|
University of Rhode Island
College of Business Administration
1999 Executive MBA Profile
|
|
|
1999 classes begin
|
|
5 / 15 / 1999
|
|
Final application deadline
|
|
7 / 15 / 2000
|
|
Current
total enrollment
|
|
23
|
|
Applications received
|
|
28
|
|
Applications accepted
|
|
89%
|
|
Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
|
|
92%
|
|
Female students
|
|
27%
|
|
Minority students
|
|
N/A
|
|
International students
|
|
N/A
|
|
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
|
|
N/A
|
|
Total tuition cost
|
|
$27,000
|
|
|
Mean GMAT
|
|
540
|
|
Median GMAT
|
|
N/A
|
|
Range
|
|
[min.]
|
N/A
|
|
[max.]
|
N/A
|
|
|
Mean GPA
|
|
3.00
|
|
Median GPA
|
|
N/A
|
|
Range
|
|
[min.]
|
N/A
|
|
[max.]
|
N/A
|
|
|
Average years of work experience
|
|
14
|
|
Range of work experience (years)
|
|
[min.]
|
7
|
|
[max.]
|
22
|
|
|
Average salary for manager in program
|
|
N/A
|
|
Salary range for manager in program
|
|
[min.]
|
N/A
|
|
[max.]
|
N/A
|
|
|
Students with advanced degrees
|
|
8%
|
|
Students from nonprofit sector
|
|
25%
|
|
Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
|
|
N/A
|
|
Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
|
|
N/A
|
|
Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
|
|
78%
|
|
Year program was founded
|
|
1984
|
|
|
Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
|
|
21
|
|
Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
|
|
16
|
|
Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
|
|
360
|
|
|
|
|
|
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
|
|
14 / 77%
|
|
Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
|
|
4 / 23%
|
|
|
International content
|
|
30%
|
|
Entrepreneurial content
|
|
10%
|
|
E-commerce content
|
|
5%
|
|
|
Significant changes since 1997
|
|
|
|
None
|
|
Special trips or projects outside of country
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact the school for more information.
|
|
Distance-learning opportunities via Internet, videoconferencing, or other medium
|
|
|
Distance or Web based learning content
|
25%
|
|
Group work done via the Internet
|
25%
|
|
|
|
Contact the school for more information.
|
|
Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
|
|
|
|
Spouses are invited to the first evening of the program to have dinner and meet the other students and faculty. There is also a family day in the middle of the program for students.
|
|
Program
|
|
N/A
|
|
Country
|
|
|
|
Partner
|
|
|
|
Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
|
|
N/A
|
|
Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
|
|
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
American Power Conversion
Pfizer
Fleet
Textron
|
|
Faculty / Teaching Methods
|
|
|
Same faculty as full-time MBA program
|
|
95%
|
|
Adjunct faculty
|
|
5%
|
|
Other
|
|
0%
|
|
|
Full-time Executive MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
|
|
80%
|
|
|
|
Case study
|
30%
|
|
Lecture
|
40%
|
|
Distance learning
|
0%
|
|
|
|
Total hours in class
|
|
700
|
|
Total hours of work outside of class
|
|
1000
|
|
|
|
When and how often classes meet
|
|
On alternate weekends
|
|
|
|
