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

St. Joseph's University

Haub School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Erivan K. Haub School of Business
      • Professional MBA Program
      • 5600 City Avenue
      • Mandeville Hall, Room 284
      • Philadelphia, 19131, Pennsylvania
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.sju.edu/mba
      • E-mail: sjumba@sju.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 79 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No

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

      • Resident: $10,392.00
      • Non-Resident: $10,392.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $866.00
      • Non-resident $866.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,142
      • Part-Time MBA: 605
      • Executive MBA: 188
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,400
      • Graduate degree programs: Other, Master of Human Resources
      • Other graduate degree programs: Business Intelligence, Financial Services, International Marketing, Executive MBA, Executive Food Marketing, Executive MBA Food Marketing, Executive MBA Pharmaceutical Marketing, Executive Online Pharmaceutical Marketing MBA

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 336
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 52 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 70 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not offered

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? N/A - Either the GMAT or the GRE are required.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • Average GMAT Score 500
      • 10th Percentile 370
      • 50th Percentile (median) 510
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 25th Percentile 445

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 25th Percentile 460
      • Average GMAT Score 510
      • 50th Percentile (median) 510
      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 10th Percentile 410
      • 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

      • Pearson Test of English (PTE)
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 47 %
      • International students: 11 %

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

      • African American: 10 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 73 %
      • Chose not to report: 9 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 69
      • Median: 48
      • From: 5
      • To: 108
      • One year or less: 20 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $64,332.00
      • Median: $65,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $33,000.00
      • To: $95,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 48 %
      • General Management: 10 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Production: 18 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 21 %
      • Financial Services: 26 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 11 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 25

  • 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: 21 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 5 %
      • Assistantships: 3 %
      • Loans (private and government): 62 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $10,744.00
      • Median financial aid package: $13,496.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 16
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $25,642.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 150

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 41
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 65

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 65

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Other

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

        • Other
      • 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: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 19
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 92
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 26
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 21
      • Average elective class size: 19
      • Electives available: 30

    • Recently added electives:

      • Global Revolutions in Business
      • Topics in Real Estate Finance
      • Sustainability: A Business Perspective
      • Health Care: A Global Perspective
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011
      • Recent curriculum changes: The curriculum is integrative, flexible & innovative. We kept a capstone course focusing on strategy but add a cross-functional gateway course at the beginning. This gateway may be taught by any department & will allow development of innovative courses. The curriculum also adds flexibility through a 3rd elective & offers increased depth to students. Themes such as sustainability, ethics, global business, leadership, diversity, communication, critical thinking, & technology are present.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Business Intelligence
      • International Marketing
      • Health & Medical Services Administration
      • General MBA
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing

    • 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: 53

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Installed new LCD video wall. redesigned presenter podium in Teletorium, upgraded 4 classroom projection systems, installed AMX Classroom, document camera upgrades, deploying the Echo 360 Digital AV system, moot boardroom class upgrades, upgraded building network infrastructure, added network storage for faculty & staff in conjunction with campus email infrastructure upgrade, projector upgrades, digital signage upgrades, seminar room upgrades, Heads Up Display, moot boardroom class sound display
      • Amount spent: $682,397.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,172
      • 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: $812.00
      • 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 $28,042,353.00
      • 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.facebook.com/saintjosephsuniversity
      • 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://www.facebook.com/haubschool
      • 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 students included in resume drops? Yes

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