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2005 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
University of Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

 Enrollment  Programs Teaching & Academics


Address: Center for Executive Education
4227 5th Avenue, 5th Floor, Alumni Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-Mail: executiveed@katz.pitt.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)

30 36n/a
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

765   700  n/a
Attending executives who live or work within 45 miles of the school 86% 69%n/a
Attending executives who live or work abroad 5% 5% n/a
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 2,8743,328n/a
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 16   4  n/a
Custom executive programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 1   0  n/a
Open-enrollment programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions) 1   0  n/a

Executive education program founded: 1974
Attendance change in open-enrollment executive courses over the past 12 months: 10%
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
Training is part of employee development
Participants attend on their own, without company support or input



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 33%
International (1) 8%

Earning more than $200,000 a year n/a
Business owners 10%
Completely sponsored by their employers 75%


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 26%
International (1) 0%

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:
Bayer
ALCOA
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
Mellon Bank
Sony

Custom programs:
PPG Industries
TRACO
FedEx Ground
Mellon Bank
Highmark

Non-degree functional programs:
Bayer
ALCOA
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
Mellon Bank
Sony

Non-degree general programs:
Highmark
Verizon
Marconi
UPMC
ASI Robicon

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 65%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
Bayer
Alcoa
Mellon Bank
UPMC
PPG


PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $550 - $5,450
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs $4,000 - $150,000


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Dr. Lawrence Feick
Dean hired as of: Aug. 2005
Director of executive education programs: Richard W. Berg


 
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