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

St. Mary's University

Greehey School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • One-Year MBA
      • St. Mary's University
      • One Camino Santa Maria
      • Bill Greehey School of Business
      • San Antonio, 78228, Texas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.stmarytx.edu/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba@stmarytx.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 72
      • Full-Time MBA: 12
      • Part-Time MBA: 60

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $22,000.00
      • Nonresident: $22,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $27,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $27,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 31, 2012
      • 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: 573

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 26
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 45 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 90 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 48 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 10 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 15 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 5 %
      • Applications from women received: 15 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 10 %
      • Married: 25 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Europe: 1 %

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

      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 90 %

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

      • Southwest: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 42
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 42

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

      • From: 32
      • To: 38
      • Median age of entering class: 33
      • Mean age of entering class: 33

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $15,000.00
      • 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? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • 25th Percentile 535
      • 75th Percentile 585
      • 90th Percentile 620

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 607
      • 50th Percentile (median) 607
      • 25th Percentile 585

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 10
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 10
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 4

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

        • General Management
        • Accounting

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • 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
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 33

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 5

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Comprehensive examination/project

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Smart Boards; video conferencing; Bllomberg terminals; laptop upgrades in classrooms and faculty offices
      • Amount spent: $250,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 750
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $50,000,000.00
      • 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? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 100 %

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