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University of Pittsburgh
Katz Graduate School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 276 Mervis Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-Mail: mba-admissions@katz.pitt.edu
Website: http://www.katz.pitt.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 515 On-campus enrollment N/A Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 170

Female students enrolled 29% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 3% Out-of-country students enrolled 2%
Females in applicant pool 29% Underrepresented minority* applicants 4% Out-of-country applicants 6%

Students with advanced degrees 13% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
N/A

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
N/A Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
85%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 314 Applications accepted (selectivity) 82% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 81%

*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 572 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] 390  [max.] 780 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
270 Median TOEFL 270 Range [min.] 270 [max.] 270

Student age Average 30 Age range from 22 to 59

Work experience (months) Average 72 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 300

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 12


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $45,664 Salary range of students in program [min.] $2,220 to [max.] $285,000

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. University of Pittsburgh 45 6. Federated Investors 12
2. Mellon 29 7. Westinghouse 12
3. PNC 22 8. Sony 7
4. PPG 19 9. Weirton Steel 6
5. Bayer 13 10.UPMC 5


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1960 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 5,680

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 188 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 122

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 6

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When N/A

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $4,000,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $4,000,000

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA N/A In-state $26,512 Out-of-state $49,665

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) N/A In-state $1,515 Out-of-state $2,838

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 July 15, 2000 Fall 2000 N/A
Winter 2000-01 Nov. 15, 2000 Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 Feb. 15, 2001 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
11 / 61% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
100 / 20%

International content 20% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 20%

Distance or Web-based learning content 30% Group work done via the Internet 30% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Sept. 1, 1993

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Provision of better students and career services suppport, including a speaker a series

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
International Research Field Study: Students elect to conduct field research in one of four areas: Asia, Eastern and Western Europe and South America


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 92% Adjunct faculty 22% Other 95%
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
40%

Teaching methods
Case study 40% Lecture 50% Other 10% Role Playing, negoti
Average number of students in core class 55 Average number of students in elective class 33

Class schedule
Total hours in class 1,820 Total hours of work outside of class 3,640
When and how often classes meet   Evenings,Saturday Mornings

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Careers
Program International EMBA Country Brazil Partner American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paul


Program International EMBA Country Czech Republic Partner Czech Management Center


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office Yes At what point Within the last year of program

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 25% 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)
13,410 Alumni clubs 2

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
N/A Median gift $190 Average gift $75


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Administration
Dean Frederick W. Winter E-mail rickwinter@katz.pitt.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Richard Berg E-mail rberg@katz.pitt.edu
Director of PT Admissions Kelly R. Wilson E-mail krwilson@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Audrey Sabol Kilmann E-mail akilmann@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Financial Aid Kelly R. Wilson E-mail krwilson@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Career Services Joan B. Craig E-mail jcraig@katz.pitt.edu

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