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

Missouri State University

College of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Glass Hall Room 223 Missouri State University
      • 901 S. National
      • Springfield, 65897, Missouri
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.missouristate.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: MBAProgram@MissouriState.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 256
      • Part-Time MBA: 170
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Other
      • Master of Health Administration Master of Project Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $9,923.00
      • Nonresident: $17,414.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $17,864.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $21,950.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 18

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 20, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Dec 20, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2013
      • Deadline: May 18, 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: Important
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 176
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 92 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 68 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 34 %
      • Applications from women received: 45 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 46 %
      • International: 37 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 34 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 62 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 66 %
      • Chose not to report: 29 %

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

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 1 %
      • Midwest: 93 %
      • West: 2 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • 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 receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 18 %
      • 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: $2,155.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $37,570.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 75th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 450
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • Average GMAT Score 507

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 510
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 75th Percentile 560
      • Average GMAT Score 515
      • 10th Percentile 430

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 35
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
      • 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
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 152

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 68
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 68

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 65
      • Non-Tenured: 28

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • 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: Updates were made to all servers and computers for all faculty and staff. Two full-time technology support positions were added. Most classrooms received new software images containing new versions of software, including Office 2010 and Turning Point, among others. Upgrades were made for use of Blackboard 9.1.
      • Amount spent: $268,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,493
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $182.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $12,244,536.00
      • 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://alumni.missouristate.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.facebook.com/MBAMOState
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

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