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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Lally School of Management & Technology

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Lally School of Management & Technology
      • Part-Time MBA Program
      • 275 Windsor ST.
      • NY
      • Hartford, 06120, Connecticut
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://ewp.rpi.edu/mba
      • E-mail: info@ewp.rpi.edu
      • 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? Yes

    • Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

      • Resident: $17,760.00
      • Non-Resident: $17,760.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,480.00
      • Non-resident $1,480.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 381
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 111
      • Executive MBA: 9
      • PhD Program: 36
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 341
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Management; Master of Science in Financial Engineering and Risk Analytics; Master of Science in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 37
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 95 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 0 (option: 0) 665
      • 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

      • TOEFL Computer Based
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 32 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 16 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 71 %
      • Chose not to report: 7 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Pratt and Whitney 48
      • Sikorsky Aircraft 34
      • Pfizer 29
      • Hamilton Sundstrand 13
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Other
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 55

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 30
      • Faculty on company boards: 6

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Operations Management

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Management of Information Systems
      • New Product Development
      • Global Enterprise Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Operations Management
        • Industrial Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 51

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improved network infrastructure. Added Blooomberg Terminal, computers for Career Insider Vault services, Center for Financial Services server, new database accesses for financial research, new projector and large screen monitor, new study/research room, Scantron automated test scoring machine, iPads for most faculty, Windows 7 computers and laptops for most faculty and staff. Upgraded 7 public computers and 2 multi feature copiers with high speed scanning, copying and printing capabilities.
      • Amount spent: $450,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,111
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 35
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 9
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 18 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $276.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $1,975,146.00
      • 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.alumni.rpi.edu/index/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://lallyschool.rpi.edu/alumni/index.html
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes

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