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

Bryant University

Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • The Bryant One-Year MBA
      • Bryant University Graduate School of Business
      • 1150 Douglas Pike
      • Smithfield, 02917-1284, Rhode Island
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.bryant.edu/mbaone
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: gradprog@bryant.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 268
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Part-Time MBA: 88
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Science in Taxation (MST) Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc)

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $36,290.00
      • Nonresident: $36,290.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $57,904.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $57,904.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 15, 2012
      • 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: 580

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 72
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 96 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 68 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 8
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 5
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 49 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 51 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 5 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 2 %
      • Married: 0 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 98 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 87 %
      • Chose not to report: 7 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 96 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 1
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 0

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 0
      • Median age of entering class: 22
      • 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: 69 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 69 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $29,093.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $26,584.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $9,624.00
      • 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: $30,415.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 520
      • 10th Percentile 430
      • Average GMAT Score 517
      • 90th Percentile 619

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 50th Percentile (median) 520
      • 10th Percentile 430
      • 75th Percentile 555
      • Average GMAT Score 517
      • 90th Percentile 584

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 33
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 22
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 5

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

        • General 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:

        • General Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 100

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 18

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • 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: Improvements include: Student laptop/tablet program, eReaders, QR codes, Campus Portal, outsourced student email, CTV upgrade, ID card print system, Green Data center, energy management tools, collaboration tools, lecture capturing, online course evaluations, distance learning, video on-demand, desktop/laptop security upgrades, network/Internet capacity upgrades, mobile device integration, LAN/WLAN security enhancements, VoIP, desktop/application/server virtualization.
      • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,598
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 24
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $112.00
      • 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: $147,771,925.00
      • 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.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/BRC/mypage.jsp
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/BRC/mypage.jsp
      • 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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