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

American University of Beirut

Olayan School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 86 %
      • Average months to complete program: 34
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 48
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No

    • Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

      • Resident: $9,324.00
      • Non-Resident: $9,324.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $777.00
      • Non-resident $777.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 127
      • Part-Time MBA: 86
      • Executive MBA: 41
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,058

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 103
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 25 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 65 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 10th Percentile 459
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • Average GMAT Score 562
      • 25th Percentile 525

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 580
      • Average GMAT Score 614
      • 90th Percentile 662
      • Is proficiency in English required? 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 80 %
      • International students: 7 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 47
      • Median: 39
      • From: 25
      • To: 77
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $14,400.00
      • Median: $13,200.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $10,800.00
      • To: $19,200.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 8 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Operations/Production: 25 %
      • Other: 19 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Consumer Products: 16 %
      • Financial Services: 16 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Technology: 9 %
      • Other: 25 %

    • Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

      • Bank Audi Saradar 6
      • National Bank of Kuwait 5
      • MTC Touch 4
      • Byblos Bank 4
      • L'Oreal 2
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 25
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 25

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 38 %

    • Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

      • Institutional Scholarships: 21 %
      • Assistantships: 17 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $7,610.00
      • Median financial aid package: $9,250.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 2
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 90

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 51

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 39
      • Faculty on company boards: 18

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 24 %
      • Lectures: 24 %
      • Simulations: 11 %
      • Team Projects: 32 %
      • Other: 9 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 16
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 5
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 31 %
      • Average core class size: 20
      • Average elective class size: 22
      • Electives available: 16
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: All courses are made 3 credit hour courses; Foundation courses were integrated into two-week condensed sessions.
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Operations Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Acquiring licenses for new financial database "DataStream" for financial analysis and company profiles; acquiring licenses for SPSS to be installed in all computer labs for statistical market research and analysis; enhancing course delivery through the installation of a recording system in one of the classes to record seminars and lectures; enhancing website.
      • Amount spent: $650,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,398
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 19
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $6,537.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $5,000.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $20,579,429.00
      • 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://www.alumniconnections.com/aub/
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alignwithosb.com/
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
        • At any time
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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