PROGRAM BASICS

• • Mason School of Business,The College of William and Mary
  • Flex MBA Program, Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary
  • Alan B. Miller Hall
  • 101 Ukrop Way
  • Williamsburg, 23185, Virginia
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://mason.wm.edu/programs/flexmba/index.php
  • E-mail: FlexMBAadmissions@mason.wm.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
  • Average months to complete program: 36
  • 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: $8,400.00
  • Non-Resident: $13,200.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $700.00
  • Non-resident $1,100.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 442
  • Full-Time MBA: 229
  • Part-Time MBA: 180
  • Executive MBA: 33
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 453
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 61
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 77 %
  • 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: 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 500
  • 75th Percentile 590
  • 10th Percentile 470
  • 90th Percentile 660
  • Average GMAT Score 553
  • 50th Percentile (median) 535

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 560
  • 25th Percentile 510
  • 75th Percentile 590
  • 10th Percentile 500
  • Average GMAT Score 563
  • 90th Percentile 700
• • 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: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 32 %
  • International students: 3 %

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

  • African American: 6 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 66 %
  • Chose not to report: 25 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 78
  • Median: 60
  • From: 12
  • To: 192
  • One year or less: 11 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $60,635.00
  • Median: $61,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $35,000.00
  • To: $90,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 14 %
  • General Management: 8 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Operations/Production: 35 %
  • Other: 21 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Consumer Products: 8 %
  • Financial Services: 0 %
  • Government: 16 %
  • Manufacturing: 38 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 0 %
  • Other: 27 %

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

  • Newport News Shipbuilding 53
  • U.S. Navy 8
  • Ferguson Enterprises 5
  • Canon Virginia, Inc. 4
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. 4
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
  • 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: 22 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 100 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $14,548.00
  • Median financial aid package: $16,450.00
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 80

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 36
  • Non-Tenured: 22

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 8
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 7
  • Non-Tenured: 1

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 4

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 37
  • Non-Tenured: 30
• • Faculty on company boards: 17

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: 40 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 40 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 10 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 17
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 28
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 18
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 86 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 53 %
  • Average core class size: 31
  • Average elective class size: 21
  • Electives available: 14

• Recently added electives:

  • Essentials of Management & Leadership
  • Marketing in the Age of New Media
  • Developing Your Leadership Brand
• • Last curriculum revision: 2003
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems
    • Operations Management

• 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: 54

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: In classrooms (14): Lecture capture (6); Video teleconferencing (2); SMART Sympodium interactive monitors (12); Crestron control systems (14); multiple projectors (12); document cameras (12); remote classroom support (14); confidence monitors (12); podium computers (12); DVD/VCR players (12).Elsewhere: Room scheduling panels; digital signage; security camera system; team meeting room flat panel displays w/ laptop connections. Adobe Connect and other associated products
  • Amount spent: $3,600,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 5,651
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $931.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $133.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $52,997,939.00
  • 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.wmalumni.com/general/login.asp
  • 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.alumniconnections.com/masonalumnicommunity/
  • 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 program is excellent for working adults and is a great way to expand your knowledge base.
    
    -Fantastic faculty and part time MBA department and staff. Because of our schedules, they are extraordinarily flexible with our needs. They truly make each person's experience and individual event rather than the feeling of getting herded through the program.
    
    -Classroom furniture and computers for the part-time MBA students are woefully outdated.
    
    -It is a good program. Very comprehensive and good quality instructors. Especially beneficial to non-business undergrads. Unfortunately - it seemed like much of a repeat to me since I am a BSBA.
    
    -Professors need a better understanding of what students have learned in prior required courses. Some professors were surprised that we did not learn a particular concept in a previous required course.
    
    -The Mason School of Business at W&M is more than just a MBA program. It is a very personal program where staff, professors, and students are encouraged to "keep in touch" and become colleagues for life. Everyone at W&M is encouraged not to accept the status quo - the very idea is what has written the history of this country.
    
    -The satellite campus used for the part time program is old and it is clear the business school has allocated it the smallest possible budget for basics such as chairs for students and an the computer lab.
    
    -It is a great program. The students are amazing professionals and you can learn a lot from their experiences. The professors have a lot of years of experience and bring their expertise to the table and are able to very successfully incorporate it into the class schedule so that we can see how everything we learn is applied to real life
    
    -They could offer more elective courses. The facility currently used for the part-time MBA students is awful, while the undergraduate students get to use a new, state of the art business school. It should be the other way around. There should be more interaction/socializing/networking between students in the MBA program, but full-time and part-time.
    
    -The College of William & Mary's Flex MBA program was very valuable to my growth professionally and personally. The Professors had a unique quality to engage with students and challenge them to learn. Topics focused on today's business environment while appropriately layering in casework and concepts from textbooks.