Go To Businessweek.com
Part-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Portland State University

School of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • School of Business Administration
      • Portland State MBA Part-time Program
      • 631 SW Harrison Street
      • SBA Suite 540
      • Portland, 97207-0751, Oregon
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.pdx.edu
      • E-mail: gradinfo@sba.pdx.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 85 %
      • Average months to complete program: 36
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 84
      • 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: $14,049.00
      • Non-Resident: $16,281.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $522.00
      • Non-resident $615.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 577
      • Full-Time MBA: 88
      • Part-Time MBA: 130
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 64
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 69 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 77 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 25th Percentile 505
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • Average GMAT Score 562
      • 10th Percentile 447
      • 90th Percentile 682

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 608
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • PTE Academic
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 29 %
      • International students: 11 %

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

      • Asian American: 6 %
      • Native American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 78 %
      • Chose not to report: 13 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 60
      • Median: 51
      • From: 35
      • To: 74
      • One year or less: 9 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $64,906.00
      • Median: $55,025.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $47,400.00
      • To: $79,720.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Production: 9 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 36 %
      • Financial Services: 7 %
      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 25 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Other: 10 %

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

      • Intel 11
      • Nike 9
      • US Bank 3
      • Transcore 2
      • Applied Materials 2
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 63

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 31
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 100

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 31
      • Non-Tenured: 15

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

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

        • 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: 46 %
      • Experiential Learning: 11 %
      • Lectures: 26 %
      • Simulations: 6 %
      • Team Projects: 11 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 32
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 56
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 32
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 91 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 43 %
      • Average core class size: 47
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 70

    • Recently added electives:

      • Managerial Accounting for Sustainability
      • Leading Change for Sustainability
      • Finance for Business Strategy
      • World Changing Marketing
      • Entrepreneurial Mindset
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Supply Chain Management

    • 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: Must have a 3.0 or higher cumulative graduate GPA
      • Credits required to graduate: 74

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,963
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $159.00
      • 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 $11,141,035.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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

Getting In

B-School Life

Finding a Job

Paying the Bills