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2002 PART-TIME MBA PROFILE
Boston University
School of Management

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


Address: Boston University School of Management
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
E-Mail: mba@bu.edu
Web site: http://management.bu.edu/


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: Sept. 3, 2002
Jan. 13, 2003
Sept. 3, 2003
Jan. 13, 2004

Year part-time program was founded: 1925

Institution is: U.S., Private


Total graduate enrollment 1,178
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 539
Part-time MBA students (distance program) n/a
Full-time MBA students 419
Executive MBA students 42
PhD program students 56
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 1,882
 
Change in part-time MBA class size in past 12 months -1%
 
Average number of months to complete part-time program 43
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete part-time program 72
 
Part-time program completion rate 72%
 
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 38%
International students (1) 7%
Underrepresented minority (2) students 13%
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 598
Range (middle 80%) 510 - 690

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score n/a
Minimum TOEFL score required 250

Work Experience
Average (months) 61
Range (months - middle 80%) 12 - 108
New entrants with one year or less work experience 10%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 20%

Student Age (years)
Average 28
Range (middle 80%) 24 - 33

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 part-time MBA program:
FirmNo. of Students
1. Investors Bank & Trust 5
2. Fidelity Investments 4
3. Boston University 4
4. Brown Brothers Harriman 2
5. Towers Perrin 2
6. Lucent Technologies 2
7. Teradyne Inc. 2
8. State Street Corp 2
9. Genzyme 2
10. Forrester Research Inc 1
11. EMC Corp. 1
12. Houghton Mifflin Company 1
13. Putnam Investments 1
14. Comverse 1
15. Harvard Pilgrim Health 1


ADMISSIONS

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

250 people applied to the part-time MBA program in 2002. The school accepted 63% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 55% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

The B-school placed 0 applicant(s) on its wait list, from which n/a ultimately enrolled in the semester for which they applied.

Interviews for applicants are:
Recommended

In 2002, the B-school interviewed 15% of its part-time MBA applicants, and 15% of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of part-time MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident $54,080
Nonresident $54,080

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. 15, 2002
May 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   n/a

Average financial aid package n/a
Range (middle 80%) $2,000 - $18,000

Scholarships are merit or need based?
Merit-based

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) No
  Maximum amount students can borrow n/a
Average outstanding loan for 2002 graduates n/a

Financial aid Web site:
http://management.bu.edu/afo/


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


CONTACTS

Dean Louis E. Lataif
Hired as of Sept. 16, 1991
 
MBA program director Katherine Nolan
 
MBA admissions director Evelyn Tate
 
MBA financial aid director Evelyn Tate
 
MBA career services director Jennifer Lawrence
 
Alumni relations director Ruth Gallagher


 
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2002:  Third tier    1992:  --    
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2001:  22    1993:  --    
1999:  --    



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