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Northeastern University
Graduate School of Business Administration
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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1 / 3 / 2000
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Final application deadline
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11 / 1 / 1999
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Current
total enrollment
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34
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Applications received
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84
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Applications accepted
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50%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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80%
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Female students
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24%
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Minority students
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12%
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International students
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N/A
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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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$1,766,400
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Total tuition cost
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$51,900
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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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14
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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10
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[max.]
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27
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Average salary for manager in program
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N/A
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Salary range for manager in program
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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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Students with advanced degrees
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26%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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12%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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26%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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3%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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94%
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Year program was founded
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1968
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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36
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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41
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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900
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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19 / 100%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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N/A / N/A
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International content
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20%
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Entrepreneurial content
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5%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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The school revises and changes course often. One-day, "mini"electives were added in 1999 to the end of the program. There is also a renewed focus on entrepreneurial team work.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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Executives spend one week in the UK and Czech Republic.
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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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N/A
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N/A
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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Spouses and significant others are invited to three social events. Also, there is a half-day program introducing them to the program by way of a mini-course taught by one of the faculty.
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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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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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Bell Atlantic
Fidelity Investments
Compaq Computer
Polaroid
Boston Edison
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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99%
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Adjunct faculty
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1%
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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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60%
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Lecture
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30%
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Distance learning
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0%
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Total hours in class
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540
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Total hours of work outside of class
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870
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When and how often classes meet
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Classes meet on alternate weekends.
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