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

Grand Canyon University

Blanchard College of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,878
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
      • Master of Science in Leadership

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $29,740.00
      • Nonresident: $296,740.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $13,200.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $13,200.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 27

  • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 500

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 48 %

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

      • African American: 31 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %
      • Chose not to report: 13 %
      • Other: 1 %

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

      • Northeast: 6 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • South: 23 %
      • Southwest: 43 %
      • Midwest: 12 %
      • West: 11 %
      • Possessions and territories: 1 %
      • Median age of entering class: 34
      • Mean age of entering class: 37

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university

  • GMAT

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

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Leadership

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

        • Other
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
      • 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:

        • Leadership
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 13

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 65 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • 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: SMART technology in all classrooms

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 9,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 7
      • 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://alumni.gcu.edu
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 100 %

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