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Recently added electives:
Hedge Fund Overview
Financial Valuation Techniques
Banking and Capital Markets
Management Consulting

Last curriculum revision:
2006

Recent curriculum changes:
In addition to increasing knowledge of management and business, the program emphases the development of leadership skills and capabilities. 18% of the curriculum focuses on the development of socially responsible leadership skills and attributes, 42% general management and business knowledge, with 10% of the core integritive.

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Corporate Social Responsibility

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Marketing

Additional concentrations offered:
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 5  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 20  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 25  %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:
18

Teachers in the part-time program:
45

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
24

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:
100  %

Average core class size:
23

Average elective class size:
15

Electives available:
25

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

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

Other

  Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?
No

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

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
99

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 36
Non-Tenured: 26

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 30

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 23

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 6

International Faculty:

Non-Tenured: 4

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 43
Non-Tenured: 30

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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:
78  %

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

Institutional Scholarships: 64  %
Assistantships: 3  %
Loans (private and government): 48  %

Mean financial aid package:
$  17,755

Median financial aid package:
$  15,351

  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?
All applicants are considered for scholarships

  Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs?
Only to domestic students

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Entering students work in the following industries:

Consulting: 3  %
Consumer Products: 11  %
Financial Services: 11  %
Government: 11  %
Manufacturing: 11  %
Media/Entertainment: 3  %
Non-Profit: 14  %
Petroleum/Energy: 4  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7  %
Real Estate: 7  %
Technology: 11  %
Other: 7  %

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Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:
      Mean:
$  63,334

      Median:
$  58,000

      Middle 80% range:


        From: $ 35,100
        To: $ 94,500

Mean entering student age:
28

Median entering student age:
27

Entering students work in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 4  %
Finance/Accounting: 19  %
General Management: 7  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 26  %
Management Information Systems: 0  %
Operations/Production: 22  %
Other: 22  %

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CLASS PROFILE
Female students:
41  %

International students:
10  %

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

Asian American: 11  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 11  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 67  %
Other: 11  %

Postgraduate work experience (months):
      Mean:
64

      Median:
53

      Middle 80% range:


        From:  24
        To:  134

      One year or less:
4  %

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Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test


Minimum paper-based TOEFL:
580

Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  GMAT Score:
Important

  Resume/Work Experience:
Important

  Application Essays:
Important

  Interviews:
Important

  Recommendations:
Important

  Undergraduate Transcripts:
Important

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
  Rolling admissions?
Yes

  GMAT required?
Yes

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked?
N/A

Average GMAT:
601

Median GMAT:
600

Middle 80% GMAT:

        From:  530
        To:  690

  Is proficiency in English required?
Yes

  Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?
Yes