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

Baldwin-Wallace College

Division of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $10,080.00
      • Non-Resident: $10,080.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $840.00
      • Non-resident $840.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 446
      • Full-Time MBA: 274
      • Part-Time MBA: 171
      • Executive MBA: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 713

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 113
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 69 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 19 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • Average GMAT Score 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 75th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 420
      • 90th Percentile 628
      • 10th Percentile 372
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 523

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 21 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 7 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %
      • Chose not to report: 7 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 60
      • Median: 30
      • One year or less: 2 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 41
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 43

  • 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: 87 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 87 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $11,523.00
      • Median financial aid package: $6,800.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Financial need
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $34,569.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 75

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 12

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Other
        • Investment Banking

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

        • Other
      • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 9
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 61
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 14
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 15
      • Electives available: 26

    • Recently added electives:

      • International Financial Reporting Standards
      • Strategic Management in Health Care
      • Financial Decision Making in a Health Care Organization
      • Improving Quality in Health Care
      • DataTool Benchmarking & Info Skills for Bus. Decisions
      • WindPower Rewards & Realities

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Sustainability
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Health Care Administration
        • Other

    • 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: 40

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Introduced two new online degree programs utilizing Blackboard. Increased the number of wireless access points in the residence halls. Upgraded the following applications: Blackboard Transaction System, Campus scheduling software package, iPark and mobile ticketing, Datatel 4.2, and Computer labs to Windows7 and Office 2010. Installed dual boot (Windows/MAC OS) computer lab in our education building. Began offering 24x7 helpdesk support for faculty, staff & students.
      • Amount spent: $318,705.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,961
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $114.00
      • 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 $119,746,043.00
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups/BaldwinWallace-College-154830?trj
      • 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://www.facebook.com/pages/Baldwin-Wallace-College-MBA-Association/129877587002
      • 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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