PROGRAM BASICS

• • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
  • Part-Time MBA Program
  • 301 Mervis Hall
  • Pittsburgh, 15260, Pennsylvania
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.business.pitt.edu/katz/
  • E-mail: mba@katz.pitt.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 92 %
  • Average months to complete program: 36
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
  • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
  • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? Yes

• Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

  • Resident: $12,900.00
  • Non-Resident: $19,296.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,075.00
  • Non-resident $1,608.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 907
  • Full-Time MBA: 187
  • Part-Time MBA: 570
  • Executive MBA: 71
  • PhD Program: 52
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,040
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 131
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 92 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 83 %
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 25th Percentile 500
  • 75th Percentile 600
  • 90th Percentile 690
  • Average GMAT Score 549
  • 50th Percentile (median) 555
  • 10th Percentile 400

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 560
  • 25th Percentile 500
  • 75th Percentile 610
  • 10th Percentile 420
  • 90th Percentile 700
  • Average GMAT Score 557
• • 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
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 35 %
  • International students: 2 %

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

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 3 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %
  • Chose not to report: 7 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 50
  • Median: 38
  • From: 12
  • To: 74
  • One year or less: 11 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $52,607.00
  • Median: $54,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $34,122.00
  • To: $73,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 33 %
  • General Management: 6 %
  • Human Resources: 4 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
  • Management Information Systems: 14 %
  • Operations/Production: 16 %
  • Other: 5 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Consumer Products: 12 %
  • Financial Services: 25 %
  • Government: 3 %
  • Manufacturing: 12 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 13 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
  • Real Estate: 1 %
  • Technology: 6 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Bank of New York Mellon 72
  • Westinghouse 37
  • PNC 29
  • Heinz 19
  • PPG 12
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 27
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 26

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
• • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 121

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 48
  • Non-Tenured: 39

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 34

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 23

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 14
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 7
  • Non-Tenured: 6

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 48
  • Non-Tenured: 43
• • Faculty on company boards: 23

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Human Resources
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Consulting
    • Information Technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Business Ethics

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

  • • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • Women in MBA
• • 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: 25 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 35 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 24
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 66
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 26
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 60 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 47 %
  • Average core class size: 42
  • Average elective class size: 33
  • Electives available: 74

• Recently added electives:

  • Private Equity
  • Corporate Finance
• • Last curriculum revision: 2003

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Human Resource Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Operations Management
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Strategy

• Additional concentrations offered:

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

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems
    • 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: 52

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Financial Lab; new classroom technologies; digital display screens; new virtual infrastructure; enhanced wireless access throughout building; SharePoint Intranet for faculty, staff and students; all student team rooms outfitted with LCD screens; all faculty and staff meeting rooms outfitted with LCD screens; enhanced student print kiosks; and enhanced student placement software package for use by graduating students and Career Services.
  • Amount spent: $4,200,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 16,895
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 5
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $300.00
  • 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 $49,812,243.00
  • 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.alumni.pitt.edu/connect/
  • 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.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/UPTK/mypage.jsp
  • 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

• • -I would recommend the Katz MBA to friends or colleagues due to the many things I got beyond the classroom education including networking and learning the importance of interdependence and teamwork. Many of the professors have industry experience or were previous executives. Everyone was helpful and truly cared about making it a positive experience.
    
    -Katz Graduate School of Business offers a value that I perceive to be higher than other institutions in the region. Though there are certainly other programs in the city, the culture of Katz, the extensive network within the region and nationally, and the quality of education led me to pursue a degree at a world-class part-time MBA program.
    
    -The core classes were good, professionally taught, and outside my normal realm as I am in a technical role. I learned from them. The electives were mostly not enjoyable to me, nor did I learn much from them that was valuable to my career. The exception to that would be the kind of soft skill classes, such as interpersonal skills.
    
    -The coursework was challenging yet not overwhelming. Networking was at a prime at this location.
    
    -I felt that the networking events and speakers were often held at times that made it difficult for part time students to attend, also it seemed as though career services placed more emphasis on the full time students, these are the only things that I think the program could improve upon.
    
    -It is a well-defined program that gives you the core strengths necessary and the ability to relate those strengths back to practical uses in the workplace. Further, the networking within the program is extremely valuable, as you meet other professionals who are from the area that work in the same or similar profession
    
    -Less group work for part-time students. If you are attending a part-time program, you are probably working with people every day at your full-time job. While group work is beneficial to help manage working with others, as a part-time student this can make things very difficult because everyone has such limited time.
    
    -The experience was wonderful. The school did a great job incorporating part-time students and making us feel part of the university. The school also offered many opportunities such as global research and study abroad, which I participated in twice.
    
    -The classrooms need to be updated to accommodate the students better. Also, career services should be revamped for better access, more pleasant personnel, and easier processes.
    
    -The professors are extremely knowledgeable and the administrative staff is incredibly helpful.
    
    -Beyond the technical knowledge that I gained through the MBA program, I felt that I developed a great deal professionally while I was there. I felt that the culture of the part-time program was much more mature and focused on learning and contributing than the full-time program (I spent one semester as a full-time MBA student and then switched to part-time). The part-time program offered much better networking opportunities, as well, since essentially everyone there was working in the area.