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Distance MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Suffolk University

Sawyer Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Sawyer Business School
      • MBA Online
      • 8 Ashburton Place
      • ma
      • Boston, 02108, Massachusetts
      • United States
      • Status Private
      • Distance MBAs graduating since distance program's founding 278
      • Distance MBA students who enroll in the program who go on to graduate within six years 93 %
      • Average number of months to complete the distance MBA program 16
      • Maximum months permitted to complete the distance MBA program 28
      • 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
        • School gymnasium / athletic center
        • Student rates for tickets
        • School career office

  • School Basics

    • Graduate business school enrollment

      • Total: 1,046
      • Full-Time MBA: 140
      • Part-Time MBA: 370
      • Executive MBA: 31
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment 2,192
      • Graduate degree programs
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
      • Other graduate degree programs
        • Master of Financial Services and Banking; Master Health Administration; Master of Science Taxation; Master Public Administration

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Residents $68,745.00
      • Non-Resident $68,745.00

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application fee for distance MBA program

      • Residents $50.00
      • Non-Resident $50.00
      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest distance MBA class 14
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent distance class 71 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest distance MBA class 50 %
      • Are applicant interviews required for the distance MBA program? Not required
      • Does the program offer rolling admissions? Yes

  • 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?

      • Midwest 40 %
      • Northeast 60 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic) 80 %
      • Other 20 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months)

      • Mean 20
      • Median 12
      • One year or less 60 %

    • Middle 80% range

      • From 0
      • To 43

    • Age of new entrants to distance MBA program:

      • Mean 25
      • Median 25

    • Entering distance MBA students who work in the following industries

      • Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 40 %
      • Financial Services 60 %

  • 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 38 %
      • Distance MBAs receiving financial aid through school 44 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships 0 %
      • Assistantships 21 %
      • Loans 100 %

    • Financial aid for new entrants for the current academic year

      • Mean $17,898.00
      • Median $18,095.00

    • Middle 80% range of financial aid packages

      • From $9,980.00
      • To $25,657.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • 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? No
      • Mean GMAT score of newest entering class 580
      • Median GMAT score of newest entering class: 570

    • Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

      • From 540
      • To 630
      • 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: 183

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 73

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 47

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • Distance program faculty who:

      • Teach in the school's full-time MBA program: 100 %
      • Have tenure: 35 %
      • Are adjuncts: 17 %
      • Have at least 5 years corporate experience: 30 %

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Networking clubs available to distance MBA students:
        • Other
        • Women in MBA

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • The distance MBA program is delivered by:
        • Internet/Web-based delivery
        • Online forums
        • Chat Rooms
        • Other
      • 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:
        • Evenings
        • Other
      • Final exams are administered: via Internet
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA core class: 18
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA elective class: 18
      • Elective courses available to distance MBA students: 33

    • Electives that have been recently added to the distance program:

      • TAX 879 Personal Financial Planning
      • MGES 848 - Green and Sustainable Business
      • Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core MBA curriculum: 2003
      • Concentrations and specializations offered to distance MBA students:
        • Finance
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
      • If the school offers joint-degree programs, can distance MBA students participate? No
      • Does the school offer an accelerated distance MBA program? Yes
      • Leading areas of study for distance MBA students are:
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
      • Requirements for graduation:
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Other Requirements for graduation: None
      • Number of credits or credit hours required to complete distance MBA program: 55
      • 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: Expansion and complete in-house redesign of the faculty/student Sawyer Computing Center; New help desk tracking system for Business School; Green IT efforts (server and desktop virtualization), including mandatory double sided printing at SBS; Panopto CourseCast – the university’s first anytime, anywhere audio video lecture capture system; Roll out of Wiki platform and the university’s first comprehensive technology knowledge base for users (https://wikis.suffolk.edu/display/OTM/Home)

  • 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
      • Do distance MBAs have access to an alumni database? Yes
      • Are distance MBAs included in resume drops for prescreening by recruiters? Yes
      • Career services Web site URL: http://www.suffolk.edu/campuslife/19958.html

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