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2002 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
University of Massachusetts
Isenberg School of Management

Sections:  Getting In  | Faculty/Academics | Next Step & Alumni Affairs


Address: 305 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts, 121 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
E-Mail: gradprog@som.umass.edu
Web site: http://www.umass.edu/mba


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: Jan. 28, 2003
Mar. 26, 2003
Sept. 3, 2003

Year distance-learning program was founded: n/a

Institution is: U.S., Public


Total graduate enrollment 402
Part-time MBA students (distance program) 56
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 212
Full-time MBA students 71
Executive MBA students n/a
PhD program students 63
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 2,208
 
Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months 1%
 
Distance-learning program completion rate n/a
 
If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)? n/a
 
Average number of months to complete distance-learning program 20
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program 48
 
School offers a full-time MBA program? Yes

Possible for students to change status from distance-learing to full-time? Yes

  At what point?
Formal re-evaluation by the Admissions Committee
Are there specific locations from which students must attend program (i.e. satellite television receiving sites)? No

Program available to students from outside the country in which your program is located? Yes


STUDENT PROFILE

Female students in class 33%
International students (1) 7%
Underrepresented minority (2) students 7%
Married n/a

Percent students from following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 3%
Central/South America, Mexico n/a
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
94%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 3%

North American students by region:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 14%
Midwest U.S. 14%
Northeast U.S. 36%
South U.S. 14%
Southwest U.S. 8%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 14%

New students who live outside a 45-mile radius of the school 87%

(1) Students from countries other than the school's home country.

(2) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American.


CLASS TRAITS

GMAT Scores
Average 561
Range (middle 80%) 449 - 681

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score 633
Minimum TOEFL score required 600

Work Experience
Average (months) 120
Range (months - middle 80%) 36 - 264
New entrants with one year or less work experience 3%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 3%

Student Age (years)
Average 37
Range (middle 80%) 30 - 58

Salary
Average salary of entering students n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

* Paper based equivalent. See TOEFL concordance table for computer-based score equivalents.

Entering students employed in the following fields:
n/a


TOP CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

Organizations that send the most participants to the distance-learning MBA program:
n/a

ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $40
Application fee (non resident): $50

38 people applied to the distance program in 2002. The school accepted 87% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 91% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
Recommended

In 2002, the B-school interviewed n/a of its distance-learning MBA applicants, and n/a of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of distance-learning MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident $22,310
Nonresident $22,310

Application Process
Does the part-time program offer rolling admissions? Yes

Deadline(s) to apply: Dec. 1, 2002
Apr. 1, 2003
July 1, 2003

Deadline(s) to schedule an interview: Nov. 15, 2002



FINANCIAL AID

Deadline(s) to apply:   Mar. 1, 2003
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   n/a
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   n/a
Distance-learning MBAs who received financial aid through the B-school   n/a

Average financial aid package n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

Scholarships are merit or need based?
n/a

Number of full-tuition scholarships awarded by school to distance-learning MBAs during the past 12 months n/a
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) No
Average outstanding loan for 2002 graduates n/a

Financial aid Web site:
http://www.umass.edu/umfa


(1) Upon admission, any accepted applicant, regardless of nationality, and without the need of a cosigner, is eligible for a loan


CONTACTS

Dean Thomas O'Brien
Hired as of June 1, 1987
 
MBA program director Eric N. Berkowitz
 
MBA admissions director Heaher Miller
 
MBA financial aid director Anne Peramba
 
MBA career services director Cari Carpenter
 
Alumni relations director James Mallet


 
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