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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Bowling Green State University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Bowling Green State University
      • 371 Business Administration
      • OH
      • Bowling Green, 43403, Ohio
      • United States of America
      • Program Web site: http://www.bgsumba.com
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba-info@bgsu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 331
      • Full-Time MBA: 43
      • Part-Time MBA: 116
      • Executive MBA: 49
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Executive Master of Organizational Development; Master of Economics; Master of Science in Applied Statistics
  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $17,397.00
      • Nonresident: $17,397.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $28,359.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $28,359.00
  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12
  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 14, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes
    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550
    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Considered
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important
  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 147
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 58 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 5 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 20 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 20
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 4
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 10 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 25 %
  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 64 %
      • Applications from women received: 25 %
  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 0 %
    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 4 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 1 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 1 %
      • Asian American: 1 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 1 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 563
      • 10th Percentile 481
      • 50th Percentile (median) 555
  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 35
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 50
    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes
    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Statistics and Operations Research
  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 114
  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other
  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Student information kiosks have been added to two floors of the Business Administration Building; a financial trading room has also been added.
  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,270
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumniconnections.com
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No
  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 100 %
    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %