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

Bowling Green State University

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Average months to complete program: 23
      • 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? Yes

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

      • Resident: $7,800.00
      • Non-Resident: $7,800.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $650.00
      • Non-resident $650.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 331
      • Full-Time MBA: 43
      • Part-Time MBA: 116
      • Executive MBA: 49
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,500
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Executive Master of Organizational Development; Master of Economics; Master of Science in Applied Statistics

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • 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)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 75th Percentile 530
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 525.56
      • 10th Percentile 456
      • 90th Percentile 574
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 40 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 114

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 70 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 6
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 20
      • Average core class size: 30
      • Average elective class size: 30
      • Electives available: 0
      • Last curriculum revision: 2009
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Supply Chain Management

    • 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: 36

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Student information kiosks have been added to two floors of the Business Administration Building; a financial trading room has also been added.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,270
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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://alumniconnections.com
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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

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