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

Rowan University

Rohrer College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Rohrer College of Business MBA Program
      • Rohrer College of Business
      • 201 Mullica Hill Road
      • NJ
      • Glassboro, 08028, New Jersey
      • United States of America
      • Program Web site: http://www.rowan.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@rowan.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 118
      • Full-Time MBA: 37
      • Part-Time MBA: 81

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $28,440.00
      • Nonresident: $28,440.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $24,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $24,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 5
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 100 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 20 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • 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

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 22 %
      • International: 33 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 33 %
      • North America: 67 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • 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: 46 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 38 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $19,170.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $20,500.00
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • 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? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 10th Percentile 400
      • 90th Percentile 630
      • Average GMAT Score 525

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 470
      • 25th Percentile 460
      • Average GMAT Score 486
      • 10th Percentile 446
      • 75th Percentile 515
      • 90th Percentile 534

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 19
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 19
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 10

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting

    • 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
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 63

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 17

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

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

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New Training Lab

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

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