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

University of South Dakota

Beacom School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Beacom School of Business
      • Master of Business Administration
      • Beacom School of Business
      • 414 East Clark Street
      • Vermillion, 57069, South Dakota
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.usd.edu/business/mba
      • E-mail: mba@usd.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 88 %
      • 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: $4,416.00
      • Non-Resident: $4,416.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $368.00
      • Non-resident $368.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 253
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 193
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 913
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 50
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 90 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not offered

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 90th Percentile 620
      • Average GMAT Score 527
      • 10th Percentile 424

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • Average GMAT Score 554
      • 25th Percentile 505
      • 50th Percentile (median) 555
      • 90th Percentile 622
      • 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: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 46 %
      • International students: 7 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 68
      • Median: 36
      • From: 0
      • To: 168
      • One year or less: 27 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

  • 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: 40 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $6,000.00
      • Median financial aid package: $5,000.00
      • 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: 41

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 13
      • Faculty on company boards: 25

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Other
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 9
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 7
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 0 %
      • Average core class size: 20
      • Average elective class size: 25
      • Electives available: 8

    • Recently added electives:

      • Sports Marketing
      • Lean Management
      • Last curriculum revision: 2005

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health Services Administration
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Leadership
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration

    • 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: 33

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: A brand new $20 million state of the art building was finished in August 2009. The entire building is wireless and there are sympodiums in every classroom.
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,113
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $8,000,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.usd.edu/alumni-association/index.cfm
      • 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? 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 MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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