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

George Fox University

School of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 263
      • Full-Time MBA: 21
      • Part-Time MBA: 208
      • PhD Program: 34

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $26,805.00
      • Nonresident: $26,805.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,805.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $37,805.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 1, 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: Considered
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 44
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 26 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 59 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 6 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 3 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 11 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 43 %
      • Applications from women received: 22 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 43 %
      • International: 52 %
      • Married: 10 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 52 %
      • North America: 43 %
      • Dual citizenship: 5 %

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

      • African American: 10 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Native American: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %

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

      • Southwest: 10 %
      • West: 90 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 23
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 20

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

      • From: 4
      • To: 35
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? GPA, prerequisite courses in Statistics, Accounting, Economics

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 21
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: N/A
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 0
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • International Business
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 35

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 13

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • 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
      • Final presentation to a panel, no more than 2 C's on transcript.

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Presentation equipment for alternative MBA delivery site. iPad and software for full-time MBA students.
      • Amount spent: $20,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,077
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • 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? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/index.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.georgefox.edu/alumni/index.html
      • 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: 100 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Nike
      • Month: May
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Microsoft
      • Month: April
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Mentor Graphics
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Ziba Design
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: New York City
      • Month: May
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 45 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 25 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 30 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 25 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 35 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 20 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 45 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 20 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 20 %

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

      • Asia: 35 %
      • North America: 65 %

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