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Any Part time Mccombs current student or Alumini here ?

Class profile of McCombs MBA DFW:

Texas MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth Class of 2013 Profile:

Number of students 76
Average Age 30
Women 18%
Average GPA 3.4
Average GMAT 660
Average work experience 6 years
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA/Dallas/Admissions/Class-Profile.aspx

Your work experience and GPA are good. GMAT range for DFW program is 600-750 with avg 660. Admission also depends on the essays and interview. McCombs is a top tier MBA program and is known very well outside Texas. SMU Cox is a good regional school but doesn't have nationwide reputation. It ranks far below McCombs in both quality of students and teaching.

1)SMU COX PMBA Class Profile:

Class Size 94
Average Age 30
Women 19%
Men 81%
Foreign Nationals 9%
Average GMAT 591
Median GMAT 590
GMAT Range 550-720
Average Years Work Experience 6.5
Average Undergraduate GPA 3.1

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/part_time_mba_profiles/smu.html

2)McCombs ranks No. 1 for best business school professors( Princeton ranking 2011)

http://www.princetonreview.com/schoollist.aspx?type=r&id=692

3) McCombs provides better employment numbers:

McCombs MBA Class of 2011 Full-time Salary Statistics:

Avg Base Salary: $101,412
Avg Signing bonus: $23,085
Avg guaranteed bonus: $19,654

http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA/Full-Time/Career/Statistics.aspx

SMU COX MBA CLASS OF 2011 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS:

Avg Base Salary: $84,465
Avg Signing bonus: $12,333

http://www.cox.smu.edu/web/full-time-mba/employment-statistics

I am a 2nd year McCombs MBA student(DFW program) and I'm quite confident McCombs is a better brand and better value than SMU Cox. Both programs cost about the same..I think. It may be easier to get into SMU Cox PMBA program. But you will have better career opportunities at McCombs part-time MBA.