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Arizona State University
College of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
Address: MBA for Executives Program
Tempe, AZ 85287-4906
E-Mail: Dan.Brooks@asu.edu
Website: http://www.cob.asu.edu/mba/asu_mba_exe.cfm


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Statistics

1999 classes begin 8 / 16 / 1999 Final application deadline 6 / 1 / 2000 Current
total enrollment
61

Applications received 81 Applications accepted 89% Accepted applicants enrolled (yield) 85%

Female students 30% Minority students 10% International students 4%

Note:  For the purposes of this survey, minority students are defined as African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American students from the U.S.  Asian Americans are not included.

Total revenues generated by EMBA program in 1998-99 $2,248,438 Total tuition cost $41,518



Mean GMAT N/A Median GMAT N/A Range [min.] N/A  [max.] N/A 

Mean GPA 3.20 Median GPA 3.10 Range [min.] 2.20 [max.] 3.97



Average years of work experience 14 Range of work experience (years) [min.] 3 [max.] 26

Average salary for manager in program $105,000 Salary range for manager in program [min.] $75,000 [max.] $650,000



Students with advanced degrees 25% Students from nonprofit sector 5%

Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
24% Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
8%

Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
97% Year program was founded 1979

Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999 36 Executive MBAs graduated in 1994 25

Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
448


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Coursework

Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
100 / 100% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
0 / 0%

International content 21% Entrepreneurial content N/A E-commerce content 6%

Significant changes since 1997

Added Washington Campus study trip during summer of first year. Added advanced finance course, advanced international finance course and E-commerce course. "Bring your own laptop" requirement replaced by standard laptop purchased and supported by College of Business.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Mandatory

A course in International Management covers various international cases, business practice overseas, etc; The course is followed by a trip to Europe to visit companies studied in cases. The trip is eight days in duration and mandatory for all students who are accompanied by 6-8 faculty from the program.

Distance-learning opportunities via Internet, videoconferencing, or other medium

Distance or Web based learning content 5% Group work done via the Internet 15%

Contact the school for more information.

Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates

Spouses included in class trips to Washington Campus and to Europe at discount fares; spouses included in various social and professional events during the year.


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International Programs

Program MBA in China Country China Partner Tsing Hua University/Motorola University


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Partnerships

Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers Informal relationships with Motorola, Intel, Allied Signal


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Top Corporate Customers

Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years Motorola
Intel
Allied Signal
US West
Chase


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Faculty / Teaching Methods

Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 100% Adjunct faculty N/A Other N/A
Full-time Executive MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience 21%

Teaching methods
Case study 40% Lecture 25% Distance learning 5%
Other 30%

Class schedule
Total hours in class 630 Total hours of work outside of class 1000
When and how often classes meet On alternate weekends


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