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Babson College
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: Forest Street
Babson Park, MA 02457
E-Mail: mbaadmission@babson.edu
Website: www.babson.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 1,160 On-campus enrollment 1,160 Distance-program enrollment 0
Total full-time enrollment 337

Female students enrolled 32% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 2% Out-of-country students enrolled 19%
Females in applicant pool 32% Underrepresented minority* applicants 2% Out-of-country applicants N/A

Students with advanced degrees 12% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
N/A

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
15% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
N/A

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 464 Applications accepted (selectivity) 84% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 73%

*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 587 Median GMAT 580 Range [min.] 450  [max.] 780 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
631 Median TOEFL 632 Range [min.] 563 [max.] 670

Student age Average 29 Age range from 23 to 47

Work experience (months) Average 72 Range (months) [min.] 24 to [max.] 288

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program N/A Salary range of students in program [min.] N/A to [max.] N/A

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees N/A Students from nonprofit sector 1%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. Fidelity 26 6. John Hancock 4
2. State Street Bank 12 7.
3. Brown Brothers Harriman 7 8.
4. Fleet Boston 5 9.
5. SunLife Insurance of Canada 5 10.


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1951 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 9,384

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 262 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 247

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

Average number of years to complete PT program 4 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 8

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When At any point in the program, provided that they are in good academic standing.

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $1,217,335 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program N/A

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA In-state N/A Out-of-state N/A

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

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 N/A
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 N/A Spring 2001 N/A
Summer 2001 N/A 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 / 60% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
8 / 25%

International content 25% Entrepreneurial content 30% E-commerce content 20%

Distance or Web-based learning content 10% Group work done via the Internet 25% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Sept. 1, 1996

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
None

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
International electives are available to part time students and are intensive courses held over school breaks. Electives are offered in Europe, Asia and Latin America and combine intensive classroom experience with corporate site visits and guest lectures to provide students with real-time learning in the global marketplace.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 90% Adjunct faculty 10% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
28%

Teaching methods
Case study 70% Lecture 10% Other 20% N/A
Average number of students in core class 37 Average number of students in elective class 27

Class schedule
Total hours in class 700 Total hours of work outside of class 1,400
When and how often classes meet Evenings; via the internet.

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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 At all times.

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office N/A Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers N/A


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
11,729 Alumni clubs 15

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
23 Median gift $50 Average gift $893


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Administration
Dean Lawrence Carr E-mail carr@babson.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Wendy Baker E-mail bakerw@babson.edu
Director of PT Admissions Rita Edmunds E-mail mbaadmission@babson.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Will Makris E-mail wmakris@babson.edu
Director of Financial Aid Melissa Shaak E-mail shaak@babson.edu
Director of Career Services Len Morrison E-mail morrisonl@babson.edu

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