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

State University of New York at New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz

  • Program Basics

      • State University of New York at New Paltz MBA Program
      • State University of New York at New Paltz MBA Program
      • State University of New York at New Paltz
      • 1 Hawk Drive
      • New Paltz, 12561, New York
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.newpaltz.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@newpaltz.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 85
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $22,796.00
      • Nonresident: $37,584.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $28,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $43,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Semester: Fall 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: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Not Considered
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 51
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 80 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 29 %
      • Applications from women received: 55 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 54 %
      • International: 22 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 16 %
      • North America: 75 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 6 %
      • Dual citizenship: 3 %

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

      • African American: 14 %
      • Asian American: 7 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 75 %

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 14
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 75th Percentile 530
      • 10th Percentile 400
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • Average GMAT Score 487

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 460
      • 10th Percentile 410
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 484

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 21
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 16
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 7

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

        • Accounting

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

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • International Business
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 27

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 3

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Business Ethics
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • 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: Financial Trading Room, additional LCD monitors, and three additional laptops
      • Amount spent: $23,300.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 261
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 2 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $113.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $250,000.00
      • 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.newpaltz.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Random House Publishing
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Full Bus Transportation
      • Destination: Target- New York City
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: American Association of Publishers
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Federal Jobs Career Fair- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: New York City Alumni Job Fair Brooklyn, NY
      • Month: December
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Mediacom Communications Corp. 1
      • IBM 1
      • Sedore & Company CPA's 1
      • Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni, Weddell 1
      • Northwestern Mutual Financial Network 1
      • ABon Pharmaceuticals 1
      • Camphill Village 1
      • M & T Bank 1
      • Price Chopper (Human Resources) 1
      • Target 1
      • Merril Lynch- (Bank of America) 1
      • Factset 1
      • Kraft Foods 1
      • Connecticut Hospital Association 1

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • Selux Corporation 1
      • Fala Technologies 1
      • Amsterdam Mohawks 1
      • Natural Currents 1
      • Anthony Buzzco CPA 1
      • Enterprise Holdings, Inc. 2
      • UBS Financial Services 1
      • Wells Fargo Financial 1
      • Fox News Channel 1
      • Northwestern Mutual Financial Network 2
      • Sedore & Company CPA's 1
      • Health Quest Systems 4
      • Ulster County Comptrollers Office 2
      • NY Life Insurance 1
      • Laerdal Medical Corp 2
      • Average internship length in weeks: 15

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