St. Mary's University (texas)

PROGRAM BASICS

• • St. Mary's University (Texas)
  • MBA for Working Professionals
  • Bill Greehey School of Business
  • One Camino Santa Maria
  • San Antonio, 78228, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.stmarytx.edu/mba
  • E-mail: rmenger@stmarytx.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
  • Average months to complete program: 36
  • 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: $4,750.00
  • Non-Resident: $4,750.00
• • Tuition per credit: $690.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 65
  • Full-Time MBA: 16
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 540

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 52
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 85 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 90 %
  • 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

• • GMAT required? Yes
  • Average GMAT: 554
  • Median GMAT: 554

• Middle 80% GMAT:

  • From: 540
  • To: 600
• • 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?

  • • TOEFL Computer Based
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 570

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 33 %
  • International students: 10 %

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

  • African American: 0 %
  • Asian American: 5 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 15 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 24
  • Median: 24
  • From: 18
  • To: 36
  • One year or less: 10 %

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
• • Mean financial aid package: $5,000.00
  • Median financial aid package: $5,000.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2009-10: 2
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? Only to domestic students

FINANCIAL AID

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 32

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 26
  • Non-Tenured: 6

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 5

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 5
  • Non-Tenured: 4

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 1
  • Non-Tenured: 1

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 3

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 26
  • Non-Tenured: 5

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: 35 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom: 10
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 30
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 26
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 50 %
  • Average core class size: 12
  • Average elective class size: 10
  • Electives available: 6
• • Last curriculum revision: 2006

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Accounting
    • General Management
    • Other

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Financial Planning

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Leadership
    • Marketing
    • General Management
    • Other
    • Tax

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
    • Other: Describe in next screen
• • Credits required to graduate: 30

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Addition of smart classrooms, additional wifi networks, laptops issued to all faculty, real-time trading room
  • Amount spent: $500,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 1,316
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 15 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $250.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $250.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $40,000,000.00
  • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
  • 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?
    • After completing a certain number of credits
  • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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

  • Rackspace Managed Hosting 9
  • Nustar Energy 6
  • Valero Energy 4
  • USAA 4

• • There is always room for improvement, but St. Mary's has an outstanding faculty dedicated to advancing education and to principles of the profession in which they work. It is a marvelous learning atmosphere.
    
    
    
    
    While the professors are not necessarily leading their profession as would a Harvard or Yale professor, they are focusing on developing students and they are highly knowledgeable and supportive of the advances in their profession.
    
    
    
    
    The quality of the average student at St. Mary's does not match the quality of the average professor. I believe that the school is undertaking significant efforts to upgrade its student body. The classroom experience becomes difficult when a terrific professor is grappling with students who are just trying to get by in the course.
    
    
    
    
    The school needs to focus on the graduate program and to establish strong communication with its graduate students as a group. It needs to understand scheduling and other issues and should bring graduate students together as a group to share thoughts and ideas.
    
    
    
    
    The school offered a variety of networking events outside of the classroom and sensational guest speakers. The school has made remarkable strides in this area. Every week, we could look forward to at least one excellent event. Also, there are a variety of strong clubs that featured their own events.
    
    
    
    
    It is a high quality MBA program. It is very flexbile with schedules, the price is good, and it is very friendly to my profession.
    
    
    
    
    The strengths include instructors' knowledge, capabilities, content understanding, and availability. There were no significant weaknesses with the instructors.
    
    
    
    
    Ensuring all students were at the same level would improve the experience. Some of the students were far more advanced than others.
    
    
    
    
    St. Mary's offered a robust group of guest speakers and other opportunities for full and part-time students.
    
    
    
    
    St. Mary's provides an exceptional education. It is not too expensive either. I really enjoyed the teachers I had because the campus was a lot smaller [than others]. The teachers really cared about the students and were very passionate about what they were teaching.
    
    
    
    
    All the professors were former leaders in their industries, now retired or have chosen to no longer be in that profession. As a result, they have real-life examples and give us ideas about what life is like out there. Still, they could have had us do more hands-on work. We covered many case studies, but not enough project skills.
    
    
    
    
    The previous and current experiences of the faculty, as well as the ease and flexibility to schedule meetings or talk with professors after class to discuss problems or clarify discussion, are strengths of the program.
    
    
    
    
    I would have liked to have seen more on stock analysis in the curriculum.
    
    
    
    
    My instructors had substantial experience in their respective professional areas and are well accomplished in their fields. They are also flexible with the travel and work schedules of students.