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2005 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
The Pennsylvania State University
Smeal College of Business

 Enrollment  Programs Teaching & Academics


Address: 382 Business Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
E-Mail: psep@psu.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
Directions to school


ADMISSIONS

2004-2005 1999-2000% Change
Number of executive non-degree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

58 47n/a
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

3,011   2,506  n/a
Attending executives who live or work within 45 miles of the school 1% 4%n/a
Attending executives who live or work abroad 18% 8% n/a
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 305390n/a
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 19   28  n/a
Custom executive programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 4   6  n/a
Open-enrollment programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions) 0   0  n/a

Executive education program founded: 1956
Attendance change in open-enrollment executive courses over the past 12 months: 27%
In general, how do participants find their way to your classrooms?
Employees (participants) approach managers to gain permission to attend
Management chooses which employees to send to executive programs



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 26%
International (1) 17%

Earning more than $200,000 a year n/a
Business owners n/a
Completely sponsored by their employers 100%


For U.S. schools only:
African American students n/a
Asian American students n/a
Mexican American students n/a
Puerto Rican students n/a
Other Hispanic American students n/a
Alaskan Native of Pacific Islander American students n/a
White (non-Hispanic) students n/a
Multiethnic/Multiracial students n/a
Not reported n/a
Other n/a

Custom Programs:
Female 28%
International (1) 19%

For U.S. schools only:
African American students n/a
Alaskan Native of Pacific Islander American students n/a
Asian American students n/a
Mexican American students n/a
Puerto Rican students n/a
Other Hispanic American students n/a
White (non-Hispanic) students n/a
Multiethnic/Multiracial students n/a
Not reported n/a
Other 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:
Boeing
Raytheon
United States Navy
Xerox
United States Army

Custom programs:
ExxonMobil
ARAMARK
United States Marine Corps
IBM
United States Army

Non-degree functional programs:
Boeing
Raytheon
United States Navy
Xerox
United States Army

Non-degree general programs:
AccuWeather
Boeing
United States Air Force
NASA
US Department of the Interior

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 78%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
ARAMARK
United States Marine Corps
ExxonMobil
United States Army
Boeing


PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $795 - $14,500
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs $12,500 - $160,000


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Judy Olian
Dean hired as of: July 2000
Director of executive education programs: Jeffrey Spearly


 
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