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

University of Portland

Pamplin School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. School of Business Administration
      • 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
      • Franz Hall Suite 425
      • Portland, 97203, Oregon
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://business.up.edu
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba-up@up.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 140
      • Full-Time MBA: 50
      • Part-Time MBA: 90
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Finance

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $38,610.00
      • Nonresident: $38,610.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $58,260.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $58,260.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 15, 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: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 57
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 42 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 51 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 5 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 5 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 29 %
      • Applications from women received: 41 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 27 %
      • International: 22 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 11 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 5 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 60
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60
      • 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: 41 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 41 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $14,564.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $12,375.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $6,000.00
      • 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? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 489

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 537

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 10
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 41

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Operations Management
      • Sustainability

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

        • Other
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Operations Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 34

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 21
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 14

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • 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: The Business School recently built a trading room with 9 Bloomberg terminals where students can earn Bloomberg certification. Electronic portfolios and a multimedia lab for video/presentation creation have also been adopted in the last three years.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 40 %
      • 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? No
      • 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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