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University of Colorado
College of Business and Administration
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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9 / 10 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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6 / 15 / 2000
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Current
total enrollment
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90
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Applications received
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130
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Applications accepted
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48%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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81%
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Female students
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25%
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Minority students
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10%
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International students
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10%
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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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N/A
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Total tuition cost
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$36,000
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Mean GMAT
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655
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Median GMAT
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630
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Range
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[min.]
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500
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[max.]
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720
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Mean GPA
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3.44
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Median GPA
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3.40
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Range
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[min.]
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2.90
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[max.]
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4.00
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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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8
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[max.]
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35
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Average salary for manager in program
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$93,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$40,000
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[max.]
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$250,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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35%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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3%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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24%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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6%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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75%
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Year program was founded
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1981
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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42
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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40
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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700
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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15 / 94%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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1 / 6%
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International content
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20%
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Entrepreneurial content
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12%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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The introduction of the topic "New Business Ventures" and how to prepare a business plan has been added to the first-year retreat.
The school as added an elective course to the curriculum.
It has also expanded team building activities to Orientation.
Finally, it has created an EMBA Faculty Chair position to ensure academic excellence.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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The school's International Business Trip is a required part of the EMBA curriculum. Students receive a grade for work they do related to the trip.
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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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10%
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Group work done via the Internet
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30%
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The University of Colorado offers an Executive MBA in Health Care administration via a combination of on-campus and distance through computer conference.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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One seminar with EMBA alumni during orientation and one follow-up seminar for significant others at the end of the first year
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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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Hewlett-Packard
U S WEST
IBM
A T & T
Adolph Coors Company
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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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99%
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Case study
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30%
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Lecture
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30%
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Distance learning
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5%
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Total hours in class
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576
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1800
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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