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

Florida International University

Chapman Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • International MBA
      • Alvah H Chapman, Jr Graduate School of Business
      • 11200 SW 8th Street
      • CBC 201
      • Miami, 33199, Florida
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://business.fiu.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: imba@fiu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,022
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 183
      • Executive MBA: 114
      • PhD Program: 43
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MS in International Real Estate; MS in Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $34,000.00
      • Nonresident: $39,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $48,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $53,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 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: Considered
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 343
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 49 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 51 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 35 %
      • International: 47 %
      • Married: 5 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 9 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • Europe: 42 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 26 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 7 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 45 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 38 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 89 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • West: 2 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 36
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 30

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 12
      • To: 84
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 79 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 78 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $21,727.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $29,231.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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: $23,286.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $60,000.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 25th Percentile 525
      • Average GMAT Score 555

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 36
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 8
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 19

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 207

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 69

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 81

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 57

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Information Technology

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 22 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 23 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • 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: We have upgraded our RB Labs to have all computer stations virtualized. We can now dynamically offer computer station configurations tailored to individual classes and instructors. We have outfitted four case rooms, two seminar rooms and one special events room in the new downtown Brickell CBA facilities with complete audio-visual capabilities, including classroom video capturing.We have outfitted five of our MMC classrooms with video webcast/capturing technology.
      • Amount spent: $1,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • 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: https://mypanthernetwork.affinitycircles.com/fiu/auth/login
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://facebook.com/fiubusinessalumni
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

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