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

Texas Tech University

Rawls College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration
      • Texas Tech University
      • Rawls College of Business Graduate Services Center
      • Lubbock, 79409-2101, Texas
      • United States of America
      • Program Web site: http://mba.ba.ttu.edu
      • E-mail: mba@ttu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 80 %
      • Average months to complete program: 27
      • 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: $5,500.00
      • Non-Resident: $9,250.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $250.00
      • Non-resident $560.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 929
      • Full-Time MBA: 52
      • Part-Time MBA: 540
      • PhD Program: 53
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,552
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Accounting; Master of Science in Business Administration; Master of Science in Management Information Systems, International Master of Business Administration

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 374
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 74 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 84 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 430
      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 490
      • 10th Percentile 370
      • 75th Percentile 550
      • Average GMAT Score 485

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 90th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • Average GMAT Score 538
      • 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: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 27 %
      • International students: 2 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 76 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 78
      • Median: 60
      • From: 36
      • To: 120
      • 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
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic 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? Only to domestic students
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $13,797.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 102

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 40

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 22 %
      • Distance Learning: 4 %
      • Experiential Learning: 4 %
      • Lectures: 56 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 11 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 36
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 65
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 46
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 13
      • Electives available: 44
      • Last curriculum revision: 2007

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • International Business
        • Economics
        • Statistics and Operations Research

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Risk Management
      • Health Organization Management
      • Management Information Systems
      • Real Estate
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: Internship
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Added Citrix’s XenApp application so that students to work anywhere in the world that there is an internet connection. Added GoPrint printing capabilities. Have classroom capture capability using Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite. Installed LCD screens for information dissemination through Digital Signage. Expanded hardware with additional blade servers, disk storage area devices, and increased bandwidth on our network. Converted phone systems to VOIP and classrooms to digital video and audio.
      • Amount spent: $289,169.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $59,743,881.00
      • 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.techsan.org
      • 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://rawlscollege.ba.ttu.edu
      • 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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