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

Georgia College & State University

Bunting College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Liberal Arts Master of Business Administration
      • J. Whitney Bunting College of Business
      • 231 W. Hancock Street, Campus Box 019
      • Atkinson Hall, Suite 215
      • Milledgeville, 31061, Georgia
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.gcsu.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: renee.mosley@gcsu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 196
      • Full-Time MBA: 33
      • Part-Time MBA: 110
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $14,938.00
      • Nonresident: $45,270.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $26,919.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $52,833.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 15

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 32
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 47 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 94 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 50 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 16 %
      • Applications from women received: 40 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 40 %
      • International: 13 %
      • Married: 13 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 7 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 86 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %

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

      • South: 100 %
      • Median age of entering class: 22
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • 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: 53 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 53 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $10,500.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $11,400.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $2,500.00
      • 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
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? N/A

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 440
      • Average GMAT Score 441
      • 10th Percentile 350
      • 25th Percentile 405
      • 75th Percentile 475
      • 90th Percentile 525

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 441
      • 10th Percentile 350
      • 25th Percentile 400
      • 50th Percentile (median) 440

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 15
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 0
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 0
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 50

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 12

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 5 %
      • Distance Learning: 2 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,892
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $117.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $421,731.00
      • 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://www.gcsu.edu/alumni/index.htm
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 60 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 20 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 80 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 40 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 60 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Aflac 1
      • Apex Systems 1

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • South: 40 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The Georgia College Liberal Arts MBA is a program of study designed specifically for students with an undergraduate degree in a non-business discipline. The program requires 15 months of full-time study to complete the 16 required courses. The courses are offered in a lock-step sequence.

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