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

Rutgers University Newark & New Brunswick

Rutgers Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 80 %
      • Average months to complete program: 42
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 96
      • 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: $12,160.00
      • Non-Resident: $19,720.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $928.00
      • Non-resident $1,558.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,913
      • Full-Time MBA: 216
      • Part-Time MBA: 1,004
      • Executive MBA: 125
      • PhD Program: 155
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 4,233
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accountancy in Financial Accounting; Governmental Accounting and Taxation; Master of Quantitative Finance

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 340
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 79 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 69 %
      • 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? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 490
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • Average GMAT Score 539
      • 10th Percentile 410

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 573
      • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

    • 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: 31 %
      • International students: 14 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 26 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 5 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 51 %
      • Chose not to report: 8 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 80
      • Median: 53
      • From: 15
      • To: 170
      • One year or less: 8 %

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

      • Prudential 39
      • Johnson & Johnson 31
      • Rutgers University 29
      • Merrill Lynch 22
      • Merck 22
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

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

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 307

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 79
      • Non-Tenured: 85

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 143

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 74

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 53

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 79
      • Non-Tenured: 83
      • Faculty on company boards: 1

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Investment Banking

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

        • International Club
        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • 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: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 297
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 83
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 54 %
      • Average core class size: 31
      • Average elective class size: 27
      • Electives available: 82

    • Recently added electives:

      • Hedge Funds
      • Strategies for Financial Service Industry
      • Analytics & Business Intelligence
      • Last curriculum revision: 2009

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Strategy
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Supply Chain Management
      • Pharmaceutical Management
      • MSIS
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Other

    • 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: 60

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: B-School improvements include a new state-of-the-art facility with a completely refreshed technological infrastructure; every classroom and meeting space fully outfitted with ‘smart’ technology. Improvements include 30 new smart classrooms, new 64-seat Global Financial Market Center trading room; ubiquitous 802.11n wireless network; 8 new video conferencing rooms and upgrade of 300 instructional and open access lab computers.
      • Amount spent: $2,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 19,118
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $32,447,347.00
      • 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://careers1.rutgers.edu/alumni/main.asp
      • 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?
        • After completing a certain number of credits
      • 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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