PROGRAM BASICS

• • Cox School of Business
  • Professional MBA Program
  • PO Box 750333
  • TX
  • Dallas, 75218, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.coxpmba.com
  • E-mail: mbainfo@cox.smu.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 93 %
  • Average months to complete program: 24
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
  • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
  • 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: $21,888.00
  • Non-Resident: $21,888.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,638.00
  • Non-resident $1,638.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 908
  • Full-Time MBA: 282
  • Part-Time MBA: 343
  • Executive MBA: 168
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 968
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Management; Master of Entrepreneurship

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 156
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 71 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 61 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 5
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
  • Applicant interviews are: Required

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 25th Percentile 540
  • 10th Percentile 520
  • 90th Percentile 690
  • 75th Percentile 650
  • Average GMAT Score 591
  • 50th Percentile (median) 590

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 10th Percentile 530
  • 25th Percentile 550
  • Average GMAT Score 595
  • 50th Percentile (median) 595
  • 90th Percentile 680
  • 75th Percentile 650
• • 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
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test

• Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

  • TOEFL Computer Based; Pearson Test of English
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 33 %
  • International students: 9 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 13 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 65 %
  • Chose not to report: 5 %
  • Other: 9 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 69
  • Median: 67
  • From: 27
  • To: 143
  • One year or less: 0 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $76,977.00
  • Median: $67,500.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $45,000.00
  • To: $115,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 6 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
  • General Management: 16 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
  • Management Information Systems: 6 %
  • Operations/Production: 19 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Consumer Products: 16 %
  • Financial Services: 19 %
  • Government: 0 %
  • Manufacturing: 21 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 11 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
  • Real Estate: 5 %
  • Technology: 5 %
  • Other: 8 %

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

  • Lockheed Martin 7
  • Texas Instruments 3
  • Capital One 2
  • GE 2
  • Johnson & Johnson 2
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

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: 54 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 3 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 99 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $37,388.00
  • Median financial aid package: $37,225.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Other
  • 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: 123

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 40
  • Non-Tenured: 43

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 40

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 5
  • Non-Tenured: 33

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 3
  • Non-Tenured: 12

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 15

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 39
  • Non-Tenured: 49
• • Faculty on company boards: 17

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • Other
    • High Tech
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Consulting
    • Information Technology
    • Investment Banking

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

  • • International Club
    • Volunteer
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Partners/Family
    • Wine
• • 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: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 81
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 29
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
  • Average core class size: 47
  • Average elective class size: 37
  • Electives available: 88

• Recently added electives:

  • Accounting Based Valuation
  • Predictive Analytics and Forecasting
  • Consumer Insights & Market Intelligence
  • Marketing Management Implementation
• • Last curriculum revision: 2003
  • Recent curriculum changes: N/A

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Operations Management
    • Strategy

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Business Analytics Concen.; General Business Concen.
  • Real Estate Concen.; Information & Oper. Concent.
  • Financial Consulting Concen.;
  • Finance Specializations in Alternative Assets,
  • Investments,Corporate Finance, Energy Finance
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Strategy
    • Marketing
    • Other

• 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: Complete at minimum one elective with international focus; meet proficiency in Business Presentation Techniques; need 3.0 or better to graduate
• • Credits required to graduate: 48

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We are broadening our focus on cloud technologies and online collaboration. Our labs are all multi-platform O/S deployed. We have doubled the throughput and improved the capacity of our wireless networks. Our Business Information Center has been completely redesigned to include a state-of-the-art trading center with interactive data walls. We produce over 30 hours of classroom and event video a week. We offer a forward-thinking approach that embraces heterogeneous technologies.
  • Amount spent: $2,500,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 11,049
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 30
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 22
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $487.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $170,920,461.00
  • 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: https://perunanet.net
  • 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: https://www.coxalums.com/
  • 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?
    • 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

• • -SMU's PMBA program is solely responsible for changing my career opportunities. I had no idea how much more marketable I would be, or how many options I would have just for receiving an SMU MBA. I have already written three letters of recommendation for friends that will be applying to this program, and actively encourage anyone considering a graduate business degree to consider SMU.
    
    -It would be nice to know further in advance what class offerings for upcoming semesters were going to be. Since the PMBA program is made up of students with careers, it would be easier to plan around your schedule if you found out what it was going to be earlier.
    
    -The SMU part-time program is able to combine excellent education taught by quality professors with phenomenal networking opportunities in the business community.
    
    -A small degree of online learning would allow more flexibility in certain areas of core knowledge. Several "intro to xyz" classes don't really need in class attendance if you've covered the material in undergrad or in a work setting. Intro to accounting is one such example.
    
    -The education I received in addition to the quality relationships I have built at SMU helped me develop professionally and personally. The student body and faculty are top notch and would be an asset to any motivated individual.
    
    -I believe they improve the facilities in the PMBA main building complex. I believe they are in the process of making much needed renovations to the bathrooms, library, etc.
    
    -This was a world-class education in the heart of Dallas. If you live in Dallas you need to find an excuse not to attend rather than a reason to attend. No other institution compares to the Cox program in DFW.
    
    -I would have liked more details about the course offerings. I ended up taking a few that were not worth my money because lack of true information about the course.
    
    -I learned a lot and met some amazing professor. Besides just the classes SMU also made sure we had a sense of fellowship...we were assigned study groups that were based on our personalities (which they did a great job at), we had events outside of the classroom - both serious (networking type) and fun (happy hours, etc). The schedule of classes also worked really well with my work schedule. In addition, I highly recommend my friends enroll in a part-time program vs. full-time, I think I got so much more out of it and was able to directly apply things I was learning to work.
    
    -Since Part Time MBA's don't get to participate in all of the Full Time activities, then tuition should be lower.
    
    -SMU is a school with a reputation of academic excellence. I am grateful for the quality of education I have received, and the fact that I will be associated with the SMU name for the rest of my life will serve me well.
    
    -Though the career management center provides great advice on how to get the job you want when you graduate, it would've been nice to have more companies actively recruiting on campus.
    
    -Cox treats its students like true customers and goes above and beyond in maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. The quality of teachers, their rich industry experiences adds value beyond the degree in enriching the education of the students. The teachers and the school take a genuine interest in every student and providing the resources necessary for them to excel.
    
    -It would be nice to have scholarship opportunities as a Part Time MBA Student.
    
    -The Part-Time MBA program at SMU was exceptional. The structure of the program, as it relates to curriculum, allowed me to choose the primary courses necessary for my career advancement as well as leaving room for other areas of interest. Additionally, the networking opportunities were, in my opinion, second to none. During my program I built invaluable relationships that will assist me in my future endeavors. I have suggested the program to other candidates and they are now currently enrolled.