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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Silberman College of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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8 / 27 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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1 / 15 / 2000
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Current
total enrollment
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44
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Applications received
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42
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Applications accepted
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70%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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56%
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Female students
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40%
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Minority students
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25%
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International students
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20%
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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.
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Total revenues generated by EMBA program in 1998-99
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$755,200
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Total tuition cost
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$40,440
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Mean GMAT
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N/A
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Median GMAT
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N/A
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Range
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[min.]
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N/A
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[max.]
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N/A
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Mean GPA
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N/A
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Median GPA
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N/A
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Range
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[min.]
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N/A
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[max.]
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N/A
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Average years of work experience
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15
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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7
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[max.]
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25
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Average salary for manager in program
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$72,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$55,000
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[max.]
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$130,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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18%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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9%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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6%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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N/A
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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65%
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Year program was founded
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1974
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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21
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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31
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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1100
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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13 / 81%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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3 / 19%
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International content
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46%
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Entrepreneurial content
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6%
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E-commerce content
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N/A
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Significant changes since 1997
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Use of EMBANET and increased use of computer software for certain courses.
New workshops that run in a seminar fashion on the Saturdays following Friday dates.
Workshops include "Doing Business in Asia", "Effective Business Writing", "Project Management" plus Leadership and Team Building workshops which students take early in the program.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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Students visit the school's campus in England for a Seminar in International Business. Guest speakers come to campus. There are also field trips where the students visit companies in the UK and meet management.
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Distance-learning opportunities via Internet, videoconferencing, or other medium
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Distance or Web based learning content
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N/A
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Group work done via the Internet
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20%
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The School uses EMBANET.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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Spouses can accompany the students during the international trip, come to the social events and attend the Executive Luncheons on Fridays to listen to guest speakers.
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Program
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N/A
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Country
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Partner
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Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
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Johnson & Johnson
AT&T
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
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Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
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Lucent Technologies
Warner Lambert
UPS
AT&T
Saloman Brothers
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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60%
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Adjunct faculty
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40%
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Other
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0%
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Full-time Executive MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
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35%
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Case study
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30%
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Lecture
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60%
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Distance learning
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0%
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Total hours in class
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640
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Total hours of work outside of class
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290
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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