Whether you're looking for a career change, or aiming to enhance your options in your current career, we understand that attaining an MBA is a deeply personal, life-improving investment. That's why everything we do in our full-time MBA program is customized to your unique interests: whether it's elective courses that allow you to design your own curriculum that's specific to your goals; or individualized attention from both our world-renowned faculty and our award-winning career services (#2 in the world by the Financial Times). We believe – and invest heavily – in one-to-one attention and meaningful relationships. That's why you will partner with a dedicated career coach who will stay with you throughout your MBA journey, helping you to identify the right career path for you, and become the best possible version of yourself. You'll also have a committed Academy Director – an expert in the specific field you're interested in – who will serve as your personal mentor and will share inside industry knowledge with you and their own personal industry connections. In addition, you'll gain support, fresh insight and valuable tips from your second-year peer coach. And because we're not just interested in helping you land the job you're looking for but also refining your professional evolution and honing career management skills that last a lifetime, you will still be able to connect with our dedicated alumni career coach for ongoing resources, support and career guidance, long after you've returned into the working world.
These are just some of the reasons why we have developed a proven record of rewarding your investment.
An MBA As Unique as You Are
When you join our full-time MBA program, you'll gain a deep understanding of yourself—and your personal leadership style—even before your course work begins. Because at Kelley, we know that understanding yourself is the first step to becoming a business leader that others want to follow.
To enable this deeper understanding of your true aims and objectives, you'll take part in Me, Inc. – a personal and professional development initiative that runs the entire two weeks of orientation. This career management model provides an insightful head start on personal leadership, collaboration, and accountability and works through intense and intimate workshops that provide frank feedback from peers and coaches. This initiative – unique to Kelley – not only helps you to build your personal brand, it also allows you to focus on – and truly understand – what you want to do with your MBA while still at the very beginning of the career management process.
Once you enter your second semester, you'll receive specific career-path insight and guidance, allowing you to design your own academic curriculum – chosen from hundreds of electives – that will focus on what matters the most to you and your future.
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Life at Kelley
Named the #1 Best Community for Female MBAs, Kelley fosters a close-knit community of peers united by mutual respect and the desire to excel and form professional and personal networks that will last for the rest of your life. As part of the Kelley community, you'll benefit from our diverse student body and Big Ten Indiana University campus located in downtown Bloomington, Ind.— named one of America's most beautiful college campuses and a top college town by publications including the New York Times and Travel & Leisure.
Largest business school network in the world
Once you become part of the Kelley family, become part of the world's largest business school network – with more than 112,000 responsive alumni — connecting you with graduates and business leaders working at top companies around the globe.
More MBA Options
In addition to our prestigious Full-Time MBA Program, we also offer:
Online MBA: Through Kelley Direct Programs, our online MBA, the first offered by a top business school, is currently ranked #1 by Princeton Review.
Contact
James Holmen
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Address
1275 East Tenth Street, Suite 2010
Bloomington, IN 47405-1703
United States
Bloomington, IN 47405-1703
United States
Phone
812-855-8006
Fax
812-855-9039
Email
iumba@indiana.edu
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Admissions
Admissions
Overview
Applicants: 1,173
Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average Undergrad GPA 3.33
Years Work Experience: 6.4
Average Age: 30
Test Scores
GMAT (25th and 75th percentiles)
650 - 710
GPA
3.06 - 3.57
Deadlines
Round 1
October 15
Round 2
January 5
Round 3
March 1
Round 4
April 15
Other Admission Factors
Academic
GMAT Score
Undergraduate GPA
Essay / Personal Statement
Non-Academic
School Type And Accreditation
School Type
Public
AACSB-approved
Yes
Selectivity Rating
Academics
Academics
Overall
From the School
Degrees Offered
Academic Programs
Our unique MBA Academies add an intense industry focus and hands-on career experience to your academic training—a huge advantage to you in your job search. In essence, our Academies bridge what you learn in the classroom and help you understand how to apply it in your field during your internship and post-MBA career. Heavily focused on experiential learning, your Academy will give you the career-related experience recruiters look for including: company-based consulting projects, leadership opportunities, nationwide corporate visits, and networking with industry veterans.
Global Experiences and Reach
Our program ensures that you'll gain international business leadership skills in the classroom and on location:
- We offer more than 20 formal exchange programs on five continents as part of our Partnership in International Management (PIMs).
- You'll have the opportunity to lead and design our Global Business and Social Enterprise (GLOBASE) program, allowing you to work directly with entrepreneurs in emerging economies to solve real-world problems.
Program Types
Full-Time
Yes
Part-Time
No
Evening
Yes
Executive
No
Online
Yes
Faculty Information
Student/Faculty
13:1
Total Faculty
140
96
Full-time
24
Female
6
Underrepresented Minorities
4
Part-time
Students Say
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business offers a reputed full-time MBA program along with an online MBA program where students can study at satellite programs in “Washington, D.C., Gaborone, Sao Paolo, Beijing, New Delhi, Myanmar, or Johannesburg.” Students can also choose to pursue a dual MS degree in business analytics, finance, global supply chain management, marketing, or strategic management. The “accessibility and quality” of the faculty and staff is considered one of “the best attributes of the MBA program” by many of its students. The “accounting and finance faculty,” in particular, “represent two of the best departments in the country.” There is a “strong sense of continuous improvement within the school” as “extremely accessible” and “responsive” faculty and staff are “willing to experiment with new ways to improve the student experience.” Professors are “able to teach theoretical academic disciplines while also relating them to current events.” “I was looking for an MBA program that focused on application of concepts and soft skill development,” says one student, “and I have certainly found both of those through Kelley’s academic offering[s].” Kelley has “established a solid curriculum, team of professors, and company network in Marketing (both B2C and B2B) and in Business Analytics.” The Strong Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship is one of the best in the country for entrepreneurship and the “reputation and caliber of the Consumer Marketing Academy is unmatched.” Furthermore, students say, the “extra focus on future career[s] through the academy structure” truly “differentiates the program.”
Concentrations
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
JD/MBA - Dual Degree
Leadership/Management
Marketing
MS/MBA - Dual Degree
Supply Chain Management
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
JD/MBA - Dual Degree
Leadership/Management
Marketing
MS/MBA - Dual Degree
Supply Chain Management
Specialized Masters
Accounting
Data Analytics
Finance
Healthcare Administration
Information Systems/Information Technology
Leadership/Management
Taxation
Data Analytics
Finance
Healthcare Administration
Information Systems/Information Technology
Leadership/Management
Taxation
Certificate Programs
International Business
Product Management
Social Enterprise
Product Management
Social Enterprise
Center for Research
Economics
Entrepeneurship
Healthcare Administration
Information Systems/Information Technology
International Business
Leadership/Management
Marketing
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management
Entrepeneurship
Healthcare Administration
Information Systems/Information Technology
International Business
Leadership/Management
Marketing
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management
Specialities of Faculty
Academic specialties of faculty
URL
Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation
Supply Chain & Operations
Business Analytics
Strategic Analysis of Accounting Information
Six Industry-Focused 1st-Year Academies
Leadership & Entrepreneurship/2nd-Year Academies
Sustainability
Courses in Sustainability
Yes
Sustainability course is
Optional
Description
https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/courses/course.cshtml?ID=BUS-W510
BUS-W 510 Social Enterprise Design and Sustainability
This course is intended to familiarize students who are not environmental specialists with relevant facts and analyses on this recent environmentalism evolution. The course will focus on the challenges associated with climate change in both developed and developing countries, as well as new opportunities this creates for innovative thinking.
Research Opportunities in Sustainability
Yes
Description
Our Global Business and Social Enterprise (GLOBASE) program often offers team consulting projects with a sustainability focus in emerging markets. In 202-23, our clients are based in Botswana, Greece, and Indonesia.
School's environmental commitment 1:
Kelley School created the Institute for Social Impact
http://www.kelley.iu.edu/isi/
School's environmental commitment 2:
The Kelley School's new/renovated construction which is LEED Gold certified.
School's environmental commitment 3:
The school offers a course in Sustainable Operations.
Careers
Careers
Career Overview
From The School
We work hard to prepare our students for the evolving job market – it's one of the reasons why the Financial Times ranked us #5 in the world for career placement. Kelley students graduate ready to work and are prepared to make a difference from day one. That's why top companies from across the nation come to campus to hire our students—typically 94% of our fulltime MBA graduates have job offers within three months of graduation. Our placement is coast to coast and global, with Kelley graduates employed in 105 countries and on five continents.
Average Starting Salary
$121,999
Accepted employment by 3 months after graduation
95%
Finding Jobs & Internships
Source Of Full-Time Job Acceptances
79%
School Facilitiated
21%
Graduate Facilitated
Source Of Internship Acceptances
83%
School Facilitiated
17%
Graduate Facilitiated
Graduates Employed by Area of Practice
36%
Marketing
21%
Consulting
12%
General Management
10%
Operations/Logistics
11%
Finance/Accounting
6%
Other
4%
Information Technology
Graduates Employed by Region
41%
Midwest
28%
West
14%
Northeast
8%
Mid-Atlantic
5%
South
3%
International
2%
Southwest
Students Say
The school’s academy structure and associated projects allow students to “understand…brand management and different company cultures” and prepare students for their summer internships. Kelley is known for their “top-ranked” career services team. Students emphasize the particular strength of the “CPG marketing…in terms of recruitment.” There is a “broad portfolio of companies that visit campus,” but Kelley’s strong marketing focus means there is less emphasis on tech recruitment and more “placement in consumer good companies.” The school has strong relationships with companies like Procter & Gamble, ConAgra, Nestle, and General Mills, who actively recruit on campus. The faculty does an “excellent job bringing in alumni who have been successful at multiple levels in an organization to teach real world methods and give us a personal look into what it would be like to work at their company.”
Job Function
| Job Function | % of Grads Seeking Employment Who Accept Jobs w/in 3 Months |
Median Salary | Mean Salary | Low Base Salary | High Base Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing / Sales | 36% | $115,000 | $115,603 | $80,000 | $157,000 |
| Consulting | 21% | $150,000 | $140,000 | $90,000 | $160,000 |
| General Management | 12% | $124,250 | $120,597 | $102,663 | $140,000 |
| Finance / Accounting | 11% | $116,500 | $114,967 | $70,000 | $150,000 |
| Operations / Logistics | 10% | $110,000 | $111,833 | $73,000 | $130,000 |
| Other | 6% | $120,000 | $121,999 | $75,000 | $130,000 |
| Information Technology | 4% | $130,000 | $128,333 | $110,000 | $145,000 |
Industries
| Industries | % of Grads Seeking Employment Who Accept Jobs w/in 3 Months |
Median Salary | Mean Salary | Low Base Salary | High Base Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | 23% | $130,000 | $123,859 | $80,000 | $157,000 |
| Consulting | 16% | $155,000 | $142,500 | $90,000 | $160,000 |
| Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology / Healthcare | 14% | $119,000 | $119,545 | $115,000 | $130,000 |
| Consumer Products | 13% | $110,000 | $109,636 | $83,000 | $135,000 |
| Financial Services | 10% | $123,500 | $121,091 | $93,500 | $150,000 |
| Manufacturing | 9% | $105,600 | $111,871 | $92,500 | $140,000 |
| Other | 2% | ||||
| Government | 1% | ||||
| Real Estate | 1% |
Prominent Alumni
David Ricks
MBA'96, Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly & Company
Anton Vincent
MBA '93, President, Mars Wrigley
Joo Youn Boe
MBA ?00, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Janet Foutty
BS '88, MBA '91, Executive Chair of the Board, Deloitte US
Derica Rice
MBA '90, Executive VP, CVS Health; President, CVS Caremark
Tuition & Aid
Tuition & Aid
Dates
Application Deadlines
Jan 5
Financial Aid Statistics
Average Aid Package
$49,787
Average Scholarship / Grant Aid Package
$35,423
Students Receiving Some Form Of Aid
97%
All Students Receiving Scholarships / Grants
97%
New Students Receiving Some Form Of Aid
96%
New Students Receiving Scholarships / Grants
96%
New Students Receiving Loans
42%
Tuition Full-Time (per year)
Tuition (In-State)
$28,143
Tuition (Out-State)
$52,483
Fees (In-State)
$2,286
Fees (Out-State)
$2,286
Expenses per Academic Year
Estimated Room And Board On-Campus
$14,904
Estimated Room And Board Off-Campus
$14,904
Academic Expenses
$1,950
Student Body
Student Body
Student Body Profile
Total Full-Time Enrollment
322
Part Time
0%
In State
10.0%
Out of State
90.0%
Foreign Countries Represented
28
Demographics
11.00%
Underrepresented Minorities
36.00%
International
32% female
68% male
Campus Life
Students Say
In Bloomington, “Hoosier life is great.” Among the “best undergraduate music program[s] in the country,” Kelley provides an array of affordable and diverse performances, and a “multitude of clubs…cover a wide array of interests and associations,” including “wine…and food,” “the outdoors,” social organizations across specific racial/ethnic groups, and “an MBA Association that hosts events ranging from professional development to happy hours.” Women feel especially “empowered” and “supported” at Kelley. The president of the Women’s Club said she and her peers gained “visibility” with the dean’s office. Students with children and partners benefit from the “Kelley Partner’s Club and Kelley Kids Club, “a tight-knit community…that supports each other with babysitting, activities, and friendship.” Indiana University, of course, provides “Big 10 athletics,” but even those who aren’t sports fans can enjoy events ranging “from diversity talent showcases to gender equality discussions,” and if they have time “they can volunteer with local food banks and other non-profits.” Students also have many international and traveling opportunities, through “academy trips,” “company visits and treks,” “study abroad,” and “GLOBASE, a semester-long opportunity for students to work with international clients, which culminates in consulting in-country over spring break.”
More Information
% of Classrooms with Internet Access
100%
Campus-wide Internet Network
Yes
Internet Access for All Students
Yes
