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Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Leadership

Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average


Credits required to graduate:
73

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Recently added electives:
New Venture Consulting
Int'l Management Study Tour Ghana
Strategic Market Analysis
Marketing Metrics
Business to Business Marketing

Last curriculum revision:
2004

Recent curriculum changes:
N/A

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Leadership

  Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?
No

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 35  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 45  %
Team Projects: 10  %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:
12

Teachers in the part-time program:
108

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
30

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:
71  %

Average core class size:
30

Average elective class size:
26

Electives available:
70

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STUDENT LIFE
Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

Entrepreneurship

Marketing

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

International Club

  Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?
Yes

  Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms?
Yes

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Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 8

International Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 3

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 35
Non-Tenured: 21

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
40  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
32  %

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
81

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 35
Non-Tenured: 28

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 57

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 12

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FINANCIAL AID
  Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Central financial aid office at the university

Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2009-10:
57  %

Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2009-10 academic year, percentage receiving:

Institutional Scholarships: 3  %
Assistantships: 1  %
Loans (private and government): 90  %

Mean financial aid package:
$  19,480

Median financial aid package:
$  20,500

  On what basis are scholarships awarded?
A combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2009-10:
0

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
Unique scholarship application

  Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs?
No

Mean outstanding debt at graduation:
$  28,451

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Middle 80% range:

        From: N/A
        To: N/A

Mean entering student age:
28

Median entering student age:
27

Entering students work in the following functional areas:
N/A

Entering students work in the following industries:
N/A

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CLASS PROFILE
Female students:
31  %

International students:
9  %

Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

African American: 1  %
Asian American: 20  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 1  %
Native American: 1  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 59  %
Chose not to report: 16  %

Postgraduate work experience (months):
      Mean:
71

      Median:
48

      Middle 80% range:


        From:  24
        To:  132

      One year or less:
2  %

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Minimum paper-based TOEFL:
580

Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  GMAT Score:
Very Important

  Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important

  Application Essays:
Considered

  Interviews:
Considered

  Recommendations:
Considered

  Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important