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

Pittsburg State University

  • Program Basics

      • Full-Time MBA (Accounting, General Administration and International Business)
      • Kelce College of Business
      • Kelce College of Business
      • 1701 S. Broadway
      • Pittsburg, KS 66762, Kansas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.pittstate.edu/academics/business/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@pittstate.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 132
      • Full-Time MBA: 97
      • Part-Time MBA: 35

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $10,691.00
      • Nonresident: $22,496.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $16,979.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $28,784.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 15, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • 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: Not Considered
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 345
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 70 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 20 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 95 %
      • 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
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 52 %
      • Applications from women received: 55 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 48 %
      • International: 53 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 12
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 12

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

      • From: 8
      • To: 14
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • 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: 60 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 70 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $10,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 40 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Yes
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $12,857.00

  • 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? Transcripts

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 560
      • Average GMAT Score 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 10th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 480
      • 90th Percentile 420

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 10th Percentile 680
      • 90th Percentile 420
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 480

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 24
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 18
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 10

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

      • International Negotiation
      • Business & Professional Ethics(Accounting)
      • International Experience (Europe)
      • International Experience (Central Asia)

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

        • General Management
        • Accounting
        • International Business
      • 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:

        • General Management
        • International Business
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 48

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 8

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 50 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 80 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Program specific requirements

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: All general lab and classroom technologies are less than three years old. Smart classroom technologies are employed.
      • Amount spent: $250,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • 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? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 96 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

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

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 96 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 4 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 96 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 4 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • ConocoPhillips 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Federal Reserve Bank 1
      • Archer Daniel Midland 1
      • Toyota Financial 1
      • Cerner Corporation 1
      • Mercy Health Center of Kansas 1
      • NPC International 1
      • MHC Kenworth 1
      • National Instrument Corporation 1
      • Alltell Communications 1
      • Prairie Capital Management 1
      • Midwest Mineral Inc. 1
      • Day & Zimmerman 1
      • Leggett & Platt 1

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

      • ConocoPhillips 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Pittsburg State University 1
      • Jakes Fireworks 1
      • Sprint Communications 1
      • Leggett & Platt 1
      • Kochs Industries 1
      • Walmart 1
      • University Bank 1
      • Alliance for Technology Transfer 1
      • Conway Trucking 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 95 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 6

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