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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Bryant University

Graduate School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Executive Development Center at Bryant University
      • Bryant University Graduate School of Business
      • 1150 Douglas Pike
      • RI
      • Smithfield, 02917, Rhode Island
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 13
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 50
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 1,777
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1973
      • Number of classrooms: 9
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 21

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 268
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Part-Time MBA: 88
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,170
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $525.00
      • High: $4,790.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $3,000.00
      • High: $100,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 90 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 1 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 50 %
      • International : 0 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Project Management Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,795.00
      • Comments: online, on campus, onsite; satisfies educational requirement for PMP Certification
      • Title: Human Resources Management
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 22 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,595.00
      • Comments: online, on campus, onsite
      • Title: Business Management Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 18 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,700.00
      • Comments: online, on campus, onsite
      • Title: Six Sigma
      • Type of Course: Certification
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,595.00
      • Comments: online, onsite
      • Title: Business Analyst
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,795.00
      • Comments: online, on campus, onsite; satisfies IIBA's requirement for CBAP Certification
      • Title: Financial Planning
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 33 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,255.00
      • Comments: online, on campus, onsite; satisfies educational requirement for CFP Certification

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 100

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 18

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 55 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 5 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 95 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 40 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improvements include: Student laptop/tablet program, eReaders, QR codes, Campus Portal, outsourced student email, CTV upgrade, ID card print system, Green Data center, energy management tools, collaboration tools, lecture capturing, online course evaluations, distance learning, video on-demand, desktop/laptop security upgrades, network/Internet capacity upgrades, mobile device integration, LAN/WLAN security enhancements, VoIP, desktop/application/server virtualization.
      • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • The Executive Development Center at Bryant University offers professional business programs online, on campus, or on site for groups. Most programs are aligned with national organizations that lead to certification. Our programs satisfy the educational requirements to pursue national certification such as Certified Business Analysis Professional, Certified Business Process Professional, Certified Financial Planner, Project Management Professional and Professional in Human Resources.

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