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2002 PART-TIME MBA PROFILE
Virginia Commonwealth University
Business School

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


Address: 1015 Floyd Avenue
Room 4144
Richmond, VA 23284-4000
E-Mail: gsib@vcu.edu
Web site: http://www.bus.vcu.edu/gsib


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: n/a

Year part-time program was founded: 1974

Institution is: U.S., Public


Total graduate enrollment 538
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 193
Part-time MBA students (distance program) n/a
Full-time MBA students 60
Executive MBA students 79
PhD program students 30
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 2,982
 
Change in part-time MBA class size in past 12 months 0%
 
Average number of months to complete part-time program 36
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete part-time program 60
 
Part-time program completion rate 70%
 
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 46%
International students (1) 13%
Underrepresented minority (2) students 23%
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 526
Range (middle 80%) 440 - 640

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score n/a
Minimum TOEFL score required 600

Work Experience
Average (months) 110
Range (months - middle 80%) 36 - 216
New entrants with one year or less work experience 2%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 0%

Student Age (years)
Average 29
Range (middle 80%) 24 - 39

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:
n/a

ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $30
Application fee (non resident): $30

51 people applied to the part-time MBA program in 2002. The school accepted 90% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 98% 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:
By invitation only

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 $17,412
Nonresident $41,658

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
June 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   18%

Average financial aid package $4,452
Range (middle 80%) $376 - $15,218

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 $19,839

Financial aid Web site:
http://www.vcu.edu/enroll/finaid


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


CONTACTS

Dean Michael Sesnowitz
Hired as of July 1, 2000
 
MBA program director Tracy Green
 
MBA admissions director Tracy Green
 
MBA financial aid director Janel M. Cassara
 
MBA career services director Cheryl Melton
 
Alumni relations director Phillip Perdue


 
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