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James Madison University
College of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile (Distance Program)
Address: MSC 0208
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
E-Mail: mba@jmu.edu
Website: cob.jmu.edu/mba


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 123 On-campus enrollment 106 Distance-program enrollment 17
Total full-time enrollment 8

Female students enrolled 10% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled N/A Out-of-country students enrolled N/A
Females in applicant pool 25% Underrepresented minority* applicants 1% Out-of-country applicants 1%

Students with advanced degrees 20% 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
95%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 20 Applications accepted (selectivity) 95% 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 565 Median GMAT 525 Range [min.] 470  [max.] 670 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
0 Median TOEFL 0 Range [min.] 0 [max.] 0

Student age Average 33 Age range from 25 to 43

Work experience (months) Average 72 Range (months) [min.] 15 to [max.] 144

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $53,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $26,000 to [max.] $120,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 30% Students from nonprofit sector 0%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 2000 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 0

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

Laptop required Yes Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? No

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

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time No When N/A

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $110,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $85,000

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA $17,700 In-state $17,700 Out-of-state $17,700

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) $1,362 In-state $1,362 Out-of-state $1,362

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 July 20, 2000
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
13 / 100% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
0 / 25%

International content 25% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 90%

Distance or Web-based learning content 85% Group work done via the Internet 100% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Aug. 10, 2000

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
A new MBA with a concentration in information security. INFOSEC issues are addressed in each of the 10 required MBA courses and fully covered in three InfoSec courses.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
N/A


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 86% Adjunct faculty 14% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
100%

Teaching methods
Case study 35% Lecture 45% Other 20% Experiential
Average number of students in core class 17 Average number of students in elective class 17

Class schedule
Total hours in class 108 Total hours of work outside of class 2,000
When and how often classes meet The first class meeting is 8 hours of face-to-face; the next 6 weeks are all on-line. Each course is 7 weeks long.

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Careers
Program none Country N/A Partner N/A


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office No At what point

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 0% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 50%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
16 Alumni clubs 0

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
0 Median gift $0 Average gift $0


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Administration
Dean N/A E-mail N/A
Director of PT MBA Program N/A E-mail N/A
Director of PT Admissions N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Financial Aid N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Career Services N/A E-mail N/A

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