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

University of Connecticut

School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 91 %
      • 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? Yes

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

      • Resident: $8,160.00
      • Non-Resident: $8,160.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $680.00
      • Non-resident $680.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,047
      • Full-Time MBA: 106
      • Part-Time MBA: 827
      • Executive MBA: 56
      • PhD Program: 58
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,897
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Financial Risk Management; Master of Science in Business Analytics and Project Management

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 166
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 60 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 91 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • Average GMAT Score 573
      • 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: 575

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 26 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 6 %
      • Chose not to report: 92 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 70
      • Median: 60
      • From: 24
      • To: 120
      • One year or less: 3 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 3 %
      • Management Information Systems: 8 %
      • Operations/Production: 14 %
      • Other: 46 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 1 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 14 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 54 %

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

      • The Hartford 58
      • Travelers 57
      • Pratt & Whitney 50
      • United Technologies Corp. 25
      • Aetna 18
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

  • 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: 15 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 2 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 98 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $10,067.00
      • Median financial aid package: $11,567.00
      • 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? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $36,094.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 147

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 53
      • Non-Tenured: 48
      • Faculty on company boards: 33

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 26 %
      • Distance Learning: 13 %
      • Experiential Learning: 12 %
      • Lectures: 28 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 12 %
      • Other: 4 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 58
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 25
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 75 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 90 %
      • Average core class size: 38
      • Average elective class size: 25
      • Electives available: 54

    • Recently added electives:

      • Green Marketing
      • Principles of Global Sustainability
      • Sales Leadership & Selling in Service Industries
      • The Global Economics of Energy
      • Entrepreneurship in Healthcare: Markets & Opportunities
      • Last curriculum revision: 2002

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Operations Management
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health Care Management
      • Management of Technology
      • Real Estate
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: Concentrations that consist of two or more electives in a particular discipline; international experience
      • Credits required to graduate: 57

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New server farm, multimedia communications system, teleconferencing for all campuses, transition to complete virtual server u-infrastructure, and virtual desktop implementation.
      • Amount spent: $3,200,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 13,445
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $254.00
      • 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 $29,620,681.00
      • 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://career.uconn.edu/alumni.html
      • 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.alumniconnections.com
      • 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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