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University of Pittsburgh
Katz Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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1 / 4 / 2000
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Final application deadline
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8 / 1 / 1999
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Current
total enrollment
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36
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Applications received
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69
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Applications accepted
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64%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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82%
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Female students
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19%
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Minority students
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6%
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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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$1,459,200
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Total tuition cost
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$36,000
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Mean GMAT
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597
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Median GMAT
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580
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Range
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[min.]
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490
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[max.]
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720
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Mean GPA
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3.30
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Median GPA
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3.10
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Range
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[min.]
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2.50
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[max.]
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4.00
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Average years of work experience
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13
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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5
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[max.]
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32
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Average salary for manager in program
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$77,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$45,000
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[max.]
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$115,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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36%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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8%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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14%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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3%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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11%
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Year program was founded
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1973
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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52
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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48
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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1100
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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14 / 76%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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4 / 24%
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International content
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65%
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Entrepreneurial content
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15%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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University of Pittsburgh's EMBA Program is characterized by a dynamic interchange between the students and faculty, and a continuing dialogue on matters of content and structure is encouraged. Team leaders meet with the administrative and academic directors each term to discuss the program and courses. Together with significant input from the program faculty, this has created a pedagogical partnership, which works to keep the EMBA Program fresh, responsive, and innovative.
Among recent changes are: an expanded international trip; the informal integration of a domestic EMBA Program with the International EMBA (IEMBA) Programs when students in the IEMBA Programs are in residence on the School's U. S. campus; the creation of an Executive Briefing Program, which brings senior level executives from corporations with significant regional associations into the classroom as guests; the introduction of a new capstone computer simulation; and investment in enhanced presentation materials and technologies.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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The school's International Study Trip is a two-week field study which combines visits to emerging and standing market economies and is integrated into the second year of study. Trade, market, and management practices are highlighted in discussions with local managers, government representatives, and academic experts. The destination, which differs each year, is chosen with input from the class and reflects a combination of their particular theoretical interests and the international expertise of the school's faculty. Recent destinations have included Brussels, Paris and Prague; Hong Kong and China; Brazil and Peru; and Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
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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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15%
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Group work done via the Internet
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40%
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Pittsburgh's FLEX-EMBA Program combines distance learning with classroom time. Distance learning is facilitated through software packages, facsimile, the Internet, and e-mail. Students study on rotation, the FLEX Program offering an integration of remote instruction and campus-only courses, all taught by the university's in-residence faculty. The program will soon be expanding to locations in Prague, Dublin, Sao Paulo and, in time, South Africa or Nigeria. Non-degree executive education programs are also available in distance learning classrooms.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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The school welcomes the participation of spouses in the International Study Trip.
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Program
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International EMBA Program
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Country
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Brazil
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Partner
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AMCHAM Brasil (Sao Paulo)
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Program
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International EMBA Program
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Country
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Czechoslovakia
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Partner
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CMC Graduate School of Business (Prague)
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Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
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UPMC Health Systems
PPG Industries
Bayer Corporation, Inc.
USX Corporation
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Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
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Westinghouse/CBS
Medrad
Bayer Corporation, Inc.
PPG Industries, Inc.
Alcoa
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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80%
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Adjunct faculty
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20%
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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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40%
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Lecture
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25%
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Distance learning
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15%
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Total hours in class
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771
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1260
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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