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

Southeastern Louisiana University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 106
      • Full-Time MBA: 56
      • Part-Time MBA: 21
      • Executive MBA: 29

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $5,088.00
      • Nonresident: $14,593.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $16,364.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $27,553.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 1, 2012
      • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 525

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Not Considered
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 37
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 62 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 1 %
      • Applications from women received: 54 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 14 %
      • International: 3 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 7 %
      • Europe: 4 %
      • North America: 89 %

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

      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %

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

      • South: 96 %
      • Southwest: 4 %
      • Median age of entering class: 22
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • 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: $14,195.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 75th Percentile 525
      • 90th Percentile 578
      • Average GMAT Score 499
      • 10th Percentile 456

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 17
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 10
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 12

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

      • Leadership

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

        • General Management
        • Accounting
      • 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
        • Management Information Systems
        • Leadership
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 71

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 15

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 12 %
      • Distance Learning: 7 %
      • Experiential Learning: 11 %
      • Lectures: 54 %
      • Team Projects: 16 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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: Addition of Bloomberg Lab ( 12 Bloomberg terminals / machines and Bloomberg Service.
      • Amount spent: $140,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,871
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $443.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $30.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $7,248,498.00
      • 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? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

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