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

Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

School of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 94 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • 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: $8,844.00
      • Non-Resident: $13,704.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $759.00
      • Non-resident $1,176.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 207
      • Part-Time MBA: 174
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 655
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • 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?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • None
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 46 %
      • International students: 6 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 72 %
      • Chose not to report: 6 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 70
      • Median: 60
      • One year or less: 6 %

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

      • Hershey Company 4
      • TE Connectivity 3
      • Hershey Medical Center 3
      • Fulton Financial 2
      • Highmark Blue Shield 2
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university

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

      • Assistantships: 1 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 2
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 46

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 28
      • Faculty on company boards: 10

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Black MBA Association
      • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 40 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 35
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 18
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 27 %
      • Average core class size: 28
      • Average elective class size: 18
      • Electives available: 12
      • Last curriculum revision: 2006
      • Recent curriculum changes: None

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • E-commerce
        • Other

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Supply Chain Management
      • Infromation Systems
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Supply Chain Management

    • 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 program stipulated courses
      • Credits required to graduate: 30

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: All classrooms have been upgraded with state-of-the-art instructional technology including new overhead projectors and instructor computer stations. The Shcool Also maintains three classroom computer laboratories for business students, each of which has been upgraded with new computers in the past three years. Faculty computers are upgraded on a three-four year cycle.
      • Amount spent: $135,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,336
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 28 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $350.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $250.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $1,361,267.00
      • 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://alumni.psu.edu/network-mentor
      • 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.facebook.com/pennstateharrisburg
      • 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? No

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