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

University of St. Thomas

Opus College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 69 %
      • Average months to complete program: 42
      • 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? No

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

      • Resident: $10,794.00
      • Non-Resident: $10,794.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $885.00
      • Non-resident $885.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,298
      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 947
      • Executive MBA: 37
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,173
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Business Communication; MS degrees in the fields of Accountancy and Real Estate

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 142
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 99 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 82 %
      • 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 (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 539
      • 25th Percentile 475
      • 90th Percentile 648

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 75th Percentile 585
      • Average GMAT Score 531
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 43 %
      • International students: 4 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 6 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 82 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 84
      • Median: 63
      • From: 27
      • To: 168
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $63,568.00
      • Median: $60,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $39,100.00
      • To: $81,000.00

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

      • Target Corporation 75
      • Wells Fargo & Company 48
      • Medtronic, Inc. 42
      • UnitedHealth Group 26
      • Thomson Reuters Inc. 26
      • 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: 37 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 15 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 85 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $14,055.00
      • Median financial aid package: $15,000.00
      • 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? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $38,679.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 136

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 56
      • Faculty on company boards: 28

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Other

    • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 15 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 14
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 130
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 41
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 58 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 96 %
      • Average core class size: 23
      • Average elective class size: 17
      • Electives available: 75
      • Last curriculum revision: 2004

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Strategy

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health Care Administration
      • Management Information Systems
      • Manufacturing and Technology Management
      • Non Profit Management
      • Real Estate
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • General 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: 51

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: UST continuously upgrades its classroom technology to provide capabilities for computer processing, network access, teleconferencing, and audio-visual, image and document projection. In addition, the OCB has expanded online services in order to better meet student needs, opened a marketing research behavior lab in support of marketing courses and research projects, and launched an iPad pilot project in 2010 for several MBA cohorts.
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 14,182
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $266.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $80,363,298.00
      • 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.stthomas.edu/alumni
      • 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.stthomas.edu/business/alumni
      • 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

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