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

CENTRUM Católica

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 90 %
      • Average months to complete program: 26
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 36
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? Yes

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

      • Resident: $19,500.00
      • Non-Resident: $19,500.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $330.00
      • Non-resident $330.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other, Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,370
      • Full-Time MBA: 42
      • Part-Time MBA: 2,228
      • Executive MBA: 71
      • PhD Program: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 1,066
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 65 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 86 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 47
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? GMAT is optional; CENTRUM administers it's own GMAT-type entrance examination of managerial skills and psychological attitudes called PECOC

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • Average GMAT Score 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 520
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • 90th Percentile 660

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 10th Percentile 560
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • Average GMAT Score 620
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • Is proficiency in English required? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? No

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • Other
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • U Michigan Language Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Inter-University English Proficiency Exam

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 20 %
      • International students: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 109
      • Median: 102
      • From: 60
      • To: 180
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $35,025.00
      • Median: $34,750.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $25,550.00
      • To: $60,250.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 30 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 9 %
      • General Management: 14 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
      • Management Information Systems: 19 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 40 %
      • Government: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 39 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 2 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Banco de Crédito 40
      • Banco Falabella Peru S.A. 25
      • Interbank 25
      • Quimica Suiza S.A. 25
      • SUNAT (government tax agency) 25
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 34
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 32

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 95 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 5 %
      • Assistantships: 1 %
      • Loans (private and government): 95 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $2,930.00
      • Median financial aid package: $2,840.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? Yes
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $2,800.00
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $5,600.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 137

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 64
      • Non-Tenured: 72

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 56

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 55
      • Faculty on company boards: 15

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Other
        • Environmental
        • Consulting
      • 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: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 137
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 64
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 40
      • Electives available: 0
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: Additions: case method; business social responsability; soft skills; thesis supervision
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: Write and defend thesis; show profeciency in Spanish and a 2nd language
      • Credits required to graduate: 58

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Institutional servers with high-availability system and redundancy; Fingerprint attendance control; Centralized Wi-Fi management Intelligent UPS; Live event broadcasts; Centralized printer management; Institutional use of Web 2.0 tools; E-learning platform (LMS+CMS); Adobe Connect in the cloud; Online content repositories; Automatic tracking of activities in the LMS; Academic management system; New management applications; Incorporation of PRIMO index in library
      • Amount spent: $3,110,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,472
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 13
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 0 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $0.00
      • 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://aeg.pucp.edu.pe/
      • 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://centrum.pucp.edu.pe/es/seccionweb.php?9/alumni/alumni.html
      • 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? Yes
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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