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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Athabasca University

  • Program Basics

      • Online Executive MBA program
      • Centre for Innovative Management
      • #301, 22 Sir Winston Churchill Ave
      • AB
      • St. Albert, T8N1B4
      • Canada
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 28

    • Classes meet:

        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $45,076.00
      • Non Resident: $45,476.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Other
      • Middle States Commission on Higher Education

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 848
      • Executive MBA: 817
      • PhD Program: 31
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 7,059

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $200.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 297
      • Applicants accepted: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 84 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 41 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • Midwest: 50 %
      • Southwest: 50 %

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

      • Chose not to report: 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 228

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 216
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 40

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 50

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 42 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 2 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 16 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $93,500.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $50,000.00
      • High: $164,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 18 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 18 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 11 %
      • Government: 12 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 16 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 32 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • RBC Royal Bank
      • TD Financial
      • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
      • IBM
      • Manitoba Hydro

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 15 %
      • 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: 39

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 23

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • 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? No

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 72 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 10
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 20
      • Elective courses: 26

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Doing Business in Brazil
      • Corporate Governance & Accounting
      • Advanced Strategic Mgmt: Theory & Practice

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 18
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 7
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: AU's MBA is designed for working managers who continue to work while in the program. Our courses are delivered over the internet and students are expected to apply what they are learning directly to their workplace.
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, Operations Management, Other
      • Description: Project Management, Energy Electives concentration

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Students must complete an "applied project". This is an academic research project that students must complete in 5 months.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: IM and IM awareness, Notes Traveller, web-enabled courses, access to study guides on the web, assignment dropbos on the web, tablet-compatible courseware (via the web enabled template), Notes 8.5.2 client software (upgraded features for students), iModules and the AU MBA/Alumni community, online applications, mobile sevices

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,619
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 16
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.mba.athabascau.ca
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes

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