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University of Alabama
Manderson Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
Address: Executive MBA Program
P.O. Box 870223
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0223
E-Mail: rallen@cba.ua.edu
Website: http://bama.ua.edu/~emba/


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Statistics

1999 classes begin 11 / 13 / 1999 Final application deadline 9 / 30 / 1999 Current
total enrollment
31

Applications received 56 Applications accepted 80% Accepted applicants enrolled (yield) 85%

Female students 16% Minority students 16% 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 $220,000 Total tuition cost $29,300



Mean GMAT 560 Median GMAT 585 Range [min.] 400  [max.] 790 

Mean GPA 3.00 Median GPA 3.20 Range [min.] 2.4 [max.] 4.0



Average years of work experience 16 Range of work experience (years) [min.] 4 [max.] 33

Average salary for manager in program $81,000 Salary range for manager in program [min.] $30,000 [max.] $700,000



Students with advanced degrees 16% Students from nonprofit sector 10%

Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
10% Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
N/A

Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
20% Year program was founded 1985

Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999 35 Executive MBAs graduated in 1994 N/A

Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
330


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Coursework

Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
16 / 100% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
0 / 0%

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

Significant changes since 1997

The school is placing more emphasis on E-commerce; leadership skills; MIS; a Visiting Executive Lecture Series.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Mandatory

Contact the school for further information.

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

Distance or Web based learning content 5% Group work done via the Internet 5%

Contact the school for further information.

Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates

Orientation; Class visits; Spouses Weekend where the school takes the class to a state park and spends the weekend thanking them for their support.


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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 BellSouth
Adtran
Intergraph
Teledyne Brown
TVA


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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 20%

Teaching methods
Case study 30% Lecture 60% Distance learning 5%
Other 5%

Class schedule
Total hours in class 660 Total hours of work outside of class 1170
When and how often classes meet Evenings


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