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

Ball State University

Miller College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Ball State University's MBA Program
      • Miller College of Business
      • WB 147
      • Muncie, 47306, Indiana
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.bsu.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@bsu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 206
      • Full-Time MBA: 78
      • Part-Time MBA: 128
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $12,762.00
      • Nonresident: $30,942.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $20,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $38,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 15

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2013
      • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Considered
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 14
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 43 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 69 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 11 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 60 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 29 %
      • Applications from women received: 7 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 24 %
      • International: 16 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 8 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • North America: 84 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 1 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 99 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 13
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 3

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 60
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 50 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $9,330.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $4,375.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $875.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 610
      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • Average GMAT Score 512

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • 90th Percentile 610
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 512

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 44
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 23

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

      • Health Economic Analysis
      • Health Economic Policy

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Operations Management
      • Sales Management
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 84

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 50
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 28

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Taftali Center for Capital Markets and Investing
      • Amount spent: $143,412.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,196
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 17 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 39 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 33 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 17 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 33 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 33 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 22 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 11 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 0 %

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $39,875.00
      • Median base salary: $45,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $0.00
      • Median signing bonus: $0.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $7,500.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,000.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 50 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Human Resources: 13 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 50 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 13 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • North America: 100 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Northeast: 13 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 13 %
      • Southwest: 13 %
      • Midwest: 63 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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