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2003 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management


Sections:  Enrollment  | Programs | Teaching & Academics


Address: 15249 North 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85306-6000
E-Mail: executive@thunderbird.edu
Web site: http://www.thunderbird.edu/execed
Directions to school


ADMISSIONS

2002-2003 1997-1998% Change
Number of executive nondegree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

 245 92166%
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

 5484   1846  197%
Attending executives who live within 45 miles of the school 5% 5%n/a
Attending executives who live or work abroad 83% 59% 40%
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 3284676385%
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 133   21  533%
Custom executive programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 119   47  153%
Open-enrollment programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions) 41   14  192%

Executive education program founded: 1991

Attendance change in open-enrollment courses over the past 12 months: 49%


CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 34%
International (1) 64%
Executives earning more than $200,000 a year n/a
Executives who are business owners n/a
Executives completely sponsored by their employers n/a
For U.S. schools only:
African-American n/a
Asian-American n/a
Hispanic-American n/a
Naitive-American n/a
White (non-Hispanic) n/a

Custom Programs:
Female 19%
International (1) 48%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American n/a
Asian-American n/a
Hispanic-American n/a
Native-American n/a
White (non-Hispanic) n/a

(1) Executives from countries other than the school's home country.


TOP CORPORATE CLIENTS

Organizations that have sent the most participants to the school's executive education programs in the past five years:

Overall: American Express
EDS
UNOCAL
Parker Hannifin
Honeywell

Custom programs:
Exxon Mobil Company
Ericsson
Discount Tire Company
Textron
SK Group

Non-degree functional programs:
American Express
EDS
UNOCAL
Parker Hannifin
Honeywell

Non-degree general programs:
The Boeing Company
Honeywell
American Express
General Motors Corporation
Motorola

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 60%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ericsson
Honeywell
Discount Tire Company
Textron

PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $2,499 - $8,650
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs n/a - n/a


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Dr. David Bowen
Dean hired as of: Aug. 2001
Director of executive education programs: Dr. Frank Lloyd


 
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