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Fordham University
Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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1 / 15 / 2000
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Final application deadline
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12 / 15 / 1999
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Current
total enrollment
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32
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Applications received
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75
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Applications accepted
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43%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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97%
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Female students
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28%
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Minority students
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3%
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International students
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31%
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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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$1,120,000
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Total tuition cost
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$65,000
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Mean GMAT
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550
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Median GMAT
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580
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Range
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[min.]
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400
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[max.]
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650
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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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11
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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5
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[max.]
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23
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Average salary for manager in program
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$80,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$45,000
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[max.]
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$150,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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10%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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15%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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29%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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16%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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21%
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Year program was founded
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1998
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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N/A
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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N/A
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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N/A
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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22 / 95%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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1 / 5%
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International content
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90%
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Entrepreneurial content
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5%
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E-commerce content
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10%
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Significant changes since 1997
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The Transnational MBA is a completely new delivery format. It was designed with corporations and their busy professionals in mind. New courses have been added with an intense focus on technology change, the necessity of electronic communication, and a curriculum design where each course is geared towards a globalized business environment and ever changing technology.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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Fordham's Transnational MBA requires participants to undertake residentials at various sites domestically and internationally in a location which best lends itelf to absorption and intregration of the academic learning component. Past locations have been Ireland and Singapore.
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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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30%
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Group work done via the Internet
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30%
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Fordham offers video conferencing and elecronic exchanges.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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None
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Program
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Joint MBA/MIM exploring joint exec MBA/MIM
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Country
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USA with overseas components
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Partner
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Thunderbird AGSIM
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Program
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Beijing International MBA Program
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Country
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China
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Partner
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Peking University
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Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
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Thunderbird AGSIM
Bloomberg Financial
Consortium of 26 Jesuit B-schools.
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Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
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IBM
UBS/Warburg Dillon Reed
National Startch and Adhesives
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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100%
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Adjunct faculty
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0%
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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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70%
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Case study
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25%
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Lecture
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35%
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Distance learning
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15%
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Total hours in class
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560
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Total hours of work outside of class
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625
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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