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2002 PART-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Akron
College of Business Administration — Part-Time MBA

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


Address: Graduate Programs in Business
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4805
E-Mail: gradcba@uakron.edu
Web site: http://www.uakron.edu/cba/grad


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: Jan. 13, 2003
May 15, 2003
Aug. 25, 2003

Year part-time program was founded: 1958

Institution is: U.S., Public


Total graduate enrollment 414
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 159
Part-time MBA students (distance program) 0
Full-time MBA students 120
Executive MBA students 13
PhD program students 0
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 2,576
 
Change in part-time MBA class size in past 12 months n/a
 
Average number of months to complete part-time program 48
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete part-time program 72
 
Part-time program completion rate n/a
 
School offers a full-time MBA program? Yes

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

  At what point?
n/a


STUDENT PROFILE

Female students in class 58%
International students (1) 4%
Underrepresented minority (2) students 8%
Married students n/a

(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 560
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score 583
Minimum TOEFL score required 550

Work Experience
Average (months) 61
Range (months - middle 80%) 19 - 85
New entrants with one year or less work experience 12%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 20%

Student Age (years)
Average 30
Range (middle 80%) 25 - 34

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:
Accounting/Auditing 9%
Banking/Mortgage (Investment banking, etc.) 13%
Engineering 24%
Finance/Economics 15%
Information Technology 15%
Marketing 6%
Real Estate 3%
Transportation/Logistics and Warehousing 3%
Other 9%


TOP CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
FirmNo. of Students
1. The Timken Company 6
2. Charles Schwab 5
3. First Merit Bank 5
4. Summa Health Systems/Summa Care 5
5. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 4
6. First Energy Corp. 4
7. Diebold, Inc. 4
8. Akron General Medical Center 3
9. Babcock and Wilcox 3
10. Bruner Cox LLP 2
11. Hoover Company 2
12. Key Bank 2
13. National City Bank 2
14. Oak Associates 2
15. Ohio Department of Transportation. 2


ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $40
Application fee (non resident): $60

229 people applied to the part-time MBA program in 2002. The school accepted 54% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 41% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

The B-school placed n/a applicant(s) on its wait list, from which n/a ultimately enrolled in the semester for which they applied.

Interviews for applicants are:
undefined
In 2002, the B-school interviewed n/a of its part-time MBA applicants, and n/a of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of part-time MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident $16,571
Nonresident $27,044

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

Deadline(s) to schedule an interview: n/a

Application deadlines (for the next class to be admitted): Nov. 1, 2002
May 1, 2003
Aug. 1, 2003



FINANCIAL AID

Deadline(s) to apply:   n/a
Part-time MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   n/a
Part-time MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   n/a
Part-time MBAs who received financial aid through the B-school   0%

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 part-time MBAs during the past 12 months 0
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) n/a
  Maximum amount students can borrow n/a
Average outstanding loan for 2002 graduates n/a

Financial aid Web site:
n/a


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


CONTACTS

Dean Stephen F. Hallam
Hired as of Jan. 1, 1995
 
MBA program director Dr. James J Divoky
 
MBA admissions director Myra Weakland
 
MBA financial aid director Doug McNutt
 
MBA career services director Shaanette Fowler
 
Alumni relations director Andrienne Calderon


 
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