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University of Southern Mississippi
College of Business Administration
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: USM Box 5096
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5096
E-Mail: Fayard@cba.usm.edu
Website: www-dept.usm.edu/~cba/


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Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 31 On-campus enrollment 31 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 75

Female students enrolled 56% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 6% Out-of-country students enrolled N/A
Females in applicant pool 43% Underrepresented minority* applicants 06% Out-of-country applicants 0%

Students with advanced degrees 0% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
3%

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

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 35 Applications accepted (selectivity) 31% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 87%

*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 490 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] 320  [max.] 610 

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

Student age Average 29 Age range from 21 to 49

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

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 5


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. 6.
2. 7.
3. 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 17 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 N/A

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 Any semester

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 $12,330 Out-of-state $18,800

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $411 Out-of-state $583

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 Mar. 15, 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 / 23% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
8 / 20%

International content 20% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 5%

Distance or Web-based learning content 0% Group work done via the Internet N/A Core PT MBA curriculum last revised N/A

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
MBA 545 (Communications) was changed from 1.5 hours to 3 hours. MBA 685 (Global Management) was changed from 1.5 to 3 hours and changed from a required course to an elective. MBA 650 (Business Modeling) was changed from a required to an elective course.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
The school offers trips to England and Spain


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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 60% Lecture 100% Other 40% Team work
Average number of students in core class 24 Average number of students in elective class 12

Class schedule
Total hours in class N/A Total hours of work outside of class N/A
When and how often classes meet   Evenings

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Careers
Program British Studies Country England Partner N/A


Program Spainish Studies Country Spain Partner N/A


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

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 Dr. Wiliam Gunther E-mail Gunther@cba.usm.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Dr. Stephen C. Bushardt E-mail Bushardt@cba.usm.edu601
Director of PT Admissions N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Financial Aid Jim Gibson E-mail Financial.aid@usm.edu
Director of Career Services Rusty Anderson E-mail Rusty.Anderson@usm.edu

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