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Widener University
School of Business Administration
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: One University Place
Chester, PA 19013
E-Mail: gradbus.advise@widener.edu
Website: www.widener.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 298 On-campus enrollment 298 Distance-program enrollment N/A
Total full-time enrollment 41

Female students enrolled 35% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 5% Out-of-country students enrolled 3%
Females in applicant pool N/A Underrepresented minority* applicants N/A Out-of-country applicants N/A

Students with advanced degrees 19% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
8%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
N/A Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
52%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 83 Applications accepted (selectivity) N/A Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 72%

*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 N/A Range [min.] 400  [max.] 740 

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

Student age Average 31 Age range from 22 to 61

Work experience (months) Average 108 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 456

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 2


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $65,268 Salary range of students in program [min.] $0 to [max.] $120,000

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 Company 27 6. First USA 7
2. Vanguard 11 7. PFPC, Inc 6
3. DuPont 9 8. Astra Zeneca 4
4. J P Morgan 8 9. First Union 4
5. MBNA 7 10.Verizon 4


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1967 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 4,000

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 92 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 125

Laptop required No Institution Private Accelerated PT program offered? N/A

Average number of years to complete PT program 4 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 7

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When Students who wish to take at least nine credits in a semester are automatically classified as full-time.

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 $23,400 Out-of-state $23,400

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state $1,560 Out-of-state $1,560

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 Apr. 1, 2000
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 N/A Spring 2001 Oct. 1, 2000
Summer 2001 N/A Summer 2001 Feb. 15, 2001

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
9 / 75% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
3 / N/A

International content N/A Entrepreneurial content N/A E-commerce content N/A

Distance or Web-based learning content N/A Group work done via the Internet N/A Core PT MBA curriculum last revised Apr. 1, 1996

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
The school has been experimenting with web-based courses in electives. The school is also part of the SAP University Alliance offering more than five SAP content courses. A financial planning track is offered that is approved by the CFP Board of Standards to allow students to sit for the CFP exam. The shool has added to its joint program offerings by offering a PsyD through its School of Human Service Professionals along with the MBA.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
The school offers a joint study trip with LaSalle University to study the European Union.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 80% Adjunct faculty 20% Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
20%

Teaching methods
Case study N/A Lecture N/A Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 17 Average number of students in elective class 18

Class schedule
Total hours in class 672 Total hours of work outside of class 2,016
When and how often classes meet   Evenings and on alternate weekends

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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 Students are able to use the services beginning with their first course in the program

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 32%


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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 Savas Ozatalay E-mail Savas.Ozatalay@widener.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Lisa Bussom E-mail Lisa.B.Bussom@widener.edu
Director of PT Admissions Lisa Bussom E-mail Lisa.B.Bussom@widener.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Glenn Barnhill E-mail Glenn.Barnhill@widener.edu
Director of Financial Aid Ethel Desmarais E-mail Ethel.Desmarais@widener.edu
Director of Career Services Mary Pennington E-mail Mary.K.Pennington@widener.edu

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