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

Bryant University

Graduate School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 78 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? No

    • Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

      • Resident: $12,560.00
      • Non-Resident: $12,560.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $980.00
      • Non-resident $980.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 268
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Part-Time MBA: 88
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,170
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Taxation (MST) Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc)

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 59
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 92 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 70 %
      • 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

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 510
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • 75th Percentile 573
      • Average GMAT Score 525
      • 90th Percentile 623

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 510
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • 75th Percentile 568
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • 90th Percentile 633
      • Average GMAT Score 522
      • Is proficiency in English required? 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: 580

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 37 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 47 %
      • Chose not to report: 39 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 74
      • Median: 66
      • From: 0
      • To: 144
      • One year or less: 13 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $72,780.00
      • Median: $67,648.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $34,500.00
      • To: $125,460.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 34 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 5 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Production: 16 %
      • Other: 16 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 23 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 18 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 26 %

    • Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

      • Fidelity Investments 33
      • Bryant University 22
      • Citizen's Bank 14
      • CVS/Caremark 13
      • bank of America 8
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 37 %

    • Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

      • Institutional Scholarships: 2 %
      • Assistantships: 11 %
      • Loans (private and government): 25 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $14,833.00
      • Median financial aid package: $14,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Other
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 11
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $32,122.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 100

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 18
      • Faculty on company boards: 13

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 10
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 16
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 14
      • Average core class size: 27
      • Average elective class size: 27
      • Electives available: 4
      • Last curriculum revision: 2005

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • General Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • General Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 37

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improvements include: Student laptop/tablet program, eReaders, QR codes, Campus Portal, outsourced student email, CTV upgrade, ID card print system, Green Data center, energy management tools, collaboration tools, lecture capturing, online course evaluations, distance learning, video on-demand, desktop/laptop security upgrades, network/Internet capacity upgrades, mobile device integration, LAN/WLAN security enhancements, VoIP, desktop/application/server virtualization.
      • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,598
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 24
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $112.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $147,771,925.00
      • 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.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/BRC/mypage.jsp
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/BRC/mypage.jsp
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
        • At any time
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? No
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? No

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