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

Suffolk University

Sawyer Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 89 %
      • Average months to complete program: 22
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $14,508.00
      • Non-Resident: $14,508.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,209.00
      • Non-resident $1,209.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,046
      • Full-Time MBA: 140
      • Part-Time MBA: 370
      • Executive MBA: 31
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,192
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Financial Services and Banking; Master Health Administration; Master of Science Taxation; Master Public Administration

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 104
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 87 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 60 %
      • 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 required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? Cumulative GPA, Course title on transcript, Job description on resume

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 75th Percentile 540
      • 90th Percentile 590
      • 10th Percentile 390
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 25th Percentile 420
      • Average GMAT Score 484

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 540
      • 90th Percentile 590
      • 25th Percentile 430
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 10th Percentile 390
      • Average GMAT Score 483
      • 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: Important
      • Interviews Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 56 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
      • Chose not to report: 10 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 48
      • Median: 45
      • From: 18
      • To: 70
      • One year or less: 9 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 29 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 42 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 2 %
      • Other: 12 %

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

      • State Street Corp 4
      • Brown Brothers Harriman 3
      • Liberty Mutual Group 3
      • Mass Attorney General 1
      • EMC Corp 1
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 27
      • 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: 49 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
      • Assistantships: 14 %
      • Loans (private and government): 89 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $22,577.00
      • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • 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

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 183

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 73

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 47

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Women in MBA
        • 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: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 13
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 105
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 43
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 32
      • Average elective class size: 32
      • Electives available: 141

    • Recently added electives:

      • MGSM 830 Technology Strategy
      • MGSM 837 Business of Biotechnology
      • Last curriculum revision: 2003

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Organizational Behavior
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Business Law
      • Corporate Financial Executive Track
      • Health Care
      • Non-Profit
      • Taxation
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • 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: 55

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Expansion and complete in-house redesign of the faculty/student Sawyer Computing Center; New help desk tracking system for Business School; Green IT efforts (server and desktop virtualization), including mandatory double sided printing at SBS; Panopto CourseCast – the university’s first anytime, anywhere audio video lecture capture system; Roll out of Wiki platform and the university’s first comprehensive technology knowledge base for users (https://wikis.suffolk.edu/display/OTM/Home)

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $249.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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.suffolk.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.suffolk.edu/business/1193.html
      • 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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