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

Louisiana State University

Ourso College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
      • Average months to complete program: 22
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $25,150.00
      • Non-Resident: $37,775.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,048.00
      • Non-resident $1,571.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 591
      • Full-Time MBA: 133
      • Part-Time MBA: 85
      • Executive MBA: 29
      • PhD Program: 85
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,352
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Economics; Master of Public Administration; Master of ISDS;

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 60
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 87 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 85 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 5
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 5
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? NOT APPLICABLE

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 490
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 536
      • 10th Percentile 452

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 555
      • 90th Percentile 658
      • 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

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • NOT APPLICABLE
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 30 %
      • International students: 2 %

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

      • African American: 9 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 48
      • Median: 36
      • From: 12
      • To: 100
      • One year or less: 12 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 9 %
      • Management Information Systems: 4 %
      • Operations/Production: 37 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 21 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 28 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 10 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 19 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 2 %
      • Other: 4 %

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

      • ExxonMobil 15
      • ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 12
      • SHELL CORPORATION 10
      • SHAW GROUP 9
      • Motiva 8
      • 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
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 65 %

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

      • Loans (private and government): 65 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $11,050.00
      • Median financial aid package: $8,479.00
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $22,100.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 102

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 48
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 49
      • Non-Tenured: 26
      • Faculty on company boards: 7

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • International Club
        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
      • 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: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 14
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 7
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 55 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 73 %
      • Average core class size: 40
      • Average elective class size: 30
      • Electives available: 21

    • Recently added electives:

      • marketing analytics
      • Business Analytics
      • Last curriculum revision: 2006
      • Recent curriculum changes: MBA International study trips; Video taping of core courses; Regular and signifiant updating of each course is conducted on an ongoing basis

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Operations Management
        • International Business
        • Economics
        • Public Administration

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Finance
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Supply Chain Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance

    • 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: 42

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Laptop/desktop updates; Business Education Complex opens in March 2012; Classroom upgrades; Upgrade to Bloomberg Terminals in SMART Trading Room; General Technology upgrades (University wide); New College Website based on Sharepoint technology; as well as donations to fund exploratory use of technology for purposes of teaching innovations. Figure is based on estimate: $500,000. Significant spending expected to be accounted for in next survey as new Business Education Complex will go live.
      • Amount spent: $500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,800
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,450.00
      • 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 $56,074,841.00
      • 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.lsualumni.org
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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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