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

Mercer University

Stetson School of Business & Economics

  • Program Basics

      • One-Year Daytime MBA
      • Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics
      • 3001 Mercer University Drive
      • GA
      • Atlanta, 30341, Georgia
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://business.mercer.edu/
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: jenkins_SD@mercer.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 307
      • Full-Time MBA: 25
      • Part-Time MBA: 155
      • Executive MBA: 54
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $25,338.00
      • Nonresident: $25,338.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 10

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 29, 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: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 52
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 79 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 61 %
      • 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: 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: 10 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 10 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 56 %
      • International: 28 %
      • Married: 12 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 12 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • North America: 72 %

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

      • African American: 30 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 35 %
      • Chose not to report: 35 %

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

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • South: 95 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 30
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 6

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

      • From: 72
      • To: 0
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • 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: 56 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 56 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $28,563.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $29,744.00
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • 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: $53,000.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 494
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 10th Percentile 414
      • 25th Percentile 455
      • 75th Percentile 545
      • 90th Percentile 576

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 25
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 2

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

      • Social Media Marketing
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 22

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 9

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Hispanic Student Organization

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Complete simulation in Capstone class

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Conversion to new student information system.
      • Amount spent: $3,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,929
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $275.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • 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? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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