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

Bellarmine University

Rubel School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 94 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No
      • 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: $7,560.00
      • Non-Resident: $7,560.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $630.00
      • Non-resident $630.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 189
      • Full-Time MBA: 69
      • Part-Time MBA: 104
      • Executive MBA: 21
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 369

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 72
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 90 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 93 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 90th Percentile 590
      • 50th Percentile (median) 470
      • 75th Percentile 530
      • 25th Percentile 420
      • 10th Percentile 380
      • Average GMAT Score 484

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 530
      • 25th Percentile 430
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 10th Percentile 390
      • Average GMAT Score 488
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 40 %
      • International students: 1 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
      • Chose not to report: 20 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 71
      • Median: 36
      • From: 0
      • To: 204
      • One year or less: 23 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $44,000.00
      • Median: $37,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $30,000.00
      • To: $72,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 37 %
      • General Management: 14 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 26 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 12 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 10 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 22 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 4 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

  • 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: 53 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 56 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 52 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $5,000.00
      • Median financial aid package: $5,770.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $16,864.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 28

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 3
      • Faculty on company boards: 13

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • 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: 70 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 8
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 28
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 11
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 22
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 12

    • Recently added electives:

      • Project Management
      • Last curriculum revision: 2005
      • Recent curriculum changes: Inclusion of Advanced Human Resource Management as a core requirement

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • General Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Other graduation requirements: 48 hours of grad credits at least 36 hours earned in residence. Cum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale throughout program. Completion of all degree work within six years from date of entry.
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,252
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $896.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $2,600,000.00
      • 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.bellarmine.edu/alumni/
      • 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.bellarmine.edu/alumni/
      • 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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