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

Grand Valley State University

Seidman College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Seidman College of Business
      • Traditional Part-Time MBA Program
      • 401 Fulton Street West
      • MI
      • Grand Rapids, 49504, Michigan
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.gvsu.edu/mba
      • E-mail: go2gvmba@gvsu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 75 %
      • Average months to complete program: 36
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 96
      • 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: $6,192.00
      • Non-Resident: $7,896.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $504.00
      • Non-resident $646.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 352
      • Full-Time MBA: 12
      • Part-Time MBA: 211
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,131
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Taxation

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 108
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 86 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 93 %
      • 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 (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 10th Percentile 500
      • Average GMAT Score 567
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 33 %
      • International students: 5 %

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

      • African American: 1 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %
      • Other: 92 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 84
      • Median: 72
      • From: 36
      • To: 156

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems: 10 %
      • Operations/Production: 30 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Government: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 25 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • 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: 27 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 9 %
      • Assistantships: 4 %
      • Loans (private and government): 20 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $9,916.00
      • 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

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 142

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 99

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 54
      • Non-Tenured: 30

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Finance
      • 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: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 24
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 29
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 16
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 30
      • Average elective class size: 15
      • Electives available: 15

    • Recently added electives:

      • Enterprise Information Systems
      • Environmental Economics
      • Sustainable Micro Enterprise
      • Service Marketing
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011
      • Recent curriculum changes: Prerequisites were reduced; core was expanded; optional emphases were added.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Management of Technology
      • Health Sector Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Health Care Administration
        • Other
        • Manufacturing and Technology Management

    • 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: 33

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Technology upgrades that benefit all university disciplines: Blackboard, imaging/workflow, labs/classroom technology, internet, server farm, software licensing, library, computers, google appliance, mapworks, Banner, Datate/Liquid Matrix, etc.
      • Amount spent: $17,632,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,303
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $265.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $5,396,102.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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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