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Western Kentucky University
Gordon Ford College of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, KY 42101
E-Mail: mba@wku.edu
Website: www.wku.edu/mba


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 150 On-campus enrollment 132 Distance-program enrollment 44
Total full-time enrollment 26

Female students enrolled 44% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 8% Out-of-country students enrolled 5%
Females in applicant pool 46% Underrepresented minority* applicants 10% Out-of-country applicants 8%

Students with advanced degrees 9% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
30%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
0% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
75%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 140 Applications accepted (selectivity) 76% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 69%

*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 510 Median GMAT 490 Range [min.] 400  [max.] 710 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
580 Median TOEFL N/A Range [min.] 550 [max.] 610

Student age Average 29 Age range from 21 to 52

Work experience (months) Average 86 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 99

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 10


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. Sumitomo 7 6. Greenview Regional Hospital 3
2. Fruit of the Loom 5 7. Tyco Adhesives 3
3. Western Kentucky University 5 8. US Army 3
4. Desa International 3 9. RR Donelly 2
5. Owensboro Mercy Hospital System 3 10.Holley Performance Products 2


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1996 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 65

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 30 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 0

Laptop required No Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? No

Average number of years to complete PT program 2 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 6

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When Students may change status from part-time to full-time at any point

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $250,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $16,000

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA In-state $5,000 Out-of-state $5,000

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $450 Out-of-state $450

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 N/A
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
8 / 70% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
4 / 20%

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

Distance or Web-based learning content 10% Group work done via the Internet 5% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised May 1, 1996

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
N/A

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
The school offers at least one out-of-the country trip each year as an elective


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 95% Adjunct faculty 5% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
25%

Teaching methods
Case study 60% Lecture 40% Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 12

Class schedule
Total hours in class 475 Total hours of work outside of class 1,400
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 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 30%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
65 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 Robert Jefferson E-mail robert.jefferson@wku.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Thomas W. Dillon E-mail mba@wku.edu
Director of PT Admissions N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Financial Aid N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Career Services N/A E-mail N/A

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