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2003 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
Drexel University
LeBow College of Business

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


Address: LeBow College of Business at Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
E-Mail: mng22@drexel.edu
Web site: http://www.mbaonline.lebow.drexel.edu
Directions to school


ENROLLMENT

2003/2004 classes begin: Sept. 22, 2003
Jan. 5, 2004
Mar. 29, 2004
June 21, 2004

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1998

Institution is: U.S., Private


Total graduate enrollment 952
Distance-learning MBA students 81
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 651
Full-time MBA students 252
Executive MBA students 76
PhD program students 43
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 2,440
 
Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months 52%
 
Distance-learning program completion rate 91%
 
If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)? 21
 
Average number of months to complete distance-learning program 21
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program 21
 
School offers a separate full-time MBA program? Yes

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

  At what point?
n/a

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 - MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

Female students in class 15%
International students (1) 0%
Married students 74%

For U.S. schools only:
African-American students 4%
Asian-American students 4%
Hispanic-American students 4%
Native American students 0%
White (non-Hispanic) students 88%

Percent students from following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 0%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 0%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
100%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

North American students by region:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 62%
Midwest U.S. 0%
Northeast U.S. 24%
South U.S. 7%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 7%

New students who live outside a 45-mile radius of the school 52%

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


CLASS TRAITS - MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

GMAT Scores
Average 600
Range (middle 80%) 510 - 710

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

Work Experience (months)
Average (months) 132
Range (months - middle 80%) 36 - 264
Enrolled students with one year or less work experience 0%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 0%

Student Age (years)
Average 34
Range (middle 80%) 25 - 46

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

Entering students employed in the following function areas:
Consulting 11%
Finance/Accounting 15%
General Management 19%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 7%
Management Information Systems 4%
Operations/Logistics 44%
Other 0%

Entering students employed in the following industries:
Government 4%
Manufacturing 40%
Non profit 4%
Services 52%
Other 0%

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


TOP CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

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


ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $100
Application fee (non resident): $100

52 people applied to the distance program in 2003. The school accepted 65% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 79% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
By invitation only

In 2003, the B-school interviewed 100% of its distance-learning MBA applicants, and 100% of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of distance-learning MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident $43,000
Nonresident $43,000

Application Process
2003-2004 Application deadline(s)
All applicants: Aug. 11, 2003
All applicants: Dec. 8, 2003
All applicants: Feb. 27, 2004
All applicants: June 1, 2004
All applicants: Aug. 9, 2004
All applicants: Dec. 13, 2004

Rolling admissions? Yes

2003-2004 deadline(s) for scheduling an interview
n/a

2003-2004 Financial aid deadline(s):
All applicants: May 1, 2005


FINANCIAL AID

Distance-learning MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   44%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   41%

Average financial aid package $3,230
Range (middle 80%) $1,000 - $9,200

Scholarships are merit or need based?
Scholarships are Merit-based

Number of full-tuition scholarships awarded by school to distance-learning MBAs during the past 12 months 0
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) Yes
Average outstanding loan for 2003 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 George P. Tsetsekos
Hired as of Aug. 2000
 
Program director Howard Eisenberg and Magdalena Gudzinski-Hall
 
Admissions director Howard Eisenberg and Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall
 
Financial aid director Cynthia Delone
 
Career services director Pedro Gonzalez
 
Alumni relations director Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall


 
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