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

University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Moody College of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
      • B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
      • 214 Hebrard Blvd. Moody Hall, Room 328
      • P.O. Box 44568
      • Lafayette, 70504, Louisiana
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://moody.louisiana.edu/MBA
      • E-mail: mba@louisiana.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 96 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • 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: $3,200.00
      • Non-Resident: $7,604.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $267.00
      • Non-resident $634.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 225
      • Part-Time MBA: 225
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,348

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 196
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 42 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 94 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • Average GMAT Score 530
      • 90th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 549
      • 75th Percentile 569
      • 25th Percentile 511
      • 10th Percentile 497
      • 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: Important
      • Interviews Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 45 %
      • International students: 5 %

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

      • African American: 12 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 61
      • Median: 48
      • From: 24
      • To: 120
      • One year or less: 8 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
      • General Management: 20 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems: 10 %
      • Operations/Production: 20 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 40 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 3 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 27
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 25

  • FINANCIAL AID

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

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 3 %
      • Assistantships: 10 %
      • 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? Only to domestic students
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $8,500.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 78

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 31
      • Non-Tenured: 17
      • Faculty on company boards: 15

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Other

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

        • 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: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 2 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 33 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 25
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 41
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 32
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 20 %
      • Average core class size: 35
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 10

    • Recently added electives:

      • Selling, Negotiations, and Service Recovery
      • Industrial Business to Business Marketing
      • Data Mining
      • Sustainable Cultural Eco-Tourism and Marketing
      • Last curriculum revision: 1998

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health Care Administration
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Management Information Systems

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 33

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New computers and software for faculty and student computer labs
      • Amount spent: $144,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,372
      • 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
      • Business school endowment $27,000,000.00
      • 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.louisianaalumni.org
      • 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.louisiana.edu/student/organizations/MBAA
      • 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 students included in resume drops? Yes

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