University of Houston

PROGRAM BASICS

• • C. T. Bauer College of Business
  • MBA Evening Program
  • 334 Melcher Hall
  • TX
  • Main, 77204, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/graduate/mba/evening.asp
  • E-mail: houstonmba@uh.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: 60
  • 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: $33,000.00
  • Non-Resident: $48,000.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $452.00
  • Non-resident $765.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,525
  • Full-Time MBA: 167
  • Part-Time MBA: 714
  • Executive MBA: 148
  • PhD Program: 69
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 4,426
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 314
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 82 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 70 %
  • 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? Yes

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 25th Percentile 510
  • Average GMAT Score 549
  • 90th Percentile 660
  • 50th Percentile (median) 560
  • 75th Percentile 615
  • 10th Percentile 400

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 10th Percentile 510
  • 25th Percentile 540
  • 75th Percentile 630
  • 50th Percentile (median) 570
  • 90th Percentile 660
  • Average GMAT Score 582
• • 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: 603

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 31 %
  • International students: 10 %

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

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 15 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 9 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 67 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 37
  • Median: 36
  • From: 0
  • To: 72
  • One year or less: 32 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $61,449.00
  • Median: $60,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $35,000.00
  • To: $91,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
  • General Management: 12 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Operations/Production: 26 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products: 14 %
  • Financial Services: 11 %
  • Government: 7 %
  • Manufacturing: 7 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 39 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 1 %
  • Real Estate: 1 %
  • Technology: 0 %
  • Other: 7 %

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

  • JPMorgan Chase 19
  • Chevron 16
  • ExxonMobil 12
  • Centerpoint Energy 10
  • FMC Technologies 8
• • 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: 46 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 29 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 98 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $16,948.00
  • Median financial aid package: $19,190.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
  • 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: $20,500.00
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $13,247.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 178

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 80

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 33

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 14
  • Non-Tenured: 33

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 16
  • Non-Tenured: 26

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 12
  • Non-Tenured: 21

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 64

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Consulting

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

  • • 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: 10 %
  • Distance Learning: 5 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 35 %
  • Other: 5 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 25
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 90
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 42
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 78 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 51 %
  • Average core class size: 45
  • Average elective class size: 22
  • Electives available: 94

• Recently added electives:

  • ACCT 7397 Public Sector Financial Management
  • FINA 7297 Real Estate Studies & Projects
  • FINA 7397 Future Value Creation - Oil & Gas
  • FINA 7497 Essentials of Real Estate
  • GENB 7397 Business Law
  • GENB 7397 Developing a Global Service Business
• • Last curriculum revision: 2010
  • Recent curriculum changes: GENB 6350 has changed from Legal & Ethical Issues in Business to Business Communication & Ethical Reasoning.
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • Accounting
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems

• 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: 48

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Installation of a video wall with stock ticker, upgraded video conferencing, replaced printers in the student labs, wireless printing solution for students, added power outlets to student seating areas in classrooms, intranet portal dedicated solely for the use of student organizations, SEI-ISBM Educational Resource Portal, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management solution to track time and billing for class projects, implemented a Citrix based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in EILab
  • Amount spent: $2,160,655.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 11,442
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $284.00
  • 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 $64,500,000.00
  • 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.houstonalumni.com/
  • 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.bauer.uh.edu/alumni/
  • 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

• • -I think it is a great MBA program. I like the cultural diversity, the strong relationship with the surrounding business environment and the access to wonderful learning resources.
    
    -I really enjoyed the flexibility of the program as well as the course offerings. It really made the sacrifice of my free time a little more bearable. I also thought the instructors were very knowledgeable. All of these things combined made the program very enjoyable so I would be happy to recommend it to anyone else looking to pursue a MBA.
    
    -The entire first year of my program was quantitative in nature and the second year of core courses was qualitative. I would have preferred a mix of quantitative and qualitative courses each semester.
    
    -The quality of education, when compared to the value, is a great advantage for University of Houston. The array of professors with various industry experience makes the learning experience worthwhile.
    
    -Instructors need to be more sympathetic towards evening MBA participants and the work and family challenges they face while trying to complete the degree.
    
    -Overall, the program provided a well-rounded view of the various aspects of business. It provided the understanding to communicate with each business area and add these areas to my decision-making process.
    
    -More information about electives and/or professors could be provided by the UH program. It was always hard to obtain class descriptions and syllabuses from the administration office. Most of my classes were chosen based on other students' recommendations and/or ratings on ratemyprofessors.com.
    
    -The Bauer MBA offers students an excellent education from a very knowledgeable faculty. Perhaps the best part of this experience is the fact that most of my classmates were very knowledgeable, and worked in a vast number of fields. Some of my friends from the program work in the Oil and Gas industry, and others in the Financial/Accounting industry. Another major benefit is that the professors in the Part-Time MBA program had previously worked in, or are currently working in, the industries that MBA students are wanting to get into, for top companies such as Schlumberger, Exxon Mobil, and Shell.
    
    -I think that it would be great if Bauer started offering more online courses and curriculums for the program. As of right now, most of our classes are face-to-face, which provides more interaction, but is not as convenient as having online MBA classes.
    
    -The school has CEOs and entrepreneurs come by and provide the students with real life experiences that are related to what we learn in the textbook. This networking opportunity and experience to learn from some of the best in their industry is priceless. Although you need to keep in mind that the school is centered in the Oil & Gas capital of the world, so the focus is still going to be in Oil & Gas, but the lessons are applicable throughout. This and the ability to choose electives in subjects that I'm interested is what I believe gives me an edge over some of the other universities in the area.
    
    -More networking, or just general events, for the part-time MBA students. The events that were planned were done at times I was unable to make due to work (I did not get off work until 6pm unless I had class that night). I think more networking events or social clubs would make the experience much more worthwhile.
    
    -I think that the UH MBA program is one of the best values in the city. The outstanding faculty have real world business knowledge, not just information gained in the classroom. Their passion for their subject matter is readily conveyed to the students.
    
    -More rigorous admissions standards would really improve the entire program and alumni quality a lot. Also, while all of the professors who teach electives are excellent, some of the professors who teach core courses really do not care about the students at all and should be replaced.
    
    -The biggest benefit of the program is if you enroll in the spring semester, you are not in a lock-step cohort and you can take your classes at your own pace. Classes are also offered Monday-Thursday instead of the Friday-Saturday schedule that many programs in the area offer. The program instructors that have experience in industry are very good, but there are many instructors in the program that are strictly academia and they were less valuable. The networking with peers was terrible. I gained no value from meeting others in the program. This was not a problem for me because I was planning on staying with my employer anyway, but if I was looking to network with others for possible job opportunities with other companies or with different industries, I would have been very disappointed. The study abroad programs were a great option for electives and I would highly recommend them.