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

Florida International University

Chapman Graduate School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Alvah H Chapman, Jr Graduate School of Business
      • Flex MBA
      • 11200 SW 8th Street
      • CBC 201
      • Miami, 33199, Florida
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://business.fiu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 79 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • 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: $22,500.00
      • Non-Resident: $24,500.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,022
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 183
      • Executive MBA: 114
      • PhD Program: 43
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 6,483
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of International Management/Business
      • Other graduate degree programs: MS in International Real Estate; MS in Taxation

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 118
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 56 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 77 %
      • 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? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? Applicants should have a minimum of 4 years of professional work experience. For those that are deficient, then the GMAT will be required.

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 90th Percentile 584
      • 50th Percentile (median) 535
      • 75th Percentile 575
      • Average GMAT Score 536
      • 10th Percentile 477
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • TOEFL Computer-based test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 45 %
      • International students: 16 %

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

      • African American: 9 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 64 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 23 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 84
      • Median: 48
      • From: 24
      • To: 156
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $47,864.00
      • Median: $47,500.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $28,000.00
      • To: $78,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 16 %
      • General Management: 18 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 35 %
      • Management Information Systems: 4 %
      • Operations/Production: 18 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Government: 11 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 9 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
      • Real Estate: 30 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 11 %

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

      • Florida International Universi 20
      • Florida Power & Light 5
      • Miami-Dade County 5
      • Miami-Dade College 5
      • Sungard 4
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • 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: 44 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 13 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 94 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $23,730.00
      • Median financial aid package: $22,218.00
      • 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? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $55,000.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 207

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 69

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 81

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 57
      • Faculty on company boards: 36

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Information Technology

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

        • International Club
        • Hispanic Student Organization
      • 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: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 35 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 31
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 15
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 26 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 51
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 22
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: The structure of the program has been changed to enable the coursework to be partially completed online and the students proceed through the program in cohorts.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Management Information Systems
      • International Real Estate
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Marketing

    • 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: 45

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have upgraded our RB Labs to have all computer stations virtualized. We can now dynamically offer computer station configurations tailored to individual classes and instructors. We have outfitted four case rooms, two seminar rooms and one special events room in the new downtown Brickell CBA facilities with complete audio-visual capabilities, including classroom video capturing.We have outfitted five of our MMC classrooms with video webcast/capturing technology.
      • Amount spent: $1,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

  • 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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