PART-TIME MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

Rollins College

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Professional MBA

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Rollins College
1000 Holt Avenue-2722
Winter Park , Florida 32789-4499 United States

Program Web site:

http://www.crummer.rollins.edu/pmba/index.shtml

Status:

Private Institution

E-mail:

MBAADMISSIONA@ROLLINS.EDU

Part-time enrollment (2009-10):

220

Times offered:

Evenings

Semesters offered:

Fall

Spring

Summer

Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program:

85 %

Part-time MBAs graduating since program began:

5,060

Average months to complete program:

Maximum months permitted to complete program:

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: $ 13,600
Non-Resident: $ 13,600

Tuition per credit:

$ 1,026

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 452
Full-Time MBA: 168
Part-time MBA: 190
Executive MBA: 94
PhD Program: 0

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

2,700

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

Total applications, most recent entering class:

Applications accepted, most recent entering class:

43 %

Admitted students enrolled:

40 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

Applicant interviews are:

Required

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT required?

Yes

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked?

N/A

Average GMAT:

524

Median GMAT:

500

Middle 80% GMAT:

From: 450
To: 650

Is proficiency in English required?

Yes

Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

TOEFL Computer Based

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

GMAT Score:

Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Very Important

CLASS PROFILE

Female students:

33 %

International students:

0 %

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

African American: 13 %
Asian American: 13 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 15 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 55 %
Chose not to report: 0 %
Other: 4 %

Postgraduate work experience (months):
Mean:

59.2

Median:

Middle 80% range:

From: 24
To: 120

One year or less:

3 %

Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:
Mean:

$ 47,458

Median:

$ 43,300

Middle 80% range:

From: $ 32,800
To: $ 71,000

Mean entering student age:

Median entering student age:

Entering students work in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 0 %
Finance/Accounting: 28 %
General Management: 18 %
Human Resources: 3 %
Marketing/Sales: 23 %
Management Information Systems: 5 %
Operations/Production: 20 %
Other: 3 %

Entering students work in the following industries:

Consulting: 0 %
Consumer Products: 18 %
Financial Services: 23 %
Government: 13 %
Manufacturing: 0 %
Media/Entertainment: 5 %
Non-Profit: 13 %
Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
Real Estate: 13 %
Technology: 3 %
Other: 4 %

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 2009-10:

48 %

Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2009-10 academic year, percentage receiving:

Institutional Scholarships: 5 %
Assistantships: 0 %
Loans (private and government): 95 %

Mean financial aid package:

$ 19,975

Median financial aid package:

$ 20,500

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2009-10:

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs?

Mean outstanding debt at graduation:

$ 41,000

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 17
Non-Tenured: 8

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 9

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 2
Non-Tenured: 1

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 2

International Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 1

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 17
Non-Tenured: 8

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

40 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

65 %

STUDENT LIFE

Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

Women in MBA

Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?

Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms?

Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 48 %
Distance Learning: 2 %
Experiential Learning: 10 %
Lectures: 10 %
Simulations: 10 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 0 %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:

Teachers in the part-time program:

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

100 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

68 %

Average core class size:

Average elective class size:

Electives available:

Recently added electives:

Global Sustainability: Business and Environment

Last curriculum revision:

2000

Recent curriculum changes:

N/A

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Marketing

Operations Management

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

Leading areas of study:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Marketing

Graduation requirements:

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Credits required to graduate:

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Two of our classrooms have been updated so that faculty can use Mediasite to webcast their courses.

Amount spent:

$ 350,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

5,740

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

11 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 440

Median gift from MBA alumni:

$ 55

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

Business school endowment

$ 14,197,114

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.rollins.edu/alumni_gateway/index.html

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.crummer.rollins.edu/Alumni_Relations/

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

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

Bankl of NY Mellon	4
Lockheed Martin	2
Pershing, LLC	2
Northrop Grumman	2
Walt Disney Company	2

Graduate Comments

The experience was better than I could have hoped for going back to school. The lifetime class auditing is also a good selling point.

I concentrated in finance and was stunned by the level of instruction provided by the faculty. The professors were dynamic, thought-provoking, and friendly. They went above and beyond in providing and encouraging career enhancing skills and tools.

Crummer is a great school with quality educators, offering a challenging environment. I would recommend this program to anyone who wants to strive for a diverse, team-based experience.

Wonderful program with many opportunities to gain the most from an MBA career. While in the program I was able to visit Hong Kong and London. At these locations I was a consultant for commercial organizations. A great experience!

The school often had speakers come through and do a meet-and-greet before hand. There were also occasional networking events where staff, students and alums would gather for an evening out. There was also a yearly night-golf tournament.

Most professors had 10 or more years of MBA teaching experience. They know what we need to know for the real world and teach practical knowledge. Some professors were a little out-dated with their teaching method, but still attempted to reach the students on their concepts.

I got exactly what I wanted and more from the Rollins MBA program. The international experiences and real-world consulting projects are invaluable, and not available at any other institution. Because of the opportunity to participate and manage three consulting projects, I was a consultant before I even had my MBA.

The school should encourage interaction of professional MBA students with other part-time programs like the Saturday MBA and the corporate MBA.

Rollins has been everything I could have hoped for and then some. If students have a question professors are always there to help you out. They preach that students who have questions should see them after class or during office hours to get additional help. They do a great job of helping students truly learn the material. The attentiveness of the Rollins administrative staff was impressive. They are what I believe sets the program apart from others and make the program extra-special. Questions are answered immediately. They are always looking out for the students' well being, and are always open to suggestions for improvement. I have encountered ZERO bureaucracy at Rollins, and that is amazing for an academic institution.

More interaction with the Career Development Center and Philanthropy Center would improve the program.

The professors always had time to spend with students and give one-on-one attention. Classes where real-world experience was more important were usually taught by adjunct faculty members or faculty members with years of job experience. My major complaint was that some professors allowed students to share too much of their personal experiences and I would have preferred to learn more from the professor and less from some students.

Career services for professional MBAs are lacking—and the program's reach of the outside of Florida is limited. Still, a few people who I have networked with over the past few years know of Rollins or how great a program it is. I hope the administration begins to pump up its program nationally—because it is that good. It deserves the recognition!