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University of Texas at Austin
Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
Address: P.O. Box 7337
Austin, TX 78713-7337
E-Mail: inquiry@optionii.bus.utexas.edu
Website: www.bus.utexas.edu/~optionii


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Statistics

1999 classes begin 8 / 15 / 1999 Final application deadline 6 / 15 / 2000 Current
total enrollment
144

Applications received 205 Applications accepted 43% Accepted applicants enrolled (yield) 84%

Female students 18% Minority students 4% 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 $2,310,000 Total tuition cost $33,000



Mean GMAT 682 Median GMAT 675 Range [min.] 620  [max.] 770 

Mean GPA 3.4 Median GPA 3.19 Range [min.] 2.14 [max.] 4.00



Average years of work experience 13 Range of work experience (years) [min.] 5 [max.] 29

Average salary for manager in program $95,000 Salary range for manager in program [min.] N/A [max.] N/A



Students with advanced degrees 51% Students from nonprofit sector 7%

Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
30% Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
1%

Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
45% Year program was founded 1981

Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999 66 Executive MBAs graduated in 1994 56

Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
950


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Coursework

Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
12 / 86% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
2 / 14%

International content 15% Entrepreneurial content 15% E-commerce content 15%

Significant changes since 1997

Structure has not changed. Content changes continuously.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Mandatory

UT runs an international seminar held at an international location.

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

Distance or Web based learning content 15% Group work done via the Internet 50%

Contact the school for more information.

Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates

A day of orientation for spouses focused on the Myers-Briggs survey.


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International Programs

Program Executive MBA Program in Mexico City Country Mexico Partner ITESM


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Partnerships

Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers Texas Instruments MBA Program


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Top Corporate Customers

Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years IBM
Motorola
Dell
Shell
Southwestern Bell


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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 30%

Teaching methods
Case study 45% Lecture 45% Distance learning 0%
Other 10%

Class schedule
Total hours in class 768 Total hours of work outside of class 2000
When and how often classes meet Every other weekend on Fridays and Saturdays.


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