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Friday February 10, 2012
Part-Time MBA PROFILES Publish Date 02/10/12

University of Michigan, Flint

School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 36
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 84
      • 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: $3,569.00
      • Non-Resident: $3,569.00
    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $569.00
      • Non-resident $569.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 193
      • Full-Time MBA: 14
      • Part-Time MBA: 179
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 884
  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 59
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 46 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 70 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 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)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 490
      • 90th Percentile 595
      • 75th Percentile 533
      • Average GMAT Score 479
      • 10th Percentile 416
      • 25th Percentile 443
    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 555
      • 75th Percentile 583
      • Average GMAT Score 549
      • 10th Percentile 459
      • 90th Percentile 647
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English(ECPE) or Michigan English Language Assessment Battery(MELAB)
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 560
    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

      • Female students: 32 %
      • International students: 26 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 63 %
      • Chose not to report: 6 %
      • Other: 21 %
    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 55
      • Median: 55
      • From: 0
      • To: 101
      • One year or less: 21 %
    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Operations/Production: 16 %
      • Other: 53 %
    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 21 %
      • Non-Profit: 16 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Other: 43 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 28
  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • 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? No
  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 34
    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 13
    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 11
    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 5
    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7
    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 3
    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 16
  • STUDENT LIFE

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

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

        • International Club
        • 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: 22 %
      • Experiential Learning: 22 %
      • Lectures: 22 %
      • Simulations: 12 %
      • Team Projects: 22 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 34
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 10
      • Average core class size: 16
      • Average elective class size: 16
      • Electives available: 28
      • Last curriculum revision: 2006
    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Leadership
        • International Business
    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health Care Management
      • Computer Information Systems
      • Lean Manufacturing
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No
    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Leadership
        • General 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: 45
  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Amount spent: $0.00
  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,906
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $238.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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://alumni.umich.edu/networking-tools/social-networking/inCircle
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.umflint.edu/som/alumni/somaa.htm
      • 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 students included in resume drops? Yes

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