10/20/97 TABLE: 20 Leading Executive MBA Programs

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20 Leading Executive MBA Programs

SCHOOL TOTAL AVG. MGR AVG. WORK MANDATORY TUITION SALARY EXP. INT'L TRIP? (YRS) CASE WESTERN RESERVE $56,450 $124,000 16 No (Weatherhead) Cleveland New partnership with International Management Center in Budapest. Added electives in international business and finance. CHICAGO 59,000 120,243 17 Yes Chicago One two-week session held in Barcelona, where U.S. and European students study together. COLUMBIA 78,000 125,000 8 No New York Required core curriculum streamlined to make course work in one subject relate to another. Big users include AT&T and IBM. DUKE (Fuqua) 58,000** 120,000* 12 Yes Durham, N.C. New Global EMBA program uses the best in technology to deliver long-distance MBA. EMORY (Goizueta) 52,020 98,500 15 Yes Atlanta Considering an EMBA program aimed at professionals in the health-care field. Allows students to take evening MBA classes as electives. MICHIGAN STATE 35,000 75,000 14 Yes East Lansing Combined five weekend management retreats into two-week course on managing technology, leadership, and negotiation skills. NYU (Stern) 80,400 131,000 11 Yes New York Offers two EMBA programs: one for senior-level execs and one which concentrates on global financial markets. NORTH CAROLINA (Kenan- 27,800 68,000* 10 No Flagler) Chapel Hill Students have the option of participating in three voluntary 10- to 12-day international trips. NORTHWESTERN (Kellogg) 55,100 151,000 16 No Evanston, Ill. New five-week course, called Global Initiatives in Management, is followed by a trip to the country studied. PENNSYLVANIA (Wharton) 82,500 134,900 10 Yes Philadelphia Redesigned curriculum to focus more on globalization, real-world issues, and interpersonal skills. PITTSBURGH (Katz) 32,820 60,000 12 Yes Pittsburgh FLEX-MBA long-distance program includes 13 weeks in residence combined with E-mail and videos for off-campus learning. PURDUE (Krannert) 33,000 83,000 11 Yes West Lafayette, Ind. Long-distance EMBA program makes use of Internet technology including E-mail and bulletin board discussion groups. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 54,600 83,500 16 Yes (Marshall) Los Angeles Abandoned traditional classes in favor of team-teaching approach that integrates subjects from all business functions. SOUTHERN METHODIST 39,000 92,500 18 Yes (Cox) Dallas Has focused more on leadership development in courses. Big customers include GTE and IBM. TEXAS 32,000 90,000* 12 Yes Austin Uses groupware computer technology to keep students from all major Texas cities in touch. TULANE (Freeman) 38,000 76,091 14 Yes New Orleans Offers EMBA programs in three foreign countries: Taiwan, Ecuador, and Chile. UC IRVINE 48,000 91,000 15 Yes Irvine, Calif. Launched health-care EMBA program in 1996. Forty percent of students come from high-tech companies. UCLA (Anderson) 55,800 115,000 15 Yes Los Angeles In the final seven months, the class breaks into teams that do extensive consulting projects for an international firm. VANDERBILT (Owen) 54,500 77,000 13 Yes Nashville Two international trips are required as part of Managing the Global Enterprise course. WASHINGTON (Olin) 49,900 83,773 15 Yes St. Louis Two international trips are required as part of Managing the Global Enterprise course. *Business Week estimates **Price for weekend EMBA, not Global EMBA DATA: BUSINESS WEEK (RESEARCH: THOMAS BARTLETT, ALAN GALLO, JOHN JOHNSRUD) Talk to EMBA directors and two words keep coming up: Globalization and technology. Most top schools require students to go on an international trip. And long-distance programs that use the Internet, ''wired'' classrooms, and technology management courses are the buzz. Programs typically take two years to complete and meet on alternating Fridays and Saturdays. Below, an assessment of the leading programs based on a survey of 61 schools.

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