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

Willamette University

Atkinson Graduate School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 96 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • 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: $14,375.00
      • Non-Resident: $14,375.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,198.00
      • Non-resident $1,198.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 313
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 103
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 43
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 100 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 88 %
      • 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? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 50th Percentile (median) 520
      • Average GMAT Score 504
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • 10th Percentile 330

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 535
      • Average GMAT Score 513
      • 10th Percentile 385
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • 75th Percentile 593
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • PTE Academic
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 45 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 10 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
      • Native American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 71 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 91
      • Median: 72
      • From: 34
      • To: 186
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $58,400.00
      • Median: $54,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $40,000.00
      • To: $86,400.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 21 %
      • General Management: 21 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 29 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Production: 18 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 27 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 17 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 14 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 14 %

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

      • Nike 7
      • Intel Corporation 5
      • Wells Fargo 3
      • ATI Wah Chang 3
      • Hewlett Packard 3
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 33
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 33

  • 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: 69 %

    • 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): 65 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $28,190.00
      • Median financial aid package: $30,750.00
      • 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: $40,245.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 44

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 29
      • Faculty on company boards: 16

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Finance
        • Human Resources
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Consulting

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

        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
      • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 22
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 30
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 4
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 71 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 20
      • Electives available: 0
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: The MBAP program is a cohort program. Each course includes core knowledge and advanced elective level knowledge. New courses implemented in 2010 include: Leadership Effectiveness and Development, Global Management and Innovation, and Creating Value through Governance
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Built a trading floor for investment fund students; built an IT enhanced collaboration style classroom; upgraded staff and faculty laptops; purchased two backup servers, AV/IT equipment for classrooms, built a rapid prototyping lab for product design
      • Amount spent: $69,521.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,186
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $260.00
      • 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 $13,253,489.00
      • 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.willamette.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.willamette.edu/agsm/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?
        • 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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