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

Monmouth University

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  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $21,460.00
      • Non-Resident: $21,460.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $868.00
      • Non-resident $868.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 269
      • Part-Time MBA: 269
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,022

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 238
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 68 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 68 %
      • 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)

      • 10th Percentile 370
      • 75th Percentile 520
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 90th Percentile 570
      • 25th Percentile 420
      • Average GMAT Score 475

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 90th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 510
      • 50th Percentile (median) 480
      • 10th Percentile 375
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 475
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • CAE - Cerificate of Advanced English
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 32 %
      • International students: 7 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 76 %
      • Chose not to report: 6 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 51
      • Median: 24
      • From: 22
      • To: 84
      • One year or less: 50 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 26
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 24

  • 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: 79 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 81 %
      • Assistantships: 8 %
      • Loans (private and government): 53 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $13,428.00
      • Median financial aid package: $13,210.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $28,129.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 66

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 27
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 10

  • 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: 5 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 7
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 37
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 22
      • Average core class size: 25
      • Average elective class size: 25
      • Electives available: 43

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Healthcare
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate

    • 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: 54

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,827
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $230.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $25.00
      • 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.monmouth.edu/alumni/
      • 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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