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Distance MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

CENTRUM Católica

  • Program Basics

      • CENTRUM Catolica
      • Virtual Managerial MBA
      • Jr. Daniel Alomía Robles 125
      • Urbanización Los Álamos de Monterrico - Surco
      • Lima, 33
      • Peru
      • Status Private
      • Distance MBAs graduating since distance program's founding 16
      • Distance MBA students who enroll in the program who go on to graduate within six years 100 %
      • Average number of months to complete the distance MBA program 29
      • Maximum months permitted to complete the distance MBA program 35
      • If the distance MBA program has a set program length, how long is it, in months? 27
      • Do individual online courses have a time limit for completion? Yes
      • Does the school offer a separate on-campus, full-time MBA program? Yes
      • Can students transfer from distance program to full-time program? Yes
      • At what point can this be done? at any time
      • Are there specific locations from which students must attend the distance MBA program? No
      • Is the distance MBA program open to students from other states? Yes
      • Is the distance MBA program open to students from other countries? Yes
      • Students living more than 45 miles from school 56 %
      • Distance MBA students have full student privileges to use the following
        • School library
        • Student rates for tickets
        • School career office

  • School Basics

    • Graduate business school enrollment

      • Total: 2,370
      • Full-Time MBA: 42
      • Part-Time MBA: 2,228
      • Executive MBA: 71
      • PhD Program: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment 0

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire program

      • Residents $18,200.00
      • Non-Resident $18,200.00

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application fee for distance MBA program

      • Residents $50.00
      • Non-Resident $50.00
      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest distance MBA class 50
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent distance class 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest distance MBA class 90 %
      • Are applicant interviews required for the distance MBA program? Required
      • Does the program offer rolling admissions? Yes

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students are from the following regions

      • Latin America and the Caribbean 100 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months)

      • Mean 131
      • Median 120
      • One year or less 0 %

    • Middle 80% range

      • From 48
      • To 240

    • Base salary of entering distance MBA students

      • Mean: $77,500.00
      • Median: $77,000.00
      • Middle 80% range: From: $52,750.00
      • Middle 80% range: To: $112,500.00

    • Age of new entrants to distance MBA program:

      • Mean 36
      • Median 36

    • Entering distance MBA students who work in the following industries

      • Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 15 %
      • Consulting 7 %
      • Consumer Products 15 %
      • Financial Services 15 %
      • Petroleum/Energy 11 %
      • Technology 4 %
      • Other 33 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Distance MBAs apply for financial aid through Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Distance MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year 95 %
      • Distance MBAs receiving financial aid through school 95 %

    • Percentage of distance MBA students applying for financial aid for the upcoming academic year who received

      • Loans 100 %

    • Financial aid for new entrants for the current academic year

      • Mean $4,500.00
      • Median $4,500.00

    • Middle 80% range of financial aid packages

      • From $4,000.00
      • To $5,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Financial need
      • Full-tuition scholarships for current academic year 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? unique scholarship application
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan regardless of nationality to Distance MBA students? Yes

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? CENTRUM Católica has its own GMAT-equivalent exam, called PECOC
      • Mean GMAT score of newest entering class 620
      • Median GMAT score of newest entering class: 650

    • Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

      • From 560
      • To 680
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 137

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 64
      • Non-Tenured: 72

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 56

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 55
      • Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors 15 %
      • Faculty who have owned their own business: 12 %

    • Distance program faculty who:

      • Teach in the school's full-time MBA program: 75 %
      • Have tenure: 75 %
      • Are adjuncts: 25 %
      • Have at least 5 years corporate experience: 100 %

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Professional clubs available to distance MBA students:
        • Other
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Consulting
        • Environmental

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • The distance MBA program is delivered by:
        • Internet/Web-based delivery
        • Online forums
        • E-mail
        • Textbooks
        • Chat Rooms
        • Videoconferencing
      • Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance MBA students? No

    • Estimated number of hours a student will spend working in the class and outside the classroom:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class: 9
      • Does the program offer 24-hour technical support? Yes
      • Classes meet:
        • Evenings
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)
        • Other
      • Final exams are administered: Single-try web-based exams with random questions, usually time limited; Adobe connect
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA core class: 27
      • Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core MBA curriculum: 2010
      • If the school offers joint-degree programs, can distance MBA students participate? Yes
      • Joint-degree programs offered to distance MBAs:
        • Other
      • Does the school offer an accelerated distance MBA program? No
      • Leading areas of study for distance MBA students are:
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Requirements for graduation:
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
        • Students must write a complete business plan
      • Other Requirements for graduation: Write and defend thesis; be proficient in Spanish and a second language (usually English).
      • If distance MBA students are required to spend time on campus, please explain: 120 classroom hours, or 20 % of the total, are spent on campus.
      • Number of credits or credit hours required to complete distance MBA program: 58
      • If applicable, are distance MBA students invited to campus for graduation? Yes
      • Does the distance program diploma distinguish whether the student earned the degree on-campus or off? No

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Institutional servers with high-availability system and redundancy; Fingerprint attendance control; Centralized Wi-Fi management Intelligent UPS; Live event broadcasts; Centralized printer management; Institutional use of Web 2.0 tools; E-learning platform (LMS+CMS); Adobe Connect in the cloud; Online content repositories; Automatic tracking of activities in the LMS; Academic management system; New management applications; Incorporation of PRIMO index in library
      • Amount spent: $3,110,000.00

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