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Georgia Southern University
College of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile (Distance Program)
Address: Forest Drive
Statesboro, GA 30460-8050
E-Mail: mba@gasou.edu
Website: www2.gasou.edu/mba


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 190 On-campus enrollment 165 Distance-program enrollment 25
Total full-time enrollment 102

Female students enrolled 50% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 50% Out-of-country students enrolled 8%
Females in applicant pool 50% Underrepresented minority* applicants 50% Out-of-country applicants 8%

Students with advanced degrees 0% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
100%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
0% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
20%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 30 Applications accepted (selectivity) 83% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 100%

*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 488 Median GMAT 475 Range [min.] 360  [max.] 740 

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

Student age Average 35 Age range from 30 to 45

Work experience (months) Average 60 Range (months) [min.] 36 to [max.] 120

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $35,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $30,000 to [max.] $65,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 75% 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. Gulfstream Aerospace, Inc. 6. Carson Products, Inc.
2. International Paper, Inc. 7. Sea Island Company, Inc.
3. Memorial Medical Hospital 8. Wachovia
4. Candler Hospital 9. U. S. Army, Ft. Stewart, GA
5. Great Dane 10.Savannah Foods, Inc.


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1969 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding N/A

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 0 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 0

Laptop required No Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? No

Average number of years to complete PT program 3 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 point

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 N/A Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $0

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA $1,806 In-state $1,806 Out-of-state $5,190

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) $320 In-state $320 Out-of-state $960

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 July 1, 2000 Fall 2000 Jan. 1, 2000
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 Nov. 15, 2000 Spring 2001 Jan. 1, 2001
Summer 2001 N/A Summer 2001 Jan. 1, 2001

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
Summer start dates vary



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
8 / 67% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
4 / 25%

International content 25% Entrepreneurial content 2% E-commerce content 10%

Distance or Web-based learning content 10% Group work done via the Internet 10% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Aug. 1, 1998

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
N/A

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
N/A


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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
50%

Teaching methods
Case study 50% Lecture 50% Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 25 Average number of students in elective class 25

Class schedule
Total hours in class 4,500 Total hours of work outside of class
When and how often classes meet   Evenings

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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 any time.

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 10% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 40%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
845 Alumni clubs 20

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 Carl Gooding E-mail cgooding@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Director of PT MBA Program J. Michael McDonald E-mail mmcdonal@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Director of PT Admissions 912 E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations Frank Hook E-mail fhook@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Director of Financial Aid Wayne Sumpter E-mail wsumpter@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Director of Career Services Theresa Beebe E-mail tbeebe@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu

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