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Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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8 / 24 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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6 / 30 / 2000
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Current
total enrollment
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84
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Applications received
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67
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Applications accepted
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81%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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81%
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Female students
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30%
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Minority students
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10%
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International students
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5%
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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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$2,000,679
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Total tuition cost
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$65,000
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Mean GMAT
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560
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Median GMAT
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564
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Range
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[min.]
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350
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[max.]
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750
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Mean GPA
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3.17
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Median GPA
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3.09
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Range
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[min.]
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2.14
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[max.]
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4.00
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Average years of work experience
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14
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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7
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[max.]
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29
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Average salary for manager in program
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$111,455
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$47,000
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[max.]
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$265,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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32%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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12%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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21%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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10%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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86%
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Year program was founded
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1979
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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40
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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35
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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694
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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16 / 85%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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2 / 15%
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International content
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25%
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Entrepreneurial content
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10%
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E-commerce content
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5%
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Significant changes since 1997
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Additions include: international study tour elective; combined E-commerce course offerings; Web-based study group teamware; and final semester lifelong learning assessment and development course.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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A fourth-semester international study tour elective is offered. Destinations are determined annually. The most recent destinations were Ireland and Slovenia.
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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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40%
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Group work done via the Internet
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25%
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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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The Spouse Workshop, offered during the first semester, includes an executive speaker seminar and workshop discussions.
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Program
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Weatherhead Executive MBA Program
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Country
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Hungary
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Partner
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International Management Center
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Program
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Weatherhead Executive MBA Program
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Country
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Austria
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Partner
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Donau-Universitat Krems
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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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Key Bank
University Hospitals of Cleveland
General Electric
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
International Management Group (IMG)
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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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15%
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Case study
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40%
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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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640
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1340
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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