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Washington University
Olin School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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N/A
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Final application deadline
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N/A
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Current
total enrollment
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204
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Applications received
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133
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Applications accepted
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86%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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80%
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Female students
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20%
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Minority students
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4%
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International students
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7%
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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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$5,758,250
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Total tuition cost
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$54,900
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Mean GMAT
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N/A
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Median GMAT
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N/A
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Range
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[min.]
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N/A
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[max.]
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N/A
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Mean GPA
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3.05
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Median GPA
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3.07
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Range
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[min.]
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2.15
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[max.]
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3.96
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Average years of work experience
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15
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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3
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[max.]
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35
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Average salary for manager in program
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$92,496
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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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$240,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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25%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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15%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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13%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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47%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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90%
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Year program was founded
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1983
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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98
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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55
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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744
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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18 / 75%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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6 / 25%
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International content
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20%
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Entrepreneurial content
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5%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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Increased elective choices from two 7-week courses to seven 6-week courses chosen by student vote. Introduced two new executive degree programs: (1) Executive Masters in Manufacturing Management and (2) Executive MBA in Health Services Management.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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Students in the school's EMBA program go to Asia; EM3 participants go Eastern Europe; and EMBA-HSM students go to London. All trips last approximately one week. Students visit companies and have speakers.
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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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N/A
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Group work done via the Internet
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20%
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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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There is an orientation and reception for spouses during the first month of the first year. There is also a holiday cocktail party for students and spouses every December, and a family picnic each fall.
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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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Monsanto
Boeing (McDonnell Douglas)
Anheuser-Busch
Edward Jones
Emerson
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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90%
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Adjunct faculty
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10%
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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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N/A
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Case study
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60%
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Lecture
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30%
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Distance learning
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0%
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Total hours in class
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490
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Total hours of work outside of class
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900
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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