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Grand Valley State University
Seidman School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 401 West Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-6431
E-Mail: go2gvmba@gvsu.edu
Website: www.gvsu.edu/ssb


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 300 On-campus enrollment 300 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 30

Female students enrolled 33% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 10% Out-of-country students enrolled 9%
Females in applicant pool 35% Underrepresented minority* applicants 10% Out-of-country applicants 10%

Students with advanced degrees 5% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
12%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
15% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
75%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 228 Applications accepted (selectivity) 75% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 90%

*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 573 Median GMAT 570 Range [min.] 450  [max.] 740 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
N/A Median TOEFL N/A Range [min.] 550 [max.] 663

Student age Average 32 Age range from 22 to 55

Work experience (months) Average 99 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 99

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 3


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 50% 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. Johnson Controls 6. Haworth
2. Rapistan 7. American Seating
3. Amway 8. Donnelly
4. Steelcase 9. Diesel Technology
5. Herman Miller 10.Old Kent Bank


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1973 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 1,079

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 N/A PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 70

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 8

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When 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 In-state $6,666 Out-of-state $14,421

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $187 Out-of-state $394

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

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
7 / 64% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
4 / 36%

International content 36% Entrepreneurial content 5% E-commerce content N/A

Distance or Web-based learning content 15% Group work done via the Internet 40% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Aug. 1, 1997

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
N/A

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
Summer study in Grenoble, France


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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
40%

Teaching methods
Case study 60% Lecture 20% Other 20% projects/simulations
Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 20

Class schedule
Total hours in class 99 Total hours of work outside of class 297
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 time of enrollment in MBA program.

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 10% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 35%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
950 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 David Mielke E-mail mielked@gvsu.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Claudia Bajema E-mail bajemac@gvsu.edu
Director of PT Admissions Claudia Bajema E-mail bajemac@gvsu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Nancee Miller E-mail millern@gvsu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Ken Fridsma E-mail fridsmak@gvsu.edu
Director of Career Services Charlene Hayes-Joseph E-mail N/A

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