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Wichita State
W. Frank Barton School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0048
E-Mail: harpool@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Website: business.twsu.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 178 On-campus enrollment 178 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 57

Female students enrolled 40% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 4% Out-of-country students enrolled 27%
Females in applicant pool N/A Underrepresented minority* applicants N/A Out-of-country applicants N/A

Students with advanced degrees 10% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
10%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
5% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
50%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 110 Applications accepted (selectivity) 64% 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 N/A Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] N/A  [max.] N/A 

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

Student age Average 29 Age range from N/A to N/A

Work experience (months) Average 82 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 250

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 2


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $51,750 Salary range of students in program [min.] $38,000 to [max.] $80,000

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. Boeing 6.
2. Raytheon 7.
3. Bank of America 8.
4. Cessna 9.
5. Bombardier 10.


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1954 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 1,000

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 49 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 70

Laptop required Yes 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 Anytime

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 $3,750 Out-of-state $10,800

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $375 Out-of-state $1,080

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
7 / 70% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
3 / 30%

International content 30% Entrepreneurial content 20% E-commerce content 15%

Distance or Web-based learning content 5% Group work done via the Internet 25% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Aug. 1, 1993

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 100% Adjunct faculty N/A Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
40%

Teaching methods
Case study 60% Lecture 40% Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 32 Average number of students in elective class 20

Class schedule
Total hours in class 480 Total hours of work outside of class 1,440
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 Anytime

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)
1,806 Alumni clubs N/A

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
132 Median gift N/A Average gift $58


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Administration
Dean John Beehler E-mail beehler@wichita.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Dorothy Harpool E-mail Dorothy.Harpool@wichita.edu
Director of PT Admissions N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Alumni Relations Brad Beets E-mail beets@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Deb Byers E-mail byers@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Director of Career Services Jill Pletcher E-mail pletcher@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu

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