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

Baldwin-Wallace College

Division of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 446
      • Full-Time MBA: 274
      • Part-Time MBA: 171
      • Executive MBA: 29

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Resident: $33,600.00
      • Nonresident: $33,600.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $18,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $18,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? 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 score required for MBAs: 523

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 187
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 79 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 40 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 5 %
      • Applications from women received: 50 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 51 %
      • International: 9 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 8 %
      • North America: 92 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 6 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 85 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Midwest: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 48
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 24
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 30
      • Mean age of entering class: 33

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 86 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 75 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $11,523.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $6,800.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • financial need
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $34,569.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Review of undergraduate transcripts. All MBA students are required to have completed a course in financial accounting and quantitative analysis.

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 565
      • 50th Percentile (median) 470
      • 25th Percentile 438
      • 90th Percentile 625
      • Average GMAT Score 496
      • 10th Percentile 390

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 25
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 26

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • International Financial Reporting Standards
      • Strategic Management in Health Care
      • Financial Decision Making in a Health Care Organization
      • Improving Quality in Heath Care
      • DataTool Benchmarking & Info Skills for Bus Decisions

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • International Business
      • Sustainability
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Health Care Administration
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 75

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 12

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to complete international experience

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Introduced two new online degree programs utilizing Blackboard. Increased the number of wireless access points in the residence halls. Upgraded the following applications: Blackboard Transaction System, Campus scheduling software package, iPark and mobile ticketing, Datatel 4.2, and Computer labs to Windows7 and Office 2010. Installed dual boot (Windows/MAC OS) computer lab in our education building. Began offering 24x7 helpdesk support for faculty, staff & students.
      • Amount spent: $318,705.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,961
      • 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: $114.00
      • 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: $119,746,043.00
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups/BaldwinWallace-College-154830?trj
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baldwin-Wallace-College-MBA-Association/129877587002
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

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