning. This carefully blended curriculum is what yields the highly desirable real-world experience that today's global businesses demand.

The curriculum includes fundamental business courses, an Internship Milestone, experiential learning opportunities and focused concentrations which include Finance, Health Care Management & Insurance Studies, Marketing Intelligence, Operations & Information Management, Real Estate, and Venture Consulting.

School Says - Admissions
Admission to UConn's MBA program is very competitive. The minimum requirements for admission include two years of postgraduate professional work experience; a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent, from a four-year accredited institution; and a total GMAT score of at least 560. For international students whose native language is not English, a TOEFL score of at least 233 (computer-based) is required. The application deadline for international applicants is February 1 and for domestic applicants, April 1.

School Says - Campus Life
UConn students study in state-of-the-art research and learning facilities. Classrooms and meeting spaces are outfitted with broad multimedia capability reflecting the School's commitment to meet the demands of the information era.

Students Say - Academics
An "innovative curriculum" that emphasizes experiential learning is the hallmark of the MBA program at the University of Connecticut, providing students with "tremendous opportunities to integrate classroom learning with real-life business problem-solving." No wonder students tell us that UConn "offers a high-level education at state school cost, along with many highly appealing academic programs." To top it all off, a "premium location close to financial centers such as Boston, New York City, and Hartford" makes the job-search process at the end of the program that much easier.
Experiential learning opportunities at UConn include various "learning accelerators," which include "consulting assignments for a variety of Connecticut firms"; the Student Managed Fund, which "provides students an opportunity to put their financial skills into practice by investing $1 million of real cash"; and the GE edgelab, which partners the university with GE to "leverage the expertise and research backgrounds of distinguished UConn School of Business faculty and MBAs to provide unbiased perspective and strategic insights to GE businesses."
UConn's strengths include "an exceptional real estate department," a "highly rated operations and information management department," a "terrific marketing department," and a solid finance program. Students also report that "new initiatives in entrepreneurship are being implemented," and that "an international concentration is under discussion." Students in all areas benefit from small classes that promote "individualized attention from faculty and the opportunity to build a closer network with peers."
The school supplements this with "excellent facilities." The program is growing, and students say "The school's administration is handling the business school's expansion very well. I am constantly surprised by their accessibility and by the fact that they know everyone's name."

Students Say - Admissions
UConn classifies its MBA admissions as "highly competitive." Applicants typically have GMAT scores of at least 560 and an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0. They have at least 2 full years of post-undergraduate professional experience and have completed a college-level calculus course. Students who don't meet these standards are nonetheless encouraged to apply, particularly if their professional or life experiences will enrich the classroom experience. Applicants must submit the following materials: an application form, completed online; official transcripts from the student's degree-granting undergraduate institution and from any graduate programs attended; an official GMAT score report; two letters of recommendation from professional supervisors or mentors; and a current resume.
International applicants must meet the above requirements and must also submit professional translations and interpretations of transcripts in languages other than English. Students whose native language is not English must submit an official TOEFL score report (minimum score: 575, paper-based test; 233, computer-based test; 90-91, Internet-based test).

Students Say - Campus Life
"Facilities are excellent within the business school" at UConn, which recently relocated its MBAs to "a brand-new building with state-of-the-art equipment." Students tell us that "food selection on campus is great, group meeting space is great, and there is plenty of easily accessible space to meet for team projects." A "new student union is great and provides lots of activities for commuter students."
Life on campus in Storrs "is very fun. People help each other out, there aren't really any cliques, and everyone talks to everyone. We are one big happy 'family.' Every Thursday night our whole class goes to happy hour together, and it's a great way to unwind after a week of classes." Also, the program's Graduate Business Association "works hard and provides many events." The active campus life helps make up for the fact that Storrs "is in the middle of nowhere" and is "pretty small, so if anyone wants big-city style, this may not be the place for them." Students say they feel "very safe around campus."
UConn provides on-campus housing for some MBAs. Students love the convenience, telling us that "the shuttle comes right to the door, the apartments are clean, and the building is quiet." Not all students live on or near campus, of course. Many "have a long commute or are married and/or have children, and they tend to be less involved in activities on campus, but those that live on campus or are younger/single socialize a lot." UConn draws MBAs "from all over the world, and they make the program ethnically diverse. UConn has a great engineering program, a law school, and a medical school. Many of those students cross over into the MBA program. It makes for a wonderful experience in the classroom."

Students Say - Careers
Connecticut MBAs agree that their Career Services Office does a good job of bringing insurance industry and finance recruiters to campus, but in other areas they see shortcomings. One student writes,: "The school needs to improve placement in larger investment banking firms. Not enough is done to help students contact alumni [who] would be willing to help them. They only just now got an alumni database together that students can access." For others, placement in internships is "the issue many people are facing right now. More needs to be done to ensure that first-years have a summer internship and second-years have a job." Some here feel that "the Career Services Office is "overworked," and that the office "needs a larger staff that can recruit companies to recruit students on campus."
Employers who most frequently hire Connecticut MBAs include United Technologies, CIGNA, IBM, Travelers, GE, The Hartford, Citigroup, ESPN, Aetna, General Dynamics and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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