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Northwestern University
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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8 / 28 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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10 / 15 / 1999
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Current
total enrollment
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421
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Applications received
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376
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Applications accepted
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40%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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96%
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Female students
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23%
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Minority students
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11%
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International students
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1%
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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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$12,327,000
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Total tuition cost
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$73,500
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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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3.10
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Median GPA
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3.30
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Range
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[min.]
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2.30
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[max.]
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4.00
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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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8
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[max.]
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30
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Average salary for manager in program
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$151,219
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$79,200
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[max.]
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$365,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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24%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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5%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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8%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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6%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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53%
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Year program was founded
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1976
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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198
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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146
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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2614
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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22 / 79%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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12 / 21%
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International content
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85%
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Entrepreneurial content
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20%
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E-commerce content
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7%
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Significant changes since 1997
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Joint international program students join with stateside program students during 2nd residential week in Evanston, IL in the fall.
Students join multi-cultural study groups and attend classes in negotiations and marketing strategy.
E-commerce course offered in the curriculum.
Global Initiatives in Management offered as an elective course. Prior to 1997 it was offered as a trip in the summer.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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The school's elective course, Global Initiative in Management course, consists of a speaker series which introduces students to the business, governmental, political and social issues of a particular country or countries. Students are assigned projects and travel to a country for one week after the course concludes.
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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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25%
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Contact the school for more information.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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Lunch, followed by two one and a half hour lectures and a reception. With the alternating weekend program, same lecture series but spouse stays for entire weekend. Tour in Chicago on Friday afternoon.
Special dinner is provided for student and spouses. Spouses are invited to attend concert at the University on Saturday night.
There is a reception after the first set of exams where the spouses are thanked for their commitment to the program.
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Program
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Kellogg/Recanati
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Country
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Israel
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Partner
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University of Tel Aviv
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Program
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Kellogg/WHU
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Country
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Germany
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Partner
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Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management
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Program
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Kellogg/HKUST
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Country
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China
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Partner
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
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N/A
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Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
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Motorola
Ameritech
Lucent Technologies
Tribune
Monsanto
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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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5%
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Case study
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35%
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Lecture
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35%
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Distance learning
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0%
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Total hours in class
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432
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1400
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When and how often classes meet
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Evenings
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