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Rice University
Jones Graduate School of Management
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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7 / 29 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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4 / 1 / 2000
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Current
total enrollment
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92
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Applications received
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106
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Applications accepted
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51%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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91%
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Female students
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20%
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Minority students
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11%
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International students
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19%
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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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$1,258,000
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Total tuition cost
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$52,250
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Mean GMAT
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647
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Median GMAT
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655
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Range
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[min.]
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550
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[max.]
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760
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Mean GPA
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3.1
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Median GPA
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3.02
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Range
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[min.]
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2.04
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[max.]
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4.00
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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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7
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[max.]
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23
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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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40%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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N/A
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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12%
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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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98%
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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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46 / 93%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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4 / 7%
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International content
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20%
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Entrepreneurial content
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14%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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Rescheduling international trip for middle of second year;
Changing calendar to allow longer break at the winter holidays;
Strengthening the communication component to comprise two credit hours of lab time.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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The school ran a 10-day trip to Prague, Czech Republic, and Strasbourg, France in June 1999. The experience included a team-written description of each business site visited (nine in all).
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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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10%
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Group work done via the Internet
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70%
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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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Separate orientation for spouses/partners, including a case-method workshop; periodic luncheons (currently twice a year); twice-a-year joint barbecues; "Family Space" site on Embanet (MBA Intranet)
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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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Enron International
Shell
Compaq
Exxon
Chevron
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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90%
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Adjunct faculty
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10%
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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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20%
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Case study
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40%
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Lecture
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40%
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Distance learning
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10%
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Total hours in class
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1000
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Total hours of work outside of class
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2500
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When and how often classes meet
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Evenings
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