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

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 96 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 84
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No

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

      • Resident: $6,012.00
      • Non-Resident: $12,336.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $501.00
      • Non-resident $1,028.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 5
      • Part-Time MBA: 490

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • Average GMAT Score 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 25th Percentile 475
      • 10th Percentile 320
      • 75th Percentile 625
      • 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

      • Campus-based tests
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 46 %
      • International students: 8 %

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

      • Asian American: 8 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 92 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 80
      • Median: 65
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Finance/Accounting: 8 %
      • General Management: 36 %
      • Human Resources: 8 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 24 %
      • Management Information Systems: 8 %
      • Operations/Production: 8 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 44 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 24 %
      • Other: 8 %

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

      • Mayo Clinic Health Systems 20
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

  • 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: 50 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 61

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 23

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • 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 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 10
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 13
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 12
      • Average core class size: 20
      • Average elective class size: 22
      • Electives available: 50

    • Recently added electives:

      • Sustainability & Organizational Management
      • Work-Place Stress
      • HR Topics
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011
      • Recent curriculum changes: Realignment of leadership topics

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Health-care management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration

    • 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: Team-based research project
      • Credits required to graduate: 30

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Lab upgrades, sales lab, wireless updates,b-comm classroom
      • Amount spent: $350,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 400
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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.uwec.edu/career/Alumni/index.htm
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.facebook.com/uweccob
      • 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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