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

Ohio University

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 75 %
      • Average months to complete program: 20
      • 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: $5,800.00
      • Non-Resident: $5,800.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $509.00
      • Non-resident $509.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 135
      • Full-Time MBA: 20
      • Part-Time MBA: 115
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,000

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 42
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 76 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 95 %
      • 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? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? Transcript review, interview
      • 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: Not Considered
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 25 %
      • International students: 12 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 93 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 97
      • Median: 72
      • From: 36
      • To: 204
      • One year or less: 9 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • General Management: 25 %
      • Human Resources: 9 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 0 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Production: 22 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 15 %
      • Financial Services: 22 %
      • Government: 6 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 9 %
      • Other: 13 %

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

      • American Electric Power 7
      • JP Morgan Chase 6
      • Ohio University 5
      • Fifth Third Bank 3
      • Huntington Bank 3
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 32
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • 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: 85 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 85 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $13,000.00
      • Median financial aid package: $13,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Financial need
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 83

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 49
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 16
      • Faculty on company boards: 10

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • 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: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 19
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 15
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 50 %
      • Electives available: 0
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011
      • Recent curriculum changes: Integration of professional development seminars
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Organizational Behavior

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 57

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: upgraded student portal with student placement/internships; implementation of course management system supporting on-line content and interaction; improved virtual classrooms
      • Amount spent: $750,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,482
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $192.00
      • 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 $13,554,198.00
      • 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.ohioalumni.org
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cob.ohio.edu/alumni
      • 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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