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San Diego State University
College of Business Administration
1999 Executive MBA Profile
Address: MBA for Executives Program
Executive Management Programs
San Diego, CA 92182-8232
E-Mail: emba@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/execmba


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Statistics

1999 classes begin 8 / 28 / 1999 Final application deadline 6 / 1 / 2000 Current
total enrollment
64

Applications received 80 Applications accepted 48% Accepted applicants enrolled (yield) 89%

Female students 26% Minority students 9% International students 14%

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.

Total revenues generated by EMBA program in 1998-99 $774,000 Total tuition cost $27,600



Mean GMAT 585 Median GMAT 595 Range [min.] 430  [max.] 710 

Mean GPA 3.2 Median GPA 3.3 Range [min.] 2.7 [max.] 3.8



Average years of work experience 16 Range of work experience (years) [min.] 9 [max.] 30

Average salary for manager in program $89,000 Salary range for manager in program [min.] $48,000 [max.] $200,000



Students with advanced degrees 34% Students from nonprofit sector 3%

Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
31% Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
9%

Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
99% Year program was founded 1990

Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999 33 Executive MBAs graduated in 1994 27

Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
275


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Coursework

Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
5 / 83% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
1 / 17%

International content 10% Entrepreneurial content 4% E-commerce content N/A

Significant changes since 1997

Optional international trip. Use of Electronic Boardroom exercise in Managing Quality and Productivity.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Mandatory

The school runs one mandatory field study trip to Tijuana, Mexico to visit maquiladoras as part of its Business in a Global Environment class. It also offers an optional field study trip to Scotland.

Distance-learning opportunities via Internet, videoconferencing, or other medium

Distance or Web based learning content N/A Group work done via the Internet 10%

Contact the school for more information.

Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates

None


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International Programs

Program N/A Country Partner


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Partnerships

Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers N/A


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Top Corporate Customers

Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years U.S. Navy
B.F. Goodrich Aerospace
GDE Systems, Inc.
Hewlett Packard
Qualcomm


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Faculty / Teaching Methods

Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 100% Adjunct faculty 0% Other 0%
Full-time Executive MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience 25%

Teaching methods
Case study 30% Lecture 50% Distance learning 0%
Other 20%

Class schedule
Total hours in class 675 Total hours of work outside of class 1400
When and how often classes meet Evenings


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