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

Northeastern University

College of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Graduate School of Business Administration
      • Northeastern University Evening MBA
      • 350 Dodge Hall
      • Northeastern University
      • Boston, 02115, Massachusetts
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.neu.edu
      • E-mail: gsba@neu.edu
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 78 %
      • Average months to complete program: 36
      • 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: $15,674.00
      • Non-Resident: $15,674.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,300.00
      • Non-resident $1,300.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,229
      • Full-Time MBA: 152
      • Part-Time MBA: 409
      • Executive MBA: 26
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,332
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other, Master of International Management/Business
      • Other graduate degree programs: MS in Taxation; MS in Technological Entrepreneurship

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 160
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 85 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 61 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 1
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 10th Percentile 412
      • Average GMAT Score 532
      • 25th Percentile 468
      • 90th Percentile 659

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 10th Percentile 450
      • Average GMAT Score 552
      • 25th Percentile 478
      • 90th Percentile 673
      • 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

      • Pearson Test of English
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 37 %
      • International students: 6 %

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

      • African American: 1 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 6 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 76 %
      • Chose not to report: 6 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 69
      • Median: 54
      • From: 24
      • To: 94
      • One year or less: 6 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $67,337.00
      • Median: $60,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $46,080.00
      • To: $85,420.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
      • General Management: 2 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
      • Management Information Systems: 11 %
      • Operations/Production: 13 %
      • Other: 19 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 29 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • Other: 23 %

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

      • State Street Corporation 36
      • EMC 32
      • Brown Brothers Harriman 21
      • Fidelity 18
      • Raytheon Company 7
      • 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
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 47 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 21 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 94 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $21,944.00
      • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 189

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 63
      • Non-Tenured: 76

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 63
      • Non-Tenured: 69
      • Faculty on company boards: 7

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other

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

        • International Club
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Volunteer
        • 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: 58 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 2 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 16
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 29
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 6
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 28 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 28 %
      • Average core class size: 29
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 60

    • Recently added electives:

      • Global Corporate Citizenship
      • Strategic Decision Making in Times of Uncertainty
      • Art Based Learning for Managers
      • Financial Statement Analysis
      • Last curriculum revision: 2004
      • Recent curriculum changes: Added a specialization in Technological Entrepreneurship.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Operations Management

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Corporate Renewal
      • Investments
      • Supply Chain Management
      • Mutual Fund Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Operations 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: 60

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgrading desktop computers for full-time faculty and staff; Purchase of 36 laptop Mobile lab which is used in the College's 10 wireless capable case rooms in Dodge Hall.
      • Amount spent: $300,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,589
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $3,570.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $29,000,000.00
      • 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.alumniconnections.neu.edu
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • 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?
        • After completing a certain number of credits
      • 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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