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2003 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
Ohio University
College of Business — MBA Without Boundaries

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Address:		42 West Union Street Athens, OH 45701
E-Mail:		n/a
Web site:		http://mbawb.cob.ohiou.edu/

ENROLLMENT

2003/2004 classes begin:

Aug. 15, 2004

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1997

Institution is: U.S., Public

Total graduate enrollment	257
Distance-learning MBA students	20
Part-time MBA students (on-campus)	29
Full-time MBA students	182
Executive MBA students	46
PhD program students	n/a
Total undergraduate business school enrollment	1,874

Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months	-20%

Distance-learning program completion rate	80%

If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)?	24

Average number of months to complete distance-learning program	24

Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program	24

School offers a separate full-time MBA program?	Yes

Possible for students to change status from distance-learing to full-time? No

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	23%
International students (1)	5%
Married students	90%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American students	10%
Asian-American students	0%
Hispanic-American students	0%
Native American students	0%
White (non-Hispanic) students	90%

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: 5% / U.S.: 95%)	100%
Oceania	0%
Western Europe	0%

North American students by region:

Canada	5%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.	5%
Midwest U.S.	80%
Northeast U.S.	0%
South U.S.	10%
Southwest U.S.	0%
U.S. Possessions and territories	0%
West U.S.	0%

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

65%

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

CLASS TRAITS - MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

GMAT Scores

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

TOEFL Scores*

Average TOEFL score	n/a
Minimum TOEFL score required	n/a

Work Experience (months)

Average (months)	n/a
Range (months - middle 80%)	n/a	-	n/a
Enrolled students with one year or less work experience	n/a
Applicants with one year or less work experience	n/a

Student Age (years)

Average	34
Range (middle 80%)	24	-	48

Salary

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

Entering students employed in the following function areas:

Consulting	n/a
Finance/Accounting	n/a
General Management	n/a
Human Resources	n/a
Marketing/Sales	n/a
Management Information Systems	n/a
Operations/Logistics	n/a
Other	n/a

Entering students employed in the following industries:

Government	n/a
Manufacturing	n/a
Non profit	n/a
Services	n/a
Other	n/a

* 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:

Firm	No. of Students
1. GM	n/a
2. Johnson & Johnson	n/a
3. State Farm Insurance	n/a
4. American Electric Power	n/a
5. National City Bank	n/a
6. Army ROTC	n/a

ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $0
Application fee (non resident): $0

40 people applied to the distance program in 2003. The school accepted 67% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 82% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
Required

In 2003, the B-school interviewed 75% 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	$38,000
Nonresident	$38,000

Application Process

2003-2004 Application deadline(s) All applicants: May 15, 2004
Rolling admissions? Yes
2003-2004 deadline(s) for scheduling an interview All applicants: May 15, 2004
2003-2004 Financial aid deadline(s): n/a

FINANCIAL AID


Distance-learning MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer		90%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer		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 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 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	Glenn Corlett
Hired as of	July 1997

Program director	Thom Luce

Admissions director	Thom Luce

Financial aid director	n/a

Career services director	n/a

Alumni relations director	n/a

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