Master of Business Administration|

Admission

Applicants should have earned a bachelors degree in business or in a nonbusiness field. The Graduate Business Policies Committee, comprised of business faculty members, carefully evaluates all applicants based on three significant factors:

• undergraduate grade point average (GPA)
• Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score
• relevant work experience
• Standard formula utilized for evaluating candidates is (200 x GPA) + GMAT score = 1050

By the application deadline, applicants must submit a completed application form, the application fee, and all other supporting documentation including GMAT scores. In addition, applicants should submit an official transcript from each college attended and TOEFL scores if applicable. The committee makes admission decisions for the fall, spring, and summer sessions by August 1, December 10, and May 1 on all applications submitted by the July 1, November 1, and April 1 deadlines, respectively.

Appeals Process

A student once refused admission to the M.B.A. program may submit an appeal for review with any supporting documentation to the Graduate Business Policies Committee within three weeks of the postmark on the admission denial letter. At their next meeting, the committee will render a final and binding admission decision.

GMAT Requirements

All applicants are required to submit scores from the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), administered by the Educational Testing Service. The GMAT is computer adaptive and tests general aptitude much like the ACT and SAT examinations. The GMAT is offered three weeks per month, six days per week, throughout the year. Minimum GMAT score accepted is 470. For more information, contact the IU Southeast M.B.A. program Office of the Director.

For more information, visit the GMAT website: http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/
or call: 1-800-462-8669.

Transfer Course Work

Students may transfer a maximum of 6 graduate credit hours (with no grades below B) from another AACSB-accredited M.B.A. program to count towards the 36 credit hour M.B.A. curriculum at IU Southeast. Students may request that graduate credit not meeting this criterion be reviewed for transfer approval. The final disposition of all transfer course work is determined by the Graduate Business Policies Committee.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees information

Credit by Examination

Students may consult the M.B.A. director about earning credit for foundation undergraduate courses by challenging a course by examination. No credit by examination will be given for courses contained in the 36 credit hour M.B.A. curriculum.

In using challenge examinations, students may:

• Challenge only required foundation courses.
• Challenge a course only once.
• Take the challenge examination before enrolling in the equivalent course at IU Southeast or another institution.
• Pay $35 for each challenge exam taken plus an additional $16.50 per credit hour recording fee.
• Receive a minimum score of 70 (on a 100 point scale) before the course is waived.

International Applicants

Students whose first language is not English are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to the IU Southeast M.B.A. program along with their GMAT scores. Minimum TOEFL score is 215 out of 300 for the computer exam.

Applicants who are not U.S. citizens and/or whose undergraduate study was done at an institution outside the United States must also submit the International Application for Admission, which can be accessed at http://www.ius.edu/Admissions/pdf/international app.pdf.  The international application fee is $55. International students should pay this fee (check should be made out to Indiana University) and do NOT need to pay the $35 IU Southeast graduate business application fee.