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Fairfield University
School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06430-5195
E-Mail: MBA@fair1.fairfield.edu
Website: www.fairfield.edu/academic/gradbusi/gbdet.htm


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Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 239 On-campus enrollment N/A Distance-program enrollment 20
Total full-time enrollment 18

Female students enrolled 40% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 5% Out-of-country students enrolled 2%
Females in applicant pool 35% Underrepresented minority* applicants 4% Out-of-country applicants 2%

Students with advanced degrees 6% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
8%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
2% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
50%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 101 Applications accepted (selectivity) 89% 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 530 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] 400  [max.] 700 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
580 Median TOEFL N/A Range [min.] 550 [max.] 670

Student age Average 27 Age range from 21 to 48

Work experience (months) Average 48 Range (months) [min.] 6 to [max.] 288

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 3


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $78,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $35,000 to [max.] $180,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 10% Students from nonprofit sector 5%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. General Electric 18 6. Pitney Bowes 5
2. People's Bank 16 7. U.S. Surgical 3
3. Oxford Health 14 8. The Common Fund 3
4. American Skandia 6 9. ABB 2
5. United Technologies-Sikorsky 5 10.Bayer Corporation 2


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1994 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 190

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 60 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 30

Laptop required No Institution Private Accelerated PT program offered? No

Average number of years to complete PT program 3 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 5

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 $1,500,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $1,130,000

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
10 / 50% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
4 / 25%

International content 25% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 10%

Distance or Web-based learning content 20% Group work done via the Internet 25% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised May 17, 2000

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
E-business across curriculum; integration of curriculum; simulation; more team teaching; live cases; corporate speakers; new subjects required: customer value, negotiations.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
10-day trip to Europe in conjunction with marketing elective.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 95% Adjunct faculty 5% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
95%

Teaching methods
Case study 50% Lecture 25% Other 25% Team work
Average number of students in core class 26 Average number of students in elective class 14

Class schedule
Total hours in class 640 Total hours of work outside of class 2,000
When and how often classes meet Evenings; on alternate weekends; via the internet; late afternoon; 2-week; 7-week; Friday/Saturday.

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Careers
Program School of Business & Economics Country The Netherlands Partner University of Maastricht


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office Yes At what point From first day

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 35% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 20%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
200 Alumni clubs 1

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
15 Median gift $100 Average gift $650


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Administration
Dean Norman Solomon E-mail mba@fair1.fairfield.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Cynthia S. Chegwidden E-mail mba@fair1.fairfield.edu
Director of PT Admissions Pamela A. Curry E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations Colleen Kupchick E-mail mba@fair1.fairfield.edu
Director of Financial Aid Susan Kadir E-mail skadir@fair1.fairfield.edu
Director of Career Services Richard Radocchia E-mail N/A

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