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

University of Arizona

Eller College of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 94 %
      • Average months to complete program: 20
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? No

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

      • Resident: $10,213.00
      • Non-Resident: $10,213.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $851.00
      • Non-resident $851.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 479
      • Full-Time MBA: 102
      • Part-Time MBA: 163
      • Executive MBA: 60
      • PhD Program: 154
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 5,345
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 104
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 88 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 90 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 6
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 6
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 529
      • 10th Percentile 410

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 10th Percentile 410
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 529
      • 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: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 36 %
      • International students: 5 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 15 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 59 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 77
      • Median: 70
      • From: 23
      • To: 150
      • One year or less: 4 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $68,016.00
      • Median: $65,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $31,636.00
      • To: $107,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Operations/Production: 33 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Government: 13 %
      • Manufacturing: 15 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 8 %

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

      • Raytheon 54
      • University of Arizona 23
      • Honeywell 12
      • IBM 11
      • Intel 6
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 151

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 59

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 59

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

        • Women in MBA
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 26
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 12
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 46 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 35 %
      • Average core class size: 40
      • Electives available: 6

    • Recently added electives:

      • MIS: Information Security in Public and Private Sectors
      • MIS: Privacy, Information and Risk Analysis
      • Marketing: Products and Brand Strategy
      • Marketing: Social Media Marketing
      • Accounting: Financial Statement Analysis
      • Finance: Investment Analysis and Management
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: Synchronizing the Part-Time MBA core with the Full-Time MBA core to ensure similar degree paths.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Management Information Systems (MIS)
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 47

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: On-line course development; instructional video and green-screen facilities added; improved online test software; updated student PCs in labs; improved e-mail service by outsourcing to central network; installed network-based video conferencing for meetings and inteviews; updated Mediasite classroom/lecture capability; remodeled labs for increased group collaboration; converted labs to 24/7 access; improved course management systems; increased security with video recording web-cams.
      • Amount spent: $624,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,892
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $712.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $90.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $53,143,490.00
      • 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.arizona.edu/get_involved/career_services
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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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