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Suffolk University
Frank Sawyer School of Management
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
E-Mail: grad.admission@admin.suffolk.edu
Website: www.sawyer.suffolk.edu/

2000 Part-time MBA Menu  |  2000 Full-time MBA Menu
Admissions  |   Program Statistics  |   Coursework
International Programs  |   Career Services  |   Top Corporate Customers  |  
Faculty/Teaching Methods  |   Alumni Affairs  |   Administration  |   Back to Top
Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 665 On-campus enrollment 647 Distance-program enrollment 18
Total full-time enrollment 91
Female students enrolled 43% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 10% Out-of-country students enrolled N/A
Females in applicant pool 43% Underrepresented minority* applicants 57% Out-of-country applicants N/A
Students with advanced degrees 20% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school 		18%
Students who receive financial
assistance from the school 		24% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company 		50%
Number of applicants in 1999-2000 446 Applications accepted (selectivity) 88% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 75%
*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 500 Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] 310  [max.] 700 
Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent) 		550 Median TOEFL N/A Range [min.] N/A [max.] N/A
Student age Average 30 Age range from 21 to 50
Work experience (months) Average N/A Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 10
Admitted students with less than one year of work experience N/A

Career Data

Average salary of students in program $53,500 Salary range of students in program [min.] N/A to [max.] N/A
Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 20% Students from nonprofit sector 15%

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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. State Street Bank & Trust 6. Polaroid
2. Fidelity 7. Scudder
3. Gillette 8. Compaq/IBM
4. Fleet 9. Citizens Bank
5. John Hancock 10.Putnam Investments

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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1948 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding N/A
PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 248 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 248
Laptop required No Institution Private Accelerated PT program offered? No
Average number of years to complete PT program 3 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 5
Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When At any point
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 $32,700 Out-of-state $32,700
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 Mar. 15, 2000
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 N/A Spring 2001 Nov. 15, 2000
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 		7 / 43% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework 		9 / 18%
International content 18% Entrepreneurial content 13% E-commerce content 15%
Distance or Web-based learning content 10% Group work done via the Internet 15% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Sept. 1, 1999
Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Shift to 9 electives permits customization of degree to career goals; diverse specializations, accelerated MBA for attorneys and CPAs.
Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
International 1 week seminars are available in Ireland, Italy, and France; 2 week seminars are available in China.

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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 		90%

Teaching methods
Case study 40% Lecture 50% Other 10% N/A
Average number of students in core class 26 Average number of students in elective class 15

Class schedule
Total hours in class 500 Total hours of work outside of class 1,500
When and how often classes meet   Evenings, every weekend, via the internet.

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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 At any point
Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 25% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 40%

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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000) 		6,150 Alumni clubs 0
Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000 		919 Median gift $35 Average gift $111

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Administration
Dean John Brennan E-mail jbrennan@acad.suffolk.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Lillian Hallberg E-mail lhakkber@acad.suffolk.edu
Director of PT Admissions Judith Reynolds E-mail jreynold@admin.suffolk.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Eric Zack E-mail ezack@admin.suffolk.edu
Director of Financial Aid Christine Perry E-mail cperry@admin.suffolk.edu
Director of Career Services Paul Tanklefsky E-mail ptanklef@admin.suffolk.edu
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