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

James Madison University

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • James Madison University
      • Innovation MBA (iMBA)
      • 800 South Main Street
      • MSC 0206 - Showker Hall
      • Harrisonburg, 22807, Virginia
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.jmu.edu/cob/mba/
      • E-mail: mba@jmu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 21
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No

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

      • Resident: $19,200.00
      • Non-Resident: $19,200.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $400.00
      • Non-resident $400.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 155
      • Part-Time MBA: 74
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,131
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 51
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 81 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 88 %
      • 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)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • Average GMAT Score 520
      • 10th Percentile 380
      • 25th Percentile 455
      • 75th Percentile 585
      • 90th Percentile 658

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • Average GMAT Score 563
      • 10th Percentile 468
      • 25th Percentile 525
      • 75th Percentile 615
      • 90th Percentile 656
      • 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • TOEFL Internet >= 88
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 32 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 90 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 119
      • Median: 96
      • From: 60
      • To: 228
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 9 %
      • General Management: 18 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 5 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Production: 9 %
      • Other: 35 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 23 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 23 %

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

      • James Madison University 6
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 32
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 31

  • 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: 59 %

    • 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: $8,588.00
      • Median financial aid package: $10,250.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 133

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 54

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 35
      • Faculty on company boards: 5

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • 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: 50 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 16
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 11
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 20 %
      • Average core class size: 22
      • Average elective class size: 13
      • Electives available: 6
      • Last curriculum revision: 2008
      • Recent curriculum changes: Movement from face-to-face to a blended format with 44 percent of classes on campus and 56 percent of classes taught online in a synchronous format. Leadership and innovation are now themes of the program and this is woven throughout the curriculum via a mentor program and objectives of the new program. International trip is built into tuition and is taken at end of the program.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Other
        • Leadership

    • Additional concentrations offered:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Management Information Systems
        • Organizational Behavior

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: International trip, Leadership Development Portfolio, Mentoring Program
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The Gagliotti Capital Markets Laboratory was opened in Fall 2011. It includes 24 computers, twelve of which are Bloomberg terminals, a four-panel RISE video wall, and a RISE ticker. A CyberSecurity Laboratory was developed to support coursework in information security and network defense.
      • Amount spent: $332,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,217
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 9 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $806.00
      • 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 $9,485,339.00
      • 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.jmu.edu/alumni/career/
      • 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.jmu.edu/cob/GetConnected.shtml
      • 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 students included in resume drops? Yes

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