PROGRAM BASICS

• • Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business
  • Lubar School Part-Time MBA Program
  • 3202 N Maryland Avenue
  • Suite N418
  • Milwaukee, 53211, Wisconsin
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www4.uwm.edu/business/programs/busmasters/index.cfm
  • E-mail: mba-ms@uwm.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 90 %
  • Average months to complete program: 31
  • 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: $9,419.00
  • Non-Resident: $19,136.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,019.00
  • Non-resident $1,829.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 590
  • Full-Time MBA: 0
  • Part-Time MBA: 259
  • Executive MBA: 53
  • PhD Program: 48
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,650
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Professional Accounting; Master of Taxation

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 167
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 40 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 65 %
  • 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? Yes

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • Average GMAT Score n/a
  • 10th Percentile n/a
  • 25th Percentile n/a
  • 50th Percentile (median) n/a
  • 75th Percentile n/a
  • 90th Percentile n/a

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 530
  • 10th Percentile 460
  • 75th Percentile 590
  • 25th Percentile 500
  • Average GMAT Score 542
  • 90th Percentile 680
• • 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: Important
  • Resume/Work Experience: Not Considered
  • Application Essays: Important
  • Interviews Not Considered
  • Recommendations: Considered
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 35 %
  • International students: 21 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 5 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 34
  • Median: 24
  • From: 12
  • To: 72
  • One year or less: 39 %

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 21 %
  • General Management: 7 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 2 %
  • Management Information Systems: 7 %
  • Operations/Production: 10 %
  • Other: 51 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Consumer Products: 14 %
  • Financial Services: 19 %
  • Government: 5 %
  • Manufacturing: 7 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 7 %
  • Other: 29 %

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

  • US Bank 8
  • Northwestern Mutual Life 7
  • Kohl's 6
  • Medical College of Wisconsin 5
  • Kohler Company 5
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 28
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 26

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: 24 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 16 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 87 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $15,226.00
  • Median financial aid package: $16,592.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 4
  • 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: 121

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 47
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Non-Tenured: 54

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 16
  • Non-Tenured: 7

• International Faculty:

  • Non-Tenured: 14

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 41
  • Non-Tenured: 34

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Other

• 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: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 30 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 67
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 27
  • Average core class size: 26
  • Average elective class size: 20
  • Electives available: 56

• Recently added electives:

  • Global Innovation Management
  • New Product Development
• • Last curriculum revision: 2000
  • Recent curriculum changes: The MBA program is currently undergoing major curriculum revisions.

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Other
    • International Business

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Managing Change
  • Health Care Management
  • Supply Chain Management
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • Strategy
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Other
    • Technology

• 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: 39

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Lecture capture technology in classrooms; new computers; smartboards; projection whiteboards; limited classroom video conferencing; new computers in offices; electronic communication boards and kiosks; server upgrades, IBM Data Center.
  • Amount spent: $1,780,652.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 3,981
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 35 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $295.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $24,000,000.00
  • 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://www4.uwm.edu/alumni/
  • 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://www4.uwm.edu/alumni/chapters/business_alumni.cfm
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

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

• • -Most classes incorporated how the material would be used in the "real world" so we (the students) knew that the material we were learning was going to be useful in our daily lives.
    
    -I was extremely happy with the program and I know it is helping advance my career. It was a challenging program, but the professors where there to help students along when question arose. It was definitely a value added experience for me and I would recommend it to anyone seeking an MBA.
    
    -A greater emphasis should be paid on career development.
    
    -The program is flexible and affordable. The professors were all very knowledgeable in their subject areas and the majority also conducted interesting classes. More communication from counselors/advisors would have been helpful. Financial aid when not taking full time courses would also be helpful.
    
    -Less out of class work and revising the scheduling of networking events outside of the classroom. I feel that I "missed" that part of the MBA student experience.
    
    -The program had a great overall intertwining of classes. The professors have real world experience and are willing to share it with students to help students succeed.
    
    -Some classes were fairly difficult and others were not. They should maybe review the coursework done in each class to make them all fairly difficult.
    
    -The MBA program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee features top-notch faculty, while providing great opportunities for networking with other students. The student services office in the UWM School of Business keeps students informed of job opportunities available to UWM MBA students, and the school itself has a fantastic reputation with high caliber regional companies.
    
    -The MBA program introduced me to a wide range of industry and professional practices. Allowed me to directly apply what I was learning in the classroom and apply it at work.