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

Xavier University

Williams College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 73 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • 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: $8,880.00
      • Non-Resident: $8,880.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $740.00
      • Non-resident $740.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 818
      • Part-Time MBA: 793
      • Executive MBA: 25
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,112

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 319
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 63 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 68 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 75th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 10th Percentile 400
      • Average GMAT Score 521

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 549
      • 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: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 37 %
      • International students: 7 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 69
      • Median: 49
      • From: 10
      • To: 146
      • One year or less: 14 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $52,142.00
      • Median: $50,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $30,000.00
      • To: $90,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 16 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Production: 21 %
      • Other: 26 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 26 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 8 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 13 %

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

      • Procter & Gamble 189
      • General Electric 168
      • Fidelity 69
      • Fifth Third 83
      • Macy's 30
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 26

  • 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: 29 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 58 %
      • Assistantships: 7 %
      • Loans (private and government): 50 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $9,528.00
      • Median financial aid package: $9,250.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Financial need
      • 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
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $20,500.00
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $30,750.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 26
      • Faculty on company boards: 20

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • 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: 40 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 40 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 83
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 40
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 95 %
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 17
      • Electives available: 15

    • Recently added electives:

      • Social Media Marketing
      • Strengths Based Leadership
      • Portfolio and Hedge Fund Construction
      • Economics of the Health Industry
      • Corporate Citizenship: Sustainability
      • Digital Marketing
      • Last curriculum revision: 2007

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Business Intelligence
      • Health Industry
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems
        • Other

    • 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: 36

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: In August 2010 the Williams College of Business opened a new building, Stephen & Delores Smith Hall. Technological features include 44 double screen Bloomberg financial computers, 17 high tech classrooms, student computer lab, multi-media project room
      • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,897
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $92.00
      • 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 $0.00
      • 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: https://alumni.xavier.edu/ccon/
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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 students included in resume drops? Yes

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