PROGRAM BASICS

• • Raj Soin College of Business
  • Wright State University - Raj Soin College of Business
  • 100 Rike Hall
  • 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
  • Dayton, 45435-0001, Ohio
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.wright.edu/business/grad/mba/
  • E-mail: rscob-admin@wright.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 70 %
  • Average months to complete program: 39
  • 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: $8,712.00
  • Non-Resident: $14,856.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $363.00
  • Non-resident $619.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 620
  • Full-Time MBA: 91
  • Part-Time MBA: 441
  • Executive MBA: 0
  • PhD Program: 0
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,998
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Social and Applied Economics; Master of Information Systems; Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 361
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 62 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 73 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
  • 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 600
  • 50th Percentile (median) 480
  • 75th Percentile 543
  • Average GMAT Score 475
  • 10th Percentile 350
  • 25th Percentile 418

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 75th Percentile 560
  • 10th Percentile 430
  • 25th Percentile 468
  • 50th Percentile (median) 505
  • 90th Percentile 606
  • Average GMAT Score 516
• • 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: Considered
  • Application Essays: Considered
  • Interviews Considered
  • Recommendations: Considered
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 59 %
  • International students: 3 %

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

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 5 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 78 %
  • Chose not to report: 3 %
  • Other: 1 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 97
  • Median: 48
  • From: 0
  • To: 300
  • One year or less: 26 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $57,447.00
  • Median: $51,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $29,800.00
  • To: $90,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
  • General Management: 13 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
  • Management Information Systems: 0 %
  • Operations/Production: 20 %
  • Other: 27 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Consumer Products: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 10 %
  • Government: 28 %
  • Manufacturing: 15 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 8 %
  • Other: 20 %

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

  • Wright Patterson Air Force B 43
  • U.S. Air Force 14
  • Lexis-Nexis 9
  • Emerson Climate Technologies 6
  • Kettering Health Network 5
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
  • 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: 10 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 95 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $24,685.00
  • Median financial aid package: $25,779.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $37,038.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 118

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 49
  • Non-Tenured: 18

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 49

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 13
  • Non-Tenured: 8

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 5
  • Non-Tenured: 4

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 47
  • Non-Tenured: 24
• • Faculty on company boards: 4

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Finance
    • Human Resources
    • Marketing

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

  • • International Club
    • Black MBA Association
    • 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: 2 %
  • Experiential Learning: 3 %
  • Lectures: 40 %
  • Simulations: 0 %
  • 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: 54
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 29
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 21 %
  • Average core class size: 37
  • Average elective class size: 40
  • Electives available: 26

• Recently added electives:

  • Investing in Securities Derivatives
  • Fixed Income Securities Analysis
  • Corporate Financial Information
  • Marketing Simultion and Return on Investment
  • Economics of Innovation
  • Technology Based Ventures
• • Last curriculum revision: 2011
  • Recent curriculum changes: Added Economics for Managers;Revised accounting core class - Accounting Role in Strategic Value Creation; Added a 1.5 credit Survey of Business Law;Eliminated IT class

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

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

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Project Management
  • New Venture Creation
  • Investments
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • International Business
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • 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: 48

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Campus-wide wireless upgrade; Financial trading room software upgrade; Faculty/staff hardware and software upgrades. Re-tooled all classroom hardware and software: document cameras, computers, multi-media equipment & applications. Active Directory for enhanced network access. Replaced on line learning management system with Pilot.
  • Amount spent: $407,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 4,060
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $402.00
  • 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 $3,391,393.00
  • 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.wrightstatealumni.com/
  • 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.wright.edu/business/alumni/baa.html
  • 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 MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

• • -I love the concept of the cohort program! I am not sitting in class with 20-somethings who do not care about their grades or the class. I enjoy the group work with professionals who are my age and who do care about deadlines and the quality of the work turned it. It is a pleasure to go to class and have a real discussion about life, work, and the "what if's" of the business world. I have encouraged so many of my friends to apply to this program track. WSU really hit a home run with this program (in my opinion).
    
    -Overall, the WSU MBA program is good. However, the school accepts too many students. The grading is very easy so few student fail or drop out. I was not impressed with the quality of some of the students in the program. I am worried that the number and quality of WSU MBA graduates going into the workforce will lessen the prestige of my MBA degree.
    
    -The instructors were very knowledgeable about their fields. They were also very effective in using their experience in the field as examples to demonstrate concepts.
    
    -The quality of the education you get for the price is unmatched. I have enjoyed all the interaction I've had with the faculty.
    
    -Overall, the satellite part-time program is still relatively new so I do believe it will be better in the future. If the program is able to tap into the companies that are headquartered in its vicinity it will really excel.
    
    -Many of the instructors have significant industry experience which added significant value to their academic credentials.
    
    -The classes for the Project Management concentration were taught by a former Program Manager of the B2-Bomber, a leading contract manager at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and the Program Manager for Siemens North America. Each was an expert in their field and shared very relevant and valuable information.
    
    -I got a lot out of the program because I put a lot into the program. I went to class motivated and wanting to learn the material. I want to have the learning in my arsenal in case it is needed in my future business activities. I saw too many students who did not put forth much effort, who only showed up on test nights, and who still passed the courses. In general, the coursework, structure, information, and teachers are good. This is a good learning program. WSU simply accepts too many students, passes too many students, and dilutes the value of the degree. If I am in a position to hire someone in my company, I would probably not hire a WSU MBA person.