PROGRAM BASICS

• • Villanova School of Business
  • The Villanova MBA
  • 800 Lancaster Ave
  • PA
  • Villanova, 19085, Pennsylvania
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www3.villanova.edu/graduate/business/
  • E-mail: kristy.irwin@villanova.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 99 %
  • Average months to complete program: 24
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 120
  • 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: $11,760.00
  • Non-Resident: $11,760.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $975.00
  • Non-resident $975.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 693
  • Part-Time MBA: 551
  • Executive MBA: 53
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,757
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Church Management

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 110
  • Admitted students enrolled: 79 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
  • Applicant interviews are: Required

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• • Rolling admissions? No
  • GMAT required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 10th Percentile 510
  • 50th Percentile (median) 610
  • 75th Percentile 660
  • 25th Percentile 560
  • Average GMAT Score 598
  • 90th Percentile 697

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 25th Percentile 570
  • 50th Percentile (median) 620
  • 75th Percentile 665
  • Average GMAT Score 618
  • 10th Percentile 546
  • 90th Percentile 704
• • 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?

  • • 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: Very Important
  • Interviews Very Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 40 %
  • International students: 2 %

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

  • African American: 0 %
  • Asian American: 10 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 87 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 65
  • Median: 63
  • From: 31
  • To: 112
  • One year or less: 2 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $64,900.00
  • Median: $63,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $41,000.00
  • To: $87,500.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 14 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
  • General Management: 4 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
  • Management Information Systems: 4 %
  • Operations/Production: 22 %
  • Other: 4 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Consumer Products: 10 %
  • Financial Services: 25 %
  • Government: 10 %
  • Manufacturing: 8 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
  • Non-Profit: 4 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
  • Real Estate: 1 %
  • Technology: 4 %
  • Other: 4 %
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
  • 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: 65 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 12 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 53 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $13,636.00
  • Median financial aid package: $14,614.00
  • 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? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $31,157.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 172

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 72
  • Non-Tenured: 30

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 70

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 16
  • Non-Tenured: 29

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 14

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 8

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 70
  • Non-Tenured: 37

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Marketing
    • Other

• 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? Yes
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 12 %
  • Distance Learning: 6 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 29 %
  • Simulations: 16 %
  • Team Projects: 22 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 10
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 68
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 32
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 59 %
  • Average core class size: 31
  • Average elective class size: 22
  • Electives available: 58

• Recently added electives:

  • Analytics in Sports Management; Corporate Restructuring
  • Crisis Leadership; Enterprise Risk Management
  • International Business Management
  • Executive Level Selling-C Suite
  • Global Social Entrepreneurship
  • TQM and Lean Processes
• • Last curriculum revision: 2009
  • Recent curriculum changes: Functional and multidisciplinary courses delivered from a managerial perspective; electives reflecting trends, issues, and innovations allowing students to specialize in an area of interest; consulting courses with practical applications which allows students to use their cumulative knowledge in a live business setting; and seminars that provide students with the opportunity to interact with industry experts.

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Strategy
    • International Business

• Additional concentrations offered:

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

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • International Business
    • Strategy
    • Marketing
    • Corporate Social Responsibility

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Other: Describe in next screen
• • Other graduation requirements: Must complete the degree within 10 years.
• • Credits required to graduate: 48

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Enhanced classrooms in Bartley Hall: new projection systems and cameras, new podium and Sympodium systems, remotely managed recording systems, video conferencing capabilities, and automated lecture capture capability. The campus wireless network covers 90% of campus buildings and open spaces. VU Mobile, Villanova University’s official iPhone app, continues to be popular and has been downloaded 2,000 times by people representing 16 different countries.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 4,010
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • 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.villanova.edu/vpaa/careers/resources/mentoring.htm
  • 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.linkedin.com/company/villanova-university
  • 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

• • -The first year core courses were very comprehensive and useful introduction into the multidisciplinary skills necessary for understanding and managing a business. The professors did an excellent job incorporating a wide range of course topics, and current events for rewarding class discussions. I have the unique perspective of having taken four courses with another MBA program (Rowan), before my course work at Villanova. I noticed an improvement in quality of instruction and class engagement. I especially learned a lot from the business simulations utilized at Villanova.
    
    -This is a very expensive and time intensive degree. It is incumbent upon the university not to treat students as customers deserving to be approved, but as apprentices seeking to be certified as Masters (pun intended). In the midst of a financial crisis, deeply studied, about how society was hurt by the rubber-stamping of the worthiness of an individuals credit, Villanova maintains a degree program that, once accepted into, acts like a rubber stamp on an individual's worthiness to be a Villanova MBA. This does not benefit their students, their alumni, their brand name, the MBA community at large, or the business world. Villanova teaches accountability but does not yet hold its program to the same standard.
    
    -The Villanova School of Business offers great part-time MBA programs that will meet the needs of each individual. The professors have real-world experiences and the passion to teach, while the students are high-quality professionals with the drive to learn and grow.
    
    -I was disappointed in the quality of some of the classes, however, I felt that the coursework in International Business (which included in-country experience) was invaluable.
    
    -Villanova has outstanding faculty, highly customized part-time program options in terms of "pace" and is extremely cost affordable when compared to equally ranked institutions. The ability to chose specific concentration areas, such as strategic management, was very appealing to me as I knew entering the program what I was looking for in terms of next steps in my career path and I didn't have to waste much time in courses other than those that helped me to become more well-rounded in my pursuit of that career path post-MBA.
    
    -It was very pharma focused so a greater variety of environments, like Operations and Information Systems, could be more thoroughly covered.
    
    -The Villanova School of Business allowed me to grow both personally and professionally as it provided an arena for unparalleled learning and networking opportunities. The added degree of flexibility and course offerings of the program are also added advantages that make it one of the best.
    
    -I would like to see greater emphasis and instruction on quantitative financials in the core and capstone courses.
    
    -VSB provided a challenging environment where I was able to sharpen my skills both professionally and personally. The faculty was very engaging amongst the members of the cohort.
    
    -As part of the part-time MBA, Villanova required that we all participate in an international immersion. This trip was an incredible opportunity to experience a different business atmosphere. The group that I participated in went to Brazil, and accounted for 40 students. This group was a little too large, and would have greatly benefited from being restricted to 20 people. The University understands and agrees with this assessment, and plan to offer 3 different trips next year, each limited to 20 people.