Our focus is creating business experts with an instant edge — to put students on the path to leadership and long-term career advancement.
The Full-time Wisconsin MBA
In fall 2004, the School of Business enrolled its first class in a new, full-time MBA program based on highly focused career specializations. Students have a common core curriculum that occupies most of their first year. Specialized preparation begins the first semester of the program and is the primary focus the second year. Centers of Expertise providing additional resources are being developed around each career specialization. The goal is to become the school of choice for students with a clear career focus.
Wisconsin’s new, highly specialized model is gaining national attention and has received favorable feedback from students and recruiters. A survey of first-year students found a 90 percent overall satisfaction rate with the new program.
Our most recent placement data have also shown improvement relative to peer schools. We are confident that our new program is the best direction for our students and that our progress will be reflected in national media rankings that focus on actual outcomes.
A key feature of the Wisconsin MBA is real-world focus. In the past year, Wisconsin MBA students have managed multi-million dollar stock, bond and real estate portfolios, conceived and launched real businesses, conducted market research for leading companies, managed a portfolio of real estate securities and provided in-depth valuation analysis of patents or acquisition targets for real companies, among other notable applied projects.
MBA Career Specializations
- Applied Corporate Finance (Nicholas Center)
- Applied Security Analysis (Hawk Center)
- Arts Administration (Bolz Center)
- Brand and Product Management (Center for Brand and Product Management)
- Entrepreneurial Management (Weinert Center)
- Information Systems
- Marketing Research (A.C. Nielsen Center)
- Operations and Technology Management (Erdman Center)
- Real Estate (Center for Real Estate)
- Risk Management and Insurance
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Strategic Management in the Life and Engineering Sciences
- Supply Chain Management (Grainger Center)
| Tuition (Per semester as of fall 2004) |
|
|---|---|
| Resident | $4,888 |
| Non-resident | $12,607 |
| CLASS PROFILE | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 167 |
118 |
112 |
112 |
| Average GMAT | 632 |
662 |
658 |
659 |
| Years of work exp. | 4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
| Average Age | 28 |
28 |
28 |
27 |
| Women | 30% |
33% |
30% |
35% |
| Minority | 13% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
| International | 32% |
30% |
22% |
22% |
| MBA RANKINGS | 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. News | 36 |
35 |
46 |
46 |
36 |
37 |
| Business Week | 31-50 |
31-50 |
31-50 |
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| Financial Times* | 35 |
40 |
42 |
49 |
38 |
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| * among U.S. schools | ||||||
| ** not enough responses from alumni received to qualify for ranking in 2005 | ||||||
| EMPLOYMENT REPORT FOR MBA AND MS STUDENTS | 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Salary for Full-time Positions | ||||
| Average | $68,852 |
$72,720 |
$74,332 |
|
| Median | $70,000 |
$73,000 |
$80,000 |
|
| Range | $30,000-$102,000 |
$40,000-$120,000 |
$25,000-$110,000 |
|
| Sign-on Bonus | ||||
| % who received | 52% |
49% |
62% |
|
| Average | $11,903 |
$9,666 |
$9,961 |
|
| Median | $12,750 |
$10,000 |
$7,500 |
|
| Other Guaranteed Compensation | ||||
| % who received | 10% |
13% |
3% |
|
| Average | $11,163 |
$17,636 |
$4,200 |
|
| Median | $5,000 |
$10,000 |
$4,200 |
|
| Salaries reflect U.S. and international placements. | ||||
 Figures are for master’s students who graduated from the School of Business in August/December 20, 2003 and 2004 and May 2003, 2004 and 2005 with either an MBA or MS degree. |
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Looking Ahead
An MBA Academic Integrity Policy Honor Code, designed with substantial input from students, faculty and staff, will be implemented during the 2005-06 school year. The first class admitted to the new Wisconsin MBA graduates in spring 2006.