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

Seton Hall University

Stillman School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 86 %
      • Average months to complete program: 29
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No
      • 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: $12,816.00
      • Non-Resident: $12,816.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,068.00
      • Non-resident $1,068.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 353
      • Part-Time MBA: 272
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 725
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science in Professional Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 261
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 63 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 66 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 529

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 90th Percentile 639
      • 50th Percentile (median) 515
      • Average GMAT Score 538
      • 75th Percentile 583
      • 25th Percentile 488
      • 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: 607

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 38 %
      • International students: 20 %

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

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 19 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 44 %
      • Chose not to report: 24 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 66
      • Median: 36
      • From: 0
      • To: 96
      • One year or less: 32 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $80,357.00
      • Median: $72,500.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $27,500.00
      • To: $140,000.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 1 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 6 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 6 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Production: 7 %
      • Other: 70 %

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

      • Hackensack University Medical 25
      • Prudential 19
      • Seton Hall University 18
      • Atlantic Health 17
      • PWC & Verizon 8
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 27

  • 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: 35 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 1 %
      • Assistantships: 9 %
      • Loans (private and government): 92 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $27,877.00
      • Median financial aid package: $32,339.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? Yes
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $20,500.00
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $16,163.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 89

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 26
      • Faculty on company boards: 4

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

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

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

        • 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: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 45 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 58
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 24
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 45 %
      • Average core class size: 26
      • Average elective class size: 18
      • Electives available: 65
      • Last curriculum revision: 2000

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Information Technology Management
      • Sport Management
      • Supply Chain Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Sports Business

    • 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 a 20 hour volunteer community service project and participate in a comprehensive learning outcomes assessment process.
      • Credits required to graduate: 42

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Wireless infrastructure upgrade; Trading Room and Sport polling center upgrades; grants for curriculum/technology integration; Faculty Innovation Grants for technology integration; Online Course Development; Upgrade to Interactive Television Technology; Kindle pilot; Construction of Market Focus Group Room and Entrepreneurial Studies Center; Website redesign; Purchase of digital signage and SAP and SAS software; Research database acquisitions; android tablet pilot; cloud computing initiative
      • Amount spent: $1,190,818.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,702
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $366.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $9,442,684.00
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups
      • 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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