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

University of Illinois, Chicago

Liautaud Graduate School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Average months to complete program: 28
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No
      • 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: $12,338.00
      • Non-Resident: $20,338.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $774.00
      • Non-resident $1,274.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,168
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Arts in Real Estate;Master of Science in Management Information Systems;

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 362
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 52 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 44 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • 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 582
      • 25th Percentile 553
      • 90th Percentile 704
      • 10th Percentile 466
      • 75th Percentile 587
      • 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: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 28 %
      • International students: 23 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 23 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 60 %
      • Chose not to report: 13 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 68
      • Median: 60
      • From: 12
      • To: 144
      • One year or less: 13 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Finance/Accounting: 7 %
      • General Management: 8 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems: 4 %
      • Operations/Production: 1 %
      • Other: 63 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 1 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 72 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 26

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 87

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 29
      • Faculty on company boards: 11

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Information Technology

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

        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
      • 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: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 24
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 49
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 45
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 55

    • Recently added electives:

      • Personal Finance Planning
      • The Venture Process
      • Social Entrepreneurs Leading Change
      • Recent curriculum changes: Addition of Social Value Creation Courses

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

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

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Self-Directed
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Corporate Social Responsibility

    • 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: Students must complete at least one concentration
      • Credits required to graduate: 54

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New Classroom Facility;Market Trading Simulation Lab;
      • Amount spent: $12,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,709
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $122.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $8,550,991.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.uiaa.org/uic/connected/uiaa_everywhere.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://blog.liautaud.uic.edu
      • 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
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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