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Pacific Lutheran University
School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: Administration Building, Room 227
Tacoma, WA 98447
E-Mail: business@plu.edu
Website: www.plu.edu/~busa/mba


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 41 On-campus enrollment 41 Distance-program enrollment 0
Total full-time enrollment 68

Female students enrolled 35% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 32% Out-of-country students enrolled 16%
Females in applicant pool 45% Underrepresented minority* applicants N/A Out-of-country applicants 16%

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

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
22% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
N/A

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 58 Applications accepted (selectivity) 91% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 74%

*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 540 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] 450  [max.] 710 

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

Student age Average 31 Age range from 20 to 52

Work experience (months) Average 95 Range (months) [min.] N/A to [max.] N/A

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 2


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 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. Boeing 6.
2. Intel 7.
3. Weyerhaeuser 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.


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

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

Laptop required No Institution Private Accelerated PT program offered? No

Average number of years to complete PT program 2 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 7

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 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 Apr. 1, 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
9 / 62% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
N/A / 15%

International content 15% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 15%

Distance or Web-based learning content 5% Group work done via the Internet N/A Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Feb. 15, 2000

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Redesigned core to make it more relevant to today's business environment. Redesign includes a greater emphasis on e-business.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
N/A


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

Teaching methods
Case study N/A Lecture N/A Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 17 Average number of students in elective class 14

Class schedule
Total hours in class 4 Total hours of work outside of class 12
When and how often classes meet   Evenings, Every Weekend

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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 N/A

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 Donald R. Bell E-mail N/A
Director of PT MBA Program Catherine Pratt E-mail business@plu.edu
Director of PT Admissions Laura Polcyn, Vice President E-mail admissions@plu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Lauralee Hagen E-mail alumni@plu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Kay Soltis E-mail finaid@plu.edu
Director of Career Services Elizabeth Ahlstrom E-mail career@plu.edu

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