美国PART-TIME MBA Profiles——Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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PROGRAM BASICS
Part-Time MBA Program

Graduate Management Programs

100 Institute Road
Worcester , Massachusetts 01609 United States   

Program Web site:
http://mgt.wpi.edu/Graduate/index.html

  Status:
Private Institution

E-mail:
gmp@wpi.edu

Part-time enrollment (2009-10):
198

Times offered:

Evenings

Via the Internet (unscheduled)

Semesters offered:

Fall

Spring

Summer

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CAREER SERVICES
  Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
Yes

  If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
At any time

  Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs?
Yes

  Are part-time students included in resume drops?
Yes

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:



United Technologies
  20


EMC
  10

Raytheon
  8

Hewlett-Packard
  6

National Grid
  5

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
1,120

Active MBA alumni clubs:
0

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
25  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  100

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  50

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://www.wpi.edu/alumni/index.html

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
No

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
All new state-of-the-art computers in B-School computer lab. Upgrades in B-School Oracle-Lean lab. Major network upgrades. Server infrastructure upgrades. Desktop PC upgrades.

Amount spent:
$  150,000

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Last curriculum revision:
1997

Recent curriculum changes:
Major curriculum revision currently underway. Courses and content added/edited annually.

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Entrepreneurship

General Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Other

Additional concentrations offered:
Information Technology
Information Security Management
Supply Chain Management
Technological Innovation
Process Design

  Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?
Yes

Leading areas of study:

Entrepreneurship

Management Information Systems

Manufacturing and Technology Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties


Credits required to graduate:
49

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 55  %
Experiential Learning: 5  %
Lectures: 20  %
Team Projects: 20  %

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

Teachers in the part-time program:
26

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
12

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:
100  %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:
50  %

Average core class size:
25

Average elective class size:
18

Electives available:
21

Recently added electives:
Technological Commercialization
Entrepreneurial Selling

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

Entrepreneurship

Information Technology

Other

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Women in MBA

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:
31

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 15
Non-Tenured: 7

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 9

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 6
Non-Tenured: 7

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 0

International Faculty:

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 4

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 15
Non-Tenured: 12

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
23  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
18  %

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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:
10  %

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

Loans (private and government): 100  %

Mean financial aid package:
$  10,000

Median financial aid package:
$  10,000

  On what basis are scholarships awarded?
Other

Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2009-10:
0

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
Part of the admissions application

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

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Mean base salary, 2008 grads, six months after graduation:
$  92,500

Mean entering student age:
32

Median entering student age:
30

Entering students work in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 20  %
Finance/Accounting: 10  %
General Management: 30  %
Marketing/Sales: 5  %
Management Information Systems: 20  %
Operations/Production: 15  %

Entering students work in the following industries:

Consulting: 20  %
Consumer Products: 10  %
Financial Services: 15  %
Manufacturing: 20  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15  %
Technology: 20  %