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

Claremont Graduate University

Drucker Graduate School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
      • Fully-Employed MBA Program
      • 1021 N Dartmouth Ave
      • CA
      • Claremont, 91711, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.drucker.cgu.edu
      • E-mail: drucker@cgu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 36
      • 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: $19,402.00
      • Non-Resident: $19,402.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,581.00
      • Non-resident $1,581.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 230
      • Full-Time MBA: 101
      • Part-Time MBA: 28
      • Executive MBA: 92
      • PhD Program: 9
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 20
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 80 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 56 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • Average GMAT Score 453
      • 75th Percentile 553
      • 90th Percentile 578
      • 10th Percentile 323
      • 25th Percentile 373
      • 50th Percentile (median) 435

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 420
      • 10th Percentile 314
      • 25th Percentile 365
      • 50th Percentile (median) 400
      • 90th Percentile 546
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • TOEFL Computer Based
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 55 %
      • International students: 11 %

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

      • African American: 12 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 33 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 33 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 70
      • Median: 60
      • From: 28
      • To: 106
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
      • General Management: 33 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Production: 11 %
      • Other: 33 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 22 %
      • Financial Services: 11 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 11 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 22 %
      • Non-Profit: 11 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 11 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 12 %

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

      • Southern California Edison 2
      • Boeing 2
      • Northrop Grumman 2
      • Pitzer College 2
      • NBC Universal 1
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • 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: 88 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 22 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 66 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $19,928.00
      • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • 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: $36,664.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 37

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 30
      • Faculty on company boards: 10

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Other
        • Consulting
        • Investment Banking

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

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
        • 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: 5 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 32
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 6
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 75 %
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 36

    • Recently added electives:

      • Creating Value Through Information Technology
      • Managing Information Technology in the 21st Century
      • Leadership, Organization and Strategy
      • Leadership and Followership
      • Last curriculum revision: 2007

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • International Business
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Marketing

    • 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: 60

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New A/V setup

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,490
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 9
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $197.00
      • 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 $44,161,165.00
      • 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://alumnicommunity.cgu.edu/
      • 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.druckeralumni.org/
      • 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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