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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Arizona State University

Carey School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • W. P. Carey Executive MBA
      • W. P. Carey School of Business
      • 300 E. Lemon
      • Arizona State University
      • Tempe, 852874906, Arizona
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $77,866.00
      • Non Resident: $77,866.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,554
      • Full-Time MBA: 167
      • Part-Time MBA: 871
      • Executive MBA: 89
      • PhD Program: 113
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 8,390
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Transcript review; job duties; interview; essays.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $70.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 84
      • Applicants accepted: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 79 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 94 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 28 %
      • International: 4 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 4 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 96 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

    • Entering U.S. citizens are from the following regions:

      • West: 4 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • Southwest: 96 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

    • U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 6 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 75 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 138

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 13
      • To: 250
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 9 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 9 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 85 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $123,509.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $60,000.00
      • High: $200,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Finance/Accounting 6 %
      • General Management : 41 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Management Information Systems : 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 4 %
      • Other: 19 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 2 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 13 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 19 %
      • Other: 24 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Intel Corporation
      • Boeing Company
      • American Express
      • Banner Health
      • Honeywell, Inc.

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 63 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 250

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 107
      • Non-Tenured: 107

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 106
      • Non-Tenured: 91

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: On-site international practicum course in country selected by faculty
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Peer tutoring; counseling; orientation session devoted to balancing work, home, and student life.
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 7

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 24 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 71 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 53

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 25
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MD (Medicine), MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering), MBA/MS (Science), MBA/MSIM (Information Management), MBA/March (Architecture)
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, International Business, Leadership, Supply Chain Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Successful completion of capstone course
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • British Petroleum

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Increased wireless access for mobile devices; expanded virtual desktop technology for unique teaching needs and more efficient software distribution; upgraded network, servers, and storage to improve power consumption, responsiveness, capacity, reliability and security for research and teaching; enhanced features and capacity of the online learning management system; installed new classroom computing, multimedia, and lecture capture technologies; upgraded faculty and staff personal computers.
      • Amount spent: $2,421,515.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,430
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $465.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $64,966,405.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://alumni.asu.edu/career/networking
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.wpcarey.asu.edu
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Recruiters have full access to any student who places their information in our e-Recruiting system.

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The W. P. Carey Executive MBA program is the most selective EMBA program in Arizona. Successful applicants must have significant middle-management experience as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership experience.

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