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Seattle Pacific University
School of Business and Economics
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 3307 Third Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
E-Mail: mba@spu.edu
Website: www.spu.edu/sbe


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 125 On-campus enrollment 125 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 20

Female students enrolled 34% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 7% Out-of-country students enrolled 20%
Females in applicant pool 44% Underrepresented minority* applicants 6% Out-of-country applicants 33%

Students with advanced degrees 5% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
0%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
0% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
50%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 55 Applications accepted (selectivity) 75% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 71%

*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 535 Median GMAT 530 Range [min.] 410  [max.] 700 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
581 Median TOEFL 573 Range [min.] 570 [max.] 617

Student age Average 28 Age range from 24 to 36

Work experience (months) Average 63 Range (months) [min.] 12 to [max.] 16

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $36,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $24,000 to [max.] $65,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 20% 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. Boeing 6. Intermec Technology
2. AT&T Wireless 7. Microsoft
3. Adobe Systems 8. US West
4. Bristol Myers Squibb 9. Washington Mutual
5. Deloitte & Touche 10.United Parcel Service


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1983 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 500

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 25 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 33

Laptop required No Institution Private 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 At the start of any term

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $693,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $304,000

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA In-state $32,760 Out-of-state $32,760

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

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

Does the school offer rolling admissions? No

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
10 / 66% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
5 / 10%

International content 10% Entrepreneurial content 6% E-commerce content 6%

Distance or Web-based learning content 5% Group work done via the Internet 10% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised July 1, 1998

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
N/A

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
N/A


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 85% Adjunct faculty 15% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
33%

Teaching methods
Case study 30% Lecture 35% Other 35% Projects, simulation
Average number of students in core class 18 Average number of students in elective class 12

Class schedule
Total hours in class 540 Total hours of work outside of class 1,400
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 Any time

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 20% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 33%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
500 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 Alec Hill E-mail adhill@spu.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Gary L. Karns E-mail gkarns@spu.edu
Director of PT Admissions Debbie Wysomierski E-mail djwysom@spu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Doug Taylor E-mail detaylor @spu.edu
Director of Financial Aid N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Career Services Jacqui Smith-Bates E-mail jacquisb@spu.edu

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