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Northern Illinois University
College of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: Wirtz Hall 140
DeKalb, IL 60115-2897
E-Mail: cobgrads@niu.edu
Website: www.cob.niu.edu/grad/grad.html


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 457 On-campus enrollment N/A Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment N/A

Female students enrolled N/A Underrepresented minority* students enrolled N/A Out-of-country students enrolled N/A
Females in applicant pool 40% Underrepresented minority* applicants N/A Out-of-country applicants N/A

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

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
N/A Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
95%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 243 Applications accepted (selectivity) N/A 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 538 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] N/A  [max.] N/A 

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

Student age Average 32 Age range from N/A to N/A

Work experience (months) Average 96 Range (months) [min.] N/A to [max.] N/A

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 1


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $68,000 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 N/A


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. Motorola 6. Caterpillar
2. Sears 7. NiCor
3. Ameritech/SBC 8. Ingersoll
4. Sundstrand 9. Honeywell
5. Newell Rubbermaid 10.Zurich American


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1963 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 4,792

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 126 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 125

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

Average number of years to complete PT program 3 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 6

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When Depending on number of hours enrolled.

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 $5,952 In-state $9,455 Out-of-state N/A

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $915 Out-of-state N/A

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 June 1, 2000 Fall 2000 N/A
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 Nov. 1, 2000 Spring 2001 N/A
Summer 2001 Apr. 1, 2001 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
8 / 71% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
3 / N/A

International content N/A Entrepreneurial content N/A E-commerce content N/A

Distance or Web-based learning content N/A Group work done via the Internet N/A Core PT MBA curriculum last revised May 15, 1998

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Addition of Communications block; Colloquium series requirement.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
Short-Term Study Abroad Programs: Business and Culture in China and Korea; Business and Culture in Southeast Asia; and International Business Seminars in Europe. All are offered during breaks between terms.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 89% Adjunct faculty 11% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
N/A

Teaching methods
Case study 50% Lecture 50% Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 26 Average number of students in elective class 16

Class schedule
Total hours in class 1 Total hours of work outside of class 3
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

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)
N/A Alumni clubs 2

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 K. Graf E-mail dgraf@niu.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Harold Wright E-mail hwright@niu.edu
Director of PT Admissions Mona L. Salmon E-mail msalmon@niu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Sue Braffet E-mail braffet@niu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Kathleen Brunson E-mail kbrunson@niu.edu
Director of Career Services N/A E-mail cppc@niu.edu

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