Business schools of Asia-Pacific

Case Study

By

Rahul Jain

2015HB58013

GP23
Case description

A Survey has been conducted regarding the

higher education in MBA in the Asian region.

Here are some findings after the survey:

The no of applicants for MBA courses at

Asia-Pacific Schools continues to increase

about 30% a year.

In 1997, the 74 business schools in the

Asia Pacific region reported a record of

 170,000 applicants for the 11,000 full

time MBA degrees to be awarded in 1999.

Courses in these schools are notoriously

tough and include Economics, Banking,

Marketing, Behavioral Sciences etc.

The survey reveals a detailed report

regarding taking into account various

criteria.

Objectives of the Case Study

1. Comments/Interpretations on the

variables and resulting insights on the

Asia-pacific business schools.

2. Summarization of data to compare

a. Local and Foreign tuition costs.

b. Mean starting salaries and work-

experience
 c.Starting salaries and English tests

d. Relation between starting salaries

and tuition.

3. Graphical and Numerical summaries

based on the case.

No of Students
 463
389 392 380
350
300
240 228
200 200
126 147 138
98 90 70
42 4460 50
1230 303020

Full-Time enrollment

Full-Time Enrollment
500 463
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100 Full-Time Enrollment
50 12
0

Summary of Full-Time Enrollment

 Maxim
No of Students 463

College Indian Institute

Minimu
No of Students 12

College Macquarie

um m
Graduate School of
of Management Calcutta Management (Sydney)

Starting Salary $7400 Starting Salary $60,100

Average Age 23 Average Age 34

Full-time enrollment varies considerably.

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

(463) and the Macquaire Graduate School of

Management in Sydney (12) provide the

extremes.

The mean full-time enrollment is 164 students.

A standard deviation of 143 indicates that the

full-time enrollment clusters within 143 students

around the mean of 164 students.

Students/Faculty & No of faculty

 Students per Faculty No of Faculty
78 77 76

58
50
47

30 30 32
28 26 27 25
21 19
1817 17
15 14 13 15
10 8 9 8 10 8 6
5 7 7 5 5 6 74
2 3 2 5 5 4 5 5
1 2 1
4 5

Students/Faculty 2
College Australian
Students/Faculty 19 National University
(Canberra)

Mea
College University of

Maximu Minimu
Adelaide Hong Kong University
No. of faculty in that of Science and The mean no.
college 1 Technology of

m m
No. of faculty in that
colleges 21 & 30
n
students/facul
ty is 8.15
which is
indicates a
good access to
No. of Faculty 78 No. of Faculty 1 faculty.
College Asian Institute College University of
of Management (Manila) Adelaide
Students/Faculty in that Students/Faculty in that
College 5 College 19
 Local and Foreign tuition

Local Tuition ($)

Foreign Tuition ($)
Difference between Local
and Foreign Tuition

0 20,000 40,000

Difference between local and foreign

tuition
 Total
15050
13120
12065 12589
9622 8519
6300 66746800
5180
3885
2606
1438 1024
300

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total

As expected, the mean tuition is greater for

foreign students. The mean difference is $17,215

- $ 13,170 = $4,045 per year.

The difference between local and foreign tuition

fees is maximum for Lahore University of

Management Studies.

Interpretation on age

Most of the students are in the age-group of 25-

30.
 The mean age is 28.69 years and median age is

29. This indicates a substantial number of older

students are in the programs.

We can also say from the age-group that more

than fifty percent of the MBA students must be

having work-experience.

Work experience
 Percentage distribution of Business Schools Requiring Work Experience

24%
Yes
76% No

Work Local Tuition ($) Foreign Tuitiion Starting Salary

Experience ($) ($)

NO 11,094 17,800 24,583

YES 12,779 16,197 41,305

English test
 Percentage distribution of Business Schools requiring English Test

32%

Yes No

English Test Local Tuition ($) Foreign Tuitiion ($) Starting Salary ($)

NO 10,954 15,980 33,624

YES 15,394 17,860 45,088

Starting salaries
 The mean starting salary is $37,292 and the

median starting salary is $41,400.

Starting salary ranges from only $7,000 for four

schools to a high of $87,000 at the International

University of Japan.

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