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

Radford University

College of Business & Economics

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 97
      • Full-Time MBA: 48
      • Part-Time MBA: 49

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $13,608.00
      • Nonresident: $26,640.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $17,208.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $30,240.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 47
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 55 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 73 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • 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: 4 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 28 %
      • Applications from women received: 30 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 5 %
      • International: 16 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Europe: 16 %
      • North America: 84 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 90 %

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

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 90 %
      • South: 5 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 42
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 12
      • To: 84
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • 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: 63 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 70 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $7,752.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $9,522.00
      • 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: $2,675.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 19 %
      • 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 490
      • 90th Percentile 557
      • Average GMAT Score 440
      • 50th Percentile (median) 440
      • 10th Percentile 330
      • 25th Percentile 422

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 455
      • 50th Percentile (median) 465
      • 10th Percentile 410
      • 25th Percentile 427
      • 75th Percentile 475
      • 90th Percentile 490

  • 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: 24
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 3
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

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

        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Statistics and Operations Research

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 50

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 17

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • 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: Radford University is completing work on a new $44 million, 110,000 square-foot home for the College of Business and Economics that will open for classes in the fall of 2012. The new building will feature state-of-the-art classrooms, conference rooms, and gathering spaces designed to stimulate collaboration and teamwork.
      • Amount spent: $44,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 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? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.radford.edu/content/radfordcore/home/alumni.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Radford University is completing work on a new $44 million, 110,000 square-foot home for the College of Business and Economics that will open for classes in the fall of 2012. The new building will feature state-of-the-art classrooms, conference rooms, and gathering spaces designed to stimulate collaboration and teamwork.

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