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2005 EXECUTIVE MBA PROFILE
Southern Methodist University
Cox School of Business
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HISTORICAL EMBA DATA
BEHIND THE RANKINGS:
To better gauge student sentiment over the years, BusinessWeek tracked the answers given by students at each of our Top 25 Executive MBA programs to key questions in our 2001, 2003, and 2005 surveys. No. 16-ranked SMU scored higher than the average for all surveyed schools on only five of the questions, including a key measure of Executive MBA teaching quality: the percentage of students who found the instruction useful to their work. But it fared poorly on other teaching measures such as the percentage of students who considered the instructors' ability to draw on student experience to be excellent. Since 2001, SMU has made progress on responsiveness regarding logistical matters, organization, and overall student satisfaction. But in other areas there has been an erosion in student satisfaction. For example, the percentage of students who say they frequently receive new problem-solving ideas fell 30 points.
1. Percentage of grads who said their EMBA experience exceeded their expectations of what a good program should be:
2005 Average: 67.8%
2. Percentage of grads who said they believe their program was very important to their career development and advancement:
2005 Average: 77.9%
3. Percentage of students who rated as excellent their instructors' ability to draw on students' knowledge and experience:
2005 Average: 77.9%
4. Percentage of students who rated teaching quality as excellent:
2005 Average: 63.9%
5. Percentage of grads who said the material they learned was very useful to their work:
2005 Average: 64.7%
6. Percentage of grads who said they were frequently given new ways of thinking or approaching problems:
2005 Average: 56%
7. Percentage of students who said the caliber of classmates greatly enhanced the learning process:
2005 Average: 72.9%
8. Percentage of students who described their schools as "very responsive" in providing help with logistical matters, such as travel, room, board, etc.:
2005 Average: 77.9%
9. Percentage of grads who said their program was very well organized:
2005 Average: 71.6%
10. Percentage of students without access to career services who wanted such access:
2005 Average: 79.5%
11. Average number of hours per week, outside of class, spent on class work:
2005 Average: 54.7
Data: BusinessWeek/Cambria Consulting Inc. surveys of graduating Executive MBA students.
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