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

University of Vermont

School of Business Administration

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 75 %
      • Average months to complete program: 48
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $7,276.00
      • Non-Resident: $17,092.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $537.00
      • Non-resident $1,355.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 82
      • Full-Time MBA: 21
      • Part-Time MBA: 35
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 783
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 12
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 75 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 56 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not offered

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 50th Percentile (median) 605
      • 75th Percentile 625
      • Average GMAT Score 536
      • 10th Percentile 253
      • 90th Percentile 649

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 545
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 598
      • 75th Percentile 645
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 33 %
      • International students: 0 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 84
      • Median: 84
      • From: 60
      • To: 96
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • General Management: 17 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Operations/Production: 33 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Consumer Products: 33 %
      • Government: 33 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • 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: 77 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $7,308.00
      • Median financial aid package: $7,276.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $32,127.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 47

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 15
      • Faculty on company boards: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • 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 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 24
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 38
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 29 %
      • Average core class size: 18
      • Average elective class size: 27
      • Electives available: 31

    • Recently added electives:

      • Non-Profit/Governmental Accounting
      • Consumer Behavior
      • Supply Chain Management
      • Ethics in Business
      • Last curriculum revision: 1995

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • General Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Corporate Social Responsibility

    • 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: 48

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Added Bloomberg mock trading lab, upgraded network to 1 Gigabit, upgraded wireless access points, upgraded computer labs to 100 base T, upgraded digital signage systems, added smart board technology, installed conferencing equipment, clicker technology for instant response, upgraded digital projection units, upgraded lab printers, upgraded critical in-house servers and moved all other servers to off-site virtual systems, upgraded the computers in our labs, invested in research data for teaching.
      • Amount spent: $350,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 683
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $261.00
      • 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 $11,419,708.00
      • 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.uvm.edu/directory/men_directory.asp
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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

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