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

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 90 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • 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: $24,000.00
      • Non-Resident: $24,000.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 457
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 123
      • Executive MBA: 77
      • PhD Program: 47
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,848
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 66
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 76 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 92 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 2
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? applicants who already hold a master's degree in engineering, math, or science may waive the GMAT

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 510
      • Average GMAT Score 568
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 75th Percentile 610

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • Average GMAT Score 589
      • 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

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Because our Evening MBA students are working in the US, their English skills are proficient without additional testing. We do interview all of them as well.

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 26 %
      • International students: 13 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 7 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 83
      • Median: 75
      • From: 41
      • To: 136
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
      • General Management: 9 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Production: 33 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 13 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 24 %
      • Real Estate: 7 %
      • Technology: 20 %

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

      • Covidien 11
      • Ball Corp 8
      • Amgen 8
      • Lockheed Martin 7
      • Seagate Technology 5
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 58 %
      • 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? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 118

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 41
      • Non-Tenured: 77

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 37

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Environmental

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

        • International Club
        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
      • 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: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 32
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 18
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 45
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 23

    • Recently added electives:

      • Decision Making for Managers
      • managing Corporate Development
      • Accounting for Managers
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: The program was changed from a three-year, to a two-year program, involving changes in sequencing, requirements, and elective options
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Operations Management

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 43

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 4 full classroom upgrades, 16 partial classroom upgrades, 18 partial teamroom upgrades, lecture capture technology upgrades, 4 new physical servers, 4 new VM hosts, 5 new custom built applications, 3 new out-of-the-box applications, new Xerox printing contract, new Leeds website
      • Amount spent: $527,400.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,237
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $333.00
      • 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 $44,024,920.00
      • 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.foreverbuffsnetwork.org
      • 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://leeds.colorado.edu/leedslink
      • 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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