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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Graduate School of Management
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-4460
E-Mail: champion@uab.edu
Website: www.business.uab.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 267 On-campus enrollment 267 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 48

Female students enrolled 35% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 11% Out-of-country students enrolled 11%
Females in applicant pool 38% Underrepresented minority* applicants 9% Out-of-country applicants 11%

Students with advanced degrees 5% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
10%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
5% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
25%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 360 Applications accepted (selectivity) 70% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 70%

*Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, or Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Class Traits
Mean GMAT 544 Median GMAT 548 Range [min.] 450  [max.] 760 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
560 Median TOEFL 575 Range [min.] 550 [max.] 650

Student age Average 29 Age range from 21 to 55

Work experience (months) Average 55 Range (months) [min.] 12 to [max.] 300

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 35


Career Data
Average salary of students in program $42,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $0 to [max.] $250,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 28% Students from nonprofit sector 25%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. Southern Company/Alabama Power 29 6. Compass Bank 7
2. University of Alabama at Birmingham 19 7. Protective Life 5
3. UAB Health System 12 8. Jefferson County 5
4. SouthTrust Bank 7 9. Computer Services Corporation 5
5. Healthsouth 7 10.Bellsouth 4


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1972 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 2,378

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 N/A PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 N/A

Laptop required No Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? N/A

Average number of years to complete PT program 2 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 7

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When At any time

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 N/A Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program N/A

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA N/A In-state $5,265 Out-of-state $9,737

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) N/A In-state $408 Out-of-state $710

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 Aug. 1, 2000 Fall 2000 May 1, 2000
Winter 2000-01 Nov. 1, 2000 Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 Feb. 1, 2001 Spring 2001 N/A
Summer 2001 Apr. 1, 2001 Summer 2001 N/A

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
12 / 75% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
10 / 15%

International content 15% Entrepreneurial content 7% E-commerce content 7%

Distance or Web-based learning content 10% Group work done via the Internet 10% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Jan. 31, 1998

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Addition of an e-business course; addition of a technology transfer course; inclusion of web-based instruction in several classes; addition of community-based projects and/or computer simulations in several classes.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary.
Three-week tour of European businesses, with an on-campus teaching component prior to the trip.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program N/A Adjunct faculty 1% Other 99%
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
20%

Teaching methods
Case study 10% Lecture 70% Other 20% projects
Average number of students in core class 36 Average number of students in elective class 25

Class schedule
Total hours in class 583 Total hours of work outside of class 1,166
When and how often classes meet Evenings; on alternate weekends; every weekend; via the internet (scheduled).

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Careers
Program N/A Country N/A Partner N/A


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office Yes At what point Services are available at any time during the program.

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 15% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 25%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
2,100 Alumni clubs 1

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
N/A Median gift N/A Average gift N/A


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Administration
Dean Dr. Robert Holmes E-mail holmesr@uab.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Dr. Pam Autrey E-mail pautrey@uab.edu
Director of PT Admissions Ms. Melody Lake E-mail mlake@uab.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Ms. Leslie Rigsby E-mail alum@business.uab.edu
Director of Financial Aid Ms. Janet May E-mail jmay@uab.edu
Director of Career Services Mr. Michael LeBeau E-mail mlebeau@uab.edu

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