University of Texas, San Antonio

PROGRAM BASICS

• • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Flexible MBA
  • UTSA College of Business
  • One UTSA Circle
  • San Antonio, 78249, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://business.utsa.edu/graduate
  • E-mail: mbainfo@utsa.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 80 %
  • Average months to complete program: 30
  • 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? No

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

  • Resident: $5,093.00
  • Non-Resident: $12,705.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $243.00
  • Non-resident $869.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 674
  • Full-Time MBA: 9
  • Part-Time MBA: 240
  • Executive MBA: 62
  • PhD Program: 92
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 5,277
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Technology, Master of International Management/Business
  • Other graduate degree programs: MA in Economics; MS in Applied Statistics; MS in Construction Science and Management, MS in Information Technology

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 191
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 41 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 65 %
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 90th Percentile 620
  • 75th Percentile 560
  • 25th Percentile 400
  • 50th Percentile (median) 400
  • Average GMAT Score 478
  • 10th Percentile 310

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 25th Percentile 560
  • 50th Percentile (median) 600
  • 75th Percentile 640
  • 10th Percentile 540
  • 90th Percentile 680
  • Average GMAT Score 606
• • 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: 500

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 39 %
  • International students: 10 %

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

  • African American: 4 %
  • Asian American: 4 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 16 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 2 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 74 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 61
  • Median: 36
  • From: 8
  • To: 120
  • One year or less: 16 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $49,304.00
  • Median: $48,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $30,000.00
  • To: $75,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 19 %
  • General Management: 6 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 38 %
  • Management Information Systems: 13 %
  • Operations/Production: 9 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 3 %
  • Consumer Products: 13 %
  • Financial Services: 34 %
  • Government: 16 %
  • Manufacturing: 0 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 0 %
  • Other: 19 %

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

  • USAA 6
  • Frost Bank 2
  • Booz Allen Hamilton 1
  • KCI 1
  • Marriott International 1
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 25

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: 25 %

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

  • Assistantships: 90 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $10,000.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 188

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 73
  • Non-Tenured: 52

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 63

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 19
  • Non-Tenured: 43

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 37
  • Non-Tenured: 37

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 73
  • Non-Tenured: 65
• • Faculty on company boards: 5

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Finance
    • Human Resources
    • Marketing
    • Other

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

  • • Hispanic Student Organization
    • Volunteer
    • Other
• • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 0 %
  • Lectures: 33 %
  • Simulations: 0 %
  • Team Projects: 27 %
  • Other: 10 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 95
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 73
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 46 %
  • Average core class size: 23
  • Average elective class size: 13
  • Electives available: 99
• • Last curriculum revision: 2009
  • Recent curriculum changes: Required new Core course titled "Ethics and Globalization" - new MBA students are required to the the course in their first semester in the program.

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Operations Management
    • Economics

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Business of Health
  • Information Assurance
  • Tourism Destination Development
  • Project Management
  • Real Estate Finance
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Health Care Administration
    • Other

• 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: 36

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Financial Studies Center (18 Bloomberg terminals, computers, TV’s, stock tickers); ALIAS (Advanced Labs for Infrastructure Assur & Sec), Integrated KACE mgt tools & appliances to manage all computers in College of Bus; Developed cyber security grants & research incl target networks and intrusion detection environments; comp classrooms, fac/staff desktops upgraded; added servers to the Citrix environ (to increase research capabilities); added a DAE to SAN & virtualized existing infrastructure
  • Amount spent: $903,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 3,534
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $215.00
  • 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 $8,853,339.00
  • 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.utsa.edu
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • 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

• • -My experience at University of Texas San Antonio was exceptional. I gained a wealth of information and skills that have set me up for a career in executive management. I also plugged into the power network of students and alumni at UTSA that has provided connections that I will enjoy throughout my career in the San Antonio area.
    
    -The professors are very knowledgeable and had an interest in the students succeeding.
    
    -I would really like to see coursework that reflects what is seen in business and directly applies what is learned in the classroom. This was done to a certain extent, but sometimes theory was emphasized more than real world application.
    
    -They offer flexible class times and the professors are very knowledgeable and helpful.
    
    -I would like to see some courses offered online or video conference over internet to help students who commute a lot. But I think the university is moving in the right direction.
    
    -I found the experience, relative to cost and time investment, to be highly valuable. GREAT instructors, great curriculum.
    
    -Smaller classes would be beneficial to provide better discussion. Offering 8 week courses would be great as well as to allow for faster completion of the program.
    
    -UTSA's MBA program offers good academic programs and is able to translate the programs into real world experiences. Professors at UTSA had a combination of experience in industry including major San Antonio employers like AT&T and USAA. I think that my friends and colleagues would greatly benefit from the experience of the professors and other students.
    
    -There could be more flexibility on optional seminars or courses to take as elective credit.
    
    -MBA has definitely provided me with additional skill set that separates me from my colleagues at work and opens the door for new opportunities.