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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Boston University

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Boston University School of Management
      • 595 Commonwealth Avenue
      • 4th Floor
      • Boston, 02215, Massachusetts
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $91,500.00
      • Non Resident: $91,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • CAHME, NEASC

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,217
      • Full-Time MBA: 311
      • Part-Time MBA: 693
      • Executive MBA: 34
      • PhD Program: 35
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,033
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The admissions committee reviews all transcripts for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate work.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $125.00
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 12 %
      • International: 3 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 97 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • West: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 100 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 17 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 77 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 184

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 132
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 33
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 0 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 21 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 3 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 76 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $175,484.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $101,000.00
      • High: $280,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting 26 %
      • General Management : 12 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 6 %
      • Management Information Systems : 23 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 6 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
      • Real Estate: 6 %
      • Technology: 26 %
      • Other: 23 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Raytheon
      • Fidelity Investments
      • EMC Corporation
      • Johnson & Johnson
      • Biogen Idec

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 30 %
      • 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: 213

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 60
      • Non-Tenured: 70

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 83

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 60
      • Non-Tenured: 59

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: The third residence week is an 8-10 day international trip. The trip provides an educational experience that focuses on the strategic and operational issues of conducting business abroad and competing in global industries.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Accommodations are provided a full-service hotel nearby campus. Accommodations are provided on the Friday night of class weekends and for the three domestic residence weeks. Hotel accommodations are also provided for the international trip/seminar.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 5

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 55 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 5 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 36
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 20
      • Elective courses: 1

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Managing Virtual Teams
      • Business Model Innovation

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 15
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, General Management, Other
      • Description: Team Learning

    • 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
        • Write a complete business plan
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: During the past 3 academic years focus has been on new tools such as mobile applications, iPads and virtual meeting spaces; upgrading classrooms; expanding open source products for lecture delivery and intranets; enhancing lecture capture and participant systems; offering new interactive case delivery tools, financial modeling, research and analysis products; integrating digital signage, branding and communication vehicles; green computing and awareness; and peer-to-peer networking software.
      • Amount spent: $6,107,510.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 16,281
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 15
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 29
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $4,491.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? Yes
      • 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://www.bu.edu/alumni/connected/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://management.bu.edu/alu/link.html
      • 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? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: We do not have any corporate recruiting for EMBA students.

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