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Distance MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Rowan University

Rohrer College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Rohrer College of Business
      • Distance
      • 201 Mullica Hill Road
      • NJ
      • Glassboro, 08002, New Jersey
      • United States of America
      • Status Public
      • Distance MBA students who enroll in the program who go on to graduate within six years 0 %
      • Average number of months to complete the distance MBA program 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete the distance MBA program 72
      • If the distance MBA program has a set program length, how long is it, in months? 24
      • 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? 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 0 %
      • Distance MBA students have full student privileges to use the following
        • School library
        • School gymnasium / athletic center
        • Student rates for tickets
        • School career office

  • School Basics

    • Graduate business school enrollment

      • Total: 118
      • Full-Time MBA: 37
      • Part-Time MBA: 81
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment 944

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Residents $28,440.00
      • Non-Resident $28,440.00

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application fee for distance MBA program

      • Residents $65.00
      • Non-Resident $65.00
      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest distance MBA class 24
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent distance class 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest distance MBA class 100 %
      • Are applicant interviews required for the distance MBA program? Not required
      • Does the program offer rolling admissions? No

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students are from the following regions

      • North America 100 %

    • What percentage of U.S. citizens in the newest entering class are from the following regions?

      • Mid-Atlantic 100 %

    • U.S. students in the newest entering class are from the following groups

      • White (Non-Hispanic) 100 %

    • Age of new entrants to distance MBA program:

      • Mean 31
      • Median 31

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Distance MBAs apply for financial aid through Central financial aid office at the university
      • Distance MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year 16 %
      • Distance MBAs receiving financial aid through school 16 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships 0 %
      • Assistantships 0 %
      • Loans 0 %

    • Financial aid for new entrants for the current academic year

      • Mean $0.00
      • Median $0.00

    • Middle 80% range of financial aid packages

      • From $0.00
      • To $0.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Other
      • Full-tuition scholarships for current academic year 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan regardless of nationality to Distance MBA students? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • Mean GMAT score of newest entering class 483
      • Median GMAT score of newest entering class: 470

    • Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

      • From 440
      • To 539
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 63

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Distance program faculty who:

      • Teach in the school's full-time MBA program: 100 %
      • Have tenure: 90 %
      • Are adjuncts: 10 %

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • The distance MBA program is delivered by:
        • Internet/Web-based delivery
        • Online forums
        • E-mail
        • Textbooks
        • Chat Rooms
        • Other
        • CD-ROMs
      • 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: 3
      • Hours per week outside of class: 10
      • Does the program offer 24-hour technical support? Yes
      • Classes meet:
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)
      • Final exams are administered: varies by professor
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA core class: 19
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA elective class: 19
      • Elective courses available to distance MBA students: 1
      • Concentrations and specializations offered to distance MBA students:
        • General Management
      • 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
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems
      • Requirements for graduation:
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Other Requirements for graduation: submit app for graduationstudents must complete an academic graduate program to the satisfaction of the department administering the program. Students must successfully complete all requirements set forth by the individual graduate program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. to be eligible for graduation, the student shall have completed at least 90% of the total course work within the "A-C+" letter grade range. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 must be maintained for graduate work involved in the program course requirements.
      • Number of credits or credit hours required to complete distance MBA program: 36
      • 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: New Training Lab

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do distance MBA students have access to a career development office? Yes
      • When in the degree process are they able to use the service? At any time
      • Are distance MBAs included in resume drops for prescreening by recruiters? Yes
      • Career services Web site URL: http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/cmc

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