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University of Alabama
Manderson Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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11 / 13 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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9 / 30 / 1999
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Current total enrollment
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31
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Applications received
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56
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Applications accepted
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80%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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85%
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Female students
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16%
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Minority students
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16%
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International students
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N/A
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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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$220,000
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Total tuition cost
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$29,300
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Mean GMAT
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560
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Median GMAT
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585
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Range
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[min.]
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400
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[max.]
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790
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Mean GPA
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3.00
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Median GPA
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3.20
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Range
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[min.]
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2.4
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[max.]
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4.0
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Average years of work experience
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16
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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4
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[max.]
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33
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Average salary for manager in program
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$81,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$30,000
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[max.]
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$700,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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16%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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10%
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Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees
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10%
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Students with title of president, CEO, or chairman
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N/A
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Attending executives who live or work within 45 miles of school
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20%
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Year program was founded
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1985
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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35
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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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330
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Required core courses/ percent of total coursework
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16 / 100%
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Courses considered electives/ percent of total coursework
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0 / 0%
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International content
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10%
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Entrepreneurial content
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N/A
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E-commerce content
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10%
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Significant changes since 1997
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The school is placing more emphasis on E-commerce; leadership skills; MIS; a Visiting Executive Lecture Series.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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Contact the school for further information.
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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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5%
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Group work done via the Internet
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5%
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Contact the school for further information.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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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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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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BellSouth
Adtran
Intergraph
Teledyne Brown
TVA
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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100%
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Adjunct faculty
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0%
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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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30%
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Lecture
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60%
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Distance learning
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5%
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Total hours in class
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660
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1170
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When and how often classes meet
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Evenings
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