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

Duquesne University

Donahue Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Sustainbility
      • Duquesne University
      • 600 Forbes Avenue
      • PA
      • Pittsburgh, 15282, Pennsylvania
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.sustainability.duq.edu/
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: sustainablemba@duq.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 287
      • Full-Time MBA: 26
      • Part-Time MBA: 261
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of science in information management systems

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $44,841.00
      • Nonresident: $44,841.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $61,200.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $61,200.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 31, 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 233

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 62
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 77 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 85 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 15 %
      • Applications from women received: 47 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 4 %
      • Married: 8 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 72 %
      • South: 8 %
      • Midwest: 12 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 35

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

      • From: 15
      • To: 48
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • 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: 73 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $16,000.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $18,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $9,000.00
      • 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):

      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 10th Percentile 400

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 590
      • 90th Percentile 690

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 26
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 12

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

      • Social Marketing
      • Supply Chain Modeling
      • Sustainability Topics in Finance

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

      • Sustainability

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
      • 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
        • Other
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Consulting
        • Leadership

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 96

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 39

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • students must submit a portfolio of work

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: wireless access in classroooms, conference rooms and study/small groups meeting rooms; technology enhanced classrooms; smart boards; Blackboard (intranet) upgrades

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • 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.myduquesne.duq.edu/s/831/index.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.smbaalumni.com/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • PNC Bank 6
      • Direct Energy 2
      • Heinz 2
      • Bank of New York Mellon 2
      • West Penn Health System 1
      • Ariba 1
      • McDonough, Braungart Design Chemistry 1
      • Phipps Conservancy 1
      • Mine Safety Appliance 1
      • Environmental Protection Agency 1
      • BayerMaterial Science 1
      • Chapman University 1
      • Mission Markets 1
      • Papaya Mobile 1
      • eLoop 1

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The full-time MBA at Duquesne University is a one-year, accelerated program that emphasizes sustainabiility. One selective cohort is admitted each August and students complete the program 12 months later.

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