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

Loyola University Maryland

Sellinger School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 84
      • 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: $10,250.00
      • Non-Resident: $10,250.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $850.00
      • Non-resident $850.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 755
      • Full-Time MBA: 20
      • Part-Time MBA: 620
      • Executive MBA: 115
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 906
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 150
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 74 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 83 %
      • 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? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? Applicants are required except those with a 3.25 GPA and 5 years significant professional experience may ask for a waiver.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 10th Percentile 430
      • Average GMAT Score 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 660

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 10th Percentile 468
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 505
      • Average GMAT Score 559
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 36 %
      • International students: 3 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 60
      • Median: 54
      • From: 12
      • To: 120
      • One year or less: 10 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
      • General Management: 17 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 20 %
      • Government: 13 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 8 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • 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: 16 %

    • 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): 52 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $18,410.00
      • Median financial aid package: $19,020.00
      • 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
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $26,999.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 99

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 21
      • Faculty on company boards: 2

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 10
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 99
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 37
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 24
      • Average elective class size: 16
      • Electives available: 18

    • Recently added electives:

      • Marketing and Social Media
      • Last curriculum revision: 2033

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Management Information Systems
      • General Business
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • 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
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: Students must complete all core requirements, meet pre requisites and complete 4 electives of which one must be Global.
      • Credits required to graduate: 33

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 100% of classrooms had technology refreshed which included Creston touch screen control systems, LCD projectors, motorized screens document cameras, DVD/VCR players, laptop connections, PC and or Mac computer, sound system, wireless keyboards, State of the art Trading Room, Conference rooms had technology installed with projectors and or LCD displays, video conferencing, computers and Smartboard
      • Amount spent: $700,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 10,286
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: 439.18
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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.loyola.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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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