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

Fordham University

Graduate School of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 39
      • 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? Yes

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

      • Resident: $14,358.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • 0 (option: 0) $1,109.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,497
      • Full-Time MBA: 550
      • Part-Time MBA: 476
      • Executive MBA: 90
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,188
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science and Taxation; Master of Science in Quantitative Finance; Master of Science in Communications and Media Management; Master of Science in Investor Relations; Master of Science in Information Systems; Master of Science in Global Finance; Master of Science in Business Enterprise

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 227
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 84 %
      • 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: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 90th Percentile 697
      • Average GMAT Score 602

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • Average GMAT Score 609
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 40 %
      • International students: 7 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 67 %
      • Chose not to report: 9 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 75
      • Median: 64
      • From: 28
      • To: 124
      • One year or less: 2 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $71,364.00
      • Median: $66,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $42,000.00
      • To: $110,600.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 26 %
      • General Management: 4 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 28 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Production: 11 %
      • Other: 23 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 15 %
      • Financial Services: 34 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 13 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 3 %
      • Other: 11 %

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

      • Unilever 3
      • Bloomberg LP 3
      • College Board 2
      • Credit Suisse 2
      • UBS Financial Services 2
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
      • 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: 38 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 1 %
      • Assistantships: 6 %
      • Loans (private and government): 93 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $16,670.00
      • Median financial aid package: $19,709.00
      • 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? Only to domestic students
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $10,000.00
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $34,382.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 197

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 50
      • Non-Tenured: 56

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 92

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 50
      • Non-Tenured: 88
      • Faculty on company boards: 5

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • E-business
        • Consulting
        • Media & Entertainment
        • New Media

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

        • International Club
        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Women in MBA
        • Other
      • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 3 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 62 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 197
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 50
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 85 %
      • Average core class size: 30
      • Average elective class size: 22
      • Electives available: 173

    • Recently added electives:

      • Business and Geopolitics
      • Communication with High Level Executives
      • Risk Management in Energy Corporations
      • Health and Information Technology
      • Board, S&C-suite Decision Making
      • Multicultural Marketing
      • Last curriculum revision: 1990

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Communications and Media Management
      • Information Systems
      • Management Systems
      • Public Accounting
      • Taxation and Accounting
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Tax

    • 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: 69

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Installed a new 22-station computer lab at our facilities at 1790 Broadway 11th floor
      • Amount spent: $181,772.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 5
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 13 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $600.00
      • 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 $16,770,223.00
      • 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.fordham.edu/alumni_relations/
      • 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.bnet.fordham.edu/alumni/
      • 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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