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

Texas Christian University

Neeley School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
      • Average months to complete program: 28
      • 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: $23,250.00
      • Non-Resident: $23,250.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,125.00
      • Non-resident $1,125.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 277
      • Full-Time MBA: 97
      • Part-Time MBA: 127
      • Executive MBA: 53
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,739
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 82
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 74 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 87 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • 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 590
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 538
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 10th Percentile 410

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 570
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 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

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • IBT
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 25 %
      • International students: 2 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 8 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 66
      • Median: 55
      • From: 18
      • To: 128
      • One year or less: 4 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $71,458.00
      • Median: $65,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $46,100.00
      • To: $100,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Finance/Accounting: 11 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Human Resources: 6 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 9 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Production: 34 %
      • Other: 25 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 26 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 11 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Technology: 4 %
      • Other: 34 %

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

      • Burlington Northern Santa Fe 31
      • Lockheed Martin 29
      • Alcon Labs 9
      • Bell Helicopter 6
      • Oncor 6
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • 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: 41 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 100 %
      • Loans (private and government): 100 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $30,295.00
      • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
      • 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? Unique scholarship application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $26,140.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 114

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 38

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 31
      • Faculty on company boards: 42

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Investment Banking

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

        • 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: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 3 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 22 %
      • Simulations: 8 %
      • Team Projects: 17 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 40
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 21
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 84 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 67 %
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 18
      • Electives available: 38

    • Recently added electives:

      • White Collar Crime
      • Energy and Business Overview
      • Energy CEO Forum
      • Global Business
      • Energy Finance
      • ERP Simulation
      • Last curriculum revision: 2005
      • Recent curriculum changes: None
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Office 2010 added to all computers in the business school, updated wireless infrastructure, updated content management system, Sedona software implementation. Server infrastructure upgrades to windows Server 2008 R2.
      • Amount spent: $750,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,469
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 20
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 2 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $3,697.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $125.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $67,912,000.00
      • 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.froglinks.com/
      • 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.neeley.tcu.edu/Alumni/Alumni.aspx
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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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