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

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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	92	166%
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)	3284	676	385%
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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THUNDERBIRD RANKINGS
Full-time MBA rank:

2004:	Second tier	1994:	--
2002:	Second tier	1992:	--
2000:	Second tier	1990:	--
1998:	Second tier	1988:	--
1996:	25

BW ranking history

EMBA rank:

2003:	--	1997:	--
2001:	21	1993:	--
1999:	--

Exec Ed rank:

2003:	13	1997:	--
2001:	16	1993:	--
1999:	17	1991:	--

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