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

East Carolina University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • MBA
      • College of Business Graduate Programs
      • 1000 E 5th St
      • Bate 3203
      • Greenville, 27858, North Carolina
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/aboutgradprog.cfm
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: gradbus@ecu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 926
      • Full-Time MBA: 308
      • Part-Time MBA: 607
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 15, 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
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Not Considered
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 257
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 76 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 83 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 6 %
      • Applications from women received: 40 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International: 19 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 14 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
      • South: 85 %

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 10th Percentile 490

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 23

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Finance
        • Hotel Administration
        • Management Information Systems
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Supply Chain Management
        • International Business
        • Portfolio Management
        • Tax
      • School Business Management, Development/Environmental Planning

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
      • 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
        • Health Care Administration
        • Management Information Systems
        • Supply Chain Management

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Students to not apply to separate programs therefore applications totals on full time and part time surveys are the same. Enrollment and entering class totals are based on full time/part time status on fall census reporting date.

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