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

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Silberman College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Program
      • Silberman College of Business
      • 1000 River Road
      • NJ
      • Teaneck, 07666, New Jersey
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.fdu.edu/business
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: grad@fdu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 800
      • Full-Time MBA: 200
      • Part-Time MBA: 200
      • Executive MBA: 100
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Science in Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $58,195.00
      • Nonresident: $58,195.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

      • 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: Considered
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: Not offered

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 35 %
      • International: 37 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 69 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $13,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $5,222.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

  • 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: 9
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 50

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Financial Markets: Theory and Practice
      • Managing Sustainability

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • International Business
      • Pharmaceutical Management
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Accounting

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • E-business

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • minimum 3.0 GPA

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Data projectors in all classrooms; new computers every 3 years; SANS storage, high speed internet / internet / I2; upgrading of ITV facilities.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://myfdu.net
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://myfdu.net
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Students enrolled at the Silberman College of Business will discover a community of dedicated educators, administrators and staff that not only instill in them a very thorough knowledge of global business, but also help them experience it firsthand and understand the role they can play as difference makers. Graduates are ready for the real world of today and will help shape the world of tomorrow.

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