PROGRAM BASICS

• • Part-Time MBA Program
  • 1 E. Jackson Boulevard
  • DePaul Center, Suite 7900
  • Chicago, 60604, Illinois
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://kellstadt.depaul.edu/index.htm
  • E-mail: kgsb@depaul.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 88 %
  • Average months to complete program: 33
  • 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: $10,800.00
  • Non-Resident: $10,800.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $900.00
  • Non-resident $900.00

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 320
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 89 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 66 %
  • 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

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 25th Percentile 490
  • Average GMAT Score 550
  • 90th Percentile 650
  • 75th Percentile 610
  • 10th Percentile 440
  • 50th Percentile (median) 560

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 560
  • 10th Percentile 460
  • 75th Percentile 610
  • 25th Percentile 520
  • 90th Percentile 659
  • Average GMAT Score 562
• • 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

• Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

  • Pearson Test of Egnlish Language
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 34 %
  • International students: 6 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 8 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 72 %
  • Chose not to report: 11 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 57
  • Median: 48
  • From: 24
  • To: 84
  • One year or less: 13 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $64,812.00
  • Median: $62,250.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $48,800.00
  • To: $80,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
  • General Management: 13 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 24 %
  • Management Information Systems: 6 %
  • Operations/Production: 25 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 13 %
  • Consumer Products: 15 %
  • Financial Services: 25 %
  • Government: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 14 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 9 %

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

  • Northern Trust Bank 5
  • Bank of America 4
  • The Private Bank 4
  • Caterpillar 3
  • Harris Bank 3
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

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: 33 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 100 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $3,497.00
  • Median financial aid package: $3,400.00
  • 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? all candidates are considered for scholarships
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $49,908.00

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit

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

  • • Women in MBA
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
• • 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: 11 %
  • Distance Learning: 10 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 60 %
  • Simulations: 3 %
  • Team Projects: 11 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 232
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 90
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Average core class size: 28
  • Average elective class size: 22
  • Electives available: 250
• • Last curriculum revision: 2005

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • General Management
    • Human Resource Management
    • Marketing
    • E-commerce
    • Other
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Leadership
    • Operations Management
    • Strategy
    • International Business
    • Economics
    • Public Policy

• Additional concentrations offered:

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

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Leadership
    • General Management
    • Marketing

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Other: Describe in next screen
• • Other graduation requirements: students must complete a specific list of course requirements
• • Credits required to graduate: 72

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

• • -DePaul offers a wide selection of MBA concentrations that can be tailored to the students' career preferences. The program is very flexible and instructors have a great deal of experience with the class content they teach.
    
    -The professors are excellent and are willing to go out of their way to assist students. Some of them even advise on career related matters.
    
    -Program was not worth the money/time. Professor quality was very low. Networking opportunities and quality was subpar. Also the quality of students was not what I expected. The school accepts too many young and inexperienced students that add little value to the program.
    
    -DePaul's MBA program offered excellent classes taught by exceptional professors. I would urge friends and colleagues to attend the same program because they would be able to gain valuable knowledge through the program. Through DePaul's network of alumni they will increase their network of professionals they can reach out to.
    
    -Not good enough name brand in the marketplace and didn't further my career at all. Did not feel challenged in the classes but was too far along and was not able to transfer any credits to a better institution.
    
    -The program is a good fit for someone who is interested in the following: education in the Chicago area, reasonable cost, classmates who are already working, friendly and not annoyingly competitive classmates, good variety of classes and quality professors.
    
    -I thought the classes and flexibility of the program was great. The opportunities to network and to be involved in student organizations are excellent. However, I do not feel that DePaul has a very strong career center. The career center was not very helpful to me in my job search. I was pretty much on my own. For the amount I paid to attend school there I expected more support and tools to help aid me in my job search. If the career center had stronger relationships with employers, many of my classmates would not still be unemployed several months after graduation. I landed a good job after graduation, but it was due to my own efforts and perseverance.
    
    -DePaul gives a businessperson all of the skills necessary for being successful in the business world without the added debt associated with some of the other highly ranked schools in the Chicago area. The teachers were impressive with extensive backgrounds in the business world. All classes were packed with agendas focused on application value for the business world vs. theory-based teachings.
    
    -I feel that DePaul's MBA program is not interested in increasing its status to be a premiere business school, but is rather interested in accepting as many people as possible, thereby lowering its standards in comparison to U of Chicago's or Northwestern University's business schools. For DePaul's alumni to be considered equal to the two other business schools that DePaul's administration likes to compare itself to, the MBA program needs to increase its alumni relations and career center efforts in order to bring alumni back and donate to the school or bring in more companies where alumni work to hire the students that complete the program. I don't feel that DePaul is that interested in helping students move on with their careers once they graduated.
    
    -In my opinion the professors were extremely well versed in the class content, was able to clearly explain the content and allow students to comprehend and apply them to their daily working experience. On top of that, the classes all covered relevant material, case studies, and content that we could and had to apply to work. Every student brought his work experience to class to apply to case studies and group projects
    
    -The program is strong and filled with thoughtful instructors as well as students. Faculty is helpful in trying to advance you to completion of your MBA. I would like to see DePaul embrace entrepreneurship to an even greater level by incubating companies, increasing the size of award for the business plan competition and developing an Angel Fund that invests into MBA conceived businesses. I would also like to see the advising process streamlined to fit individual needs of students. Overall, the school is well run. As a student you feel as part of a larger community where students feel like colleagues more then just students.
    
    -I thought the there was a good mix of teachers. Some were academic and some more real world experience. Almost all of them had real passion to help us learn the material. There was a big focus on class discussions of what we've seen in the real work world. The other students also had diverse work backgrounds. Most had a decent amount of real life work experience, which was very important in the class discussions. Knowing what I know now, I would tell any person thinking about MBA to never go to a university with a large amount of people right out of undergrad.