The Kelley MBA – Indiana University
The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University offers a two-year MBA program. The program is relatively small in size with its strengths being mostly in the fields of marketing and entrepreneurship. Considerably, tuition is reasonably priced, and the school gives some scholarships to a good portion of the students.
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Percent of Hires in Each Industry:
- Technology 22.7%
- Consulting 16.4%
- Healthcare 13.6%
Median Starting Salary per industry:
- Consulting – $155K
- Financial – $122K
- Technology – $120K
- Consumer – $105K
- Health Care – $107K
- Manufacturing – $110K
- Retail – $130K
Marketing, (Entrepreneurship)
The program provides much personal attention to its students through individual guidance and advising on career choice. It helps them connect and network with professors and alums from their career fields.
The school’s alumni include the following prominent individuals, with current or past positions in parentheses: Brad Alford (CEO of Nestle USA), Jeff Fettig (CEO of Whirlpool), John Chambers (CEO and President of Cisco Systems) and Mark Cuban (Owner of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks).
- May be good for someone looking for personal attention, individualized guidance
- Good chance of getting a scholarship- more than half the students receive financial aid, with awards ranging from $5,000 to full tuition.
- Relatively low tuition for top school (Tuition and Fees for entire program as of 2008, not including living expenses – $76,440
- Open to career switchers- emphasis on networking, learning new industry
- Offer 3-year MBA/MA in Telecommunications for people interested in media management, multimedia design, or telecommunications law.
- Requires a 4-year degree.
- People holding a non-U.S. MBA can apply
- High quality facilities including advanced trading room
- Emphasize individualized attention and guidance, helping students decide on their career path, familiarizing them with their chosen area, and connecting them with a network.
- This is done through the Academy system, which provides many resources in your chosen area, and pairs you with a professor who is an expert in that field.
- Offer Graduate Assistantships to over 150 students each academic year. If awarded an assistantship, work either 5 or 12 hours a week with professors and staff within the school. The total value of the two-year graduate assistantship award ranges from $10,200 to $31,800.
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- $90,000
- $120,000
- $44,000
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- $7,500