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

Loyola University Maryland

Sellinger School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Emerging Leaders MBA
      • Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business and Management
      • 8890 McGaw Road
      • MD
      • Columbia, 21045, Maryland
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/academics/graduate/elmba.aspx
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: elmba@loyola.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 755
      • Full-Time MBA: 20
      • Part-Time MBA: 620
      • Executive MBA: 115
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Finance

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $58,000.00
      • Nonresident: $58,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 21, 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?

        • 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: Important
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 40
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 87 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 3 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 13 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 10 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 0 %
      • Applications from women received: 23 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 26 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 16 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %

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

      • Northeast: 32 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 63 %
      • South: 5 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 21
      • 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: 52
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • 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: 24 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 24 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $22,255.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $5,500.00
      • 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: $71,300.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 559

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 581
      • 10th Percentile 520

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 2
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Leadership
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 99

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 21

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Student must complete an internship as part of the coursework

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 100% of classrooms had technology refreshed which included Creston touch screen control systems, LCD projectors, motorized screens document cameras, DVD/VCR players, laptop connections, PC and or Mac computer, sound system, wireless keyboards, State of the art Trading Room, Conference rooms had technology installed with projectors and or LCD displays, video conferencing, computers and Smartboard
      • Amount spent: $700,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 10,286
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: 439.18
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • 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.loyola.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

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

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The Emerging Leaders MBA is a cohort based 12-month accelerated program designed for those immediately out of undergraduate or with early career experience. The program runs from September through August and incorporates the traditional MBA coursework with experiential learning that supports leadership development.The program has just completed its first class and therefore significant employment data are not yet available.

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