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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Case Western Reserve University

Weatherhead School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Weatherhead School of Management
      • 11240 Bellflower Road
      • OH
      • Cleveland, 44106, Ohio
      • United States of America
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Days
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $95,000.00
      • Non Resident: $95,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 874
      • Full-Time MBA: 141
      • Part-Time MBA: 228
      • Executive MBA: 41
      • PhD Program: 50
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 226
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, 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? For students with an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution the transcript is used to determine quantitative ability. The GMAT is required if applicant does not have an undergraduate degree.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score N/A
      • 10th Percentile N/A
      • 25th Percentile N/A
      • 50th Percentile (median) N/A
      • 75th Percentile N/A
      • 90th Percentile N/A

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score N/A
      • 10th Percentile N/A
      • 25th Percentile N/A
      • 50th Percentile (median) N/A
      • 75th Percentile N/A
      • 90th Percentile N/A
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 39
      • Applicants accepted: 64 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 80 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 1
      • 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: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 15 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 5 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 80 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 10 %

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

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

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 95 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 156

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 276
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 29
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 15 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 5 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 10 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting 30 %
      • General Management : 10 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Management Information Systems : 10 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 25 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 20 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 10 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • University Hospital
      • Cleveland Clinic
      • Avery Dennison Corporation
      • KeyBank
      • Vita-Mix

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 15 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Only to domestic students
      • Maximum loan amount: $65,605.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 91

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 37

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Every Summer the EMBA cohort travels abroad for ten days of immersive, hands-on learning guided by Weatherhead faculty and international professionals. Students gain a global perspective on fundamental business issues in the region selected.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • 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: Coaching, Peer Support, Group Support
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 13

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 94 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 88 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 20

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • 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: Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Behavior
      • Description: Leading Design in Organizations

    • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: HD video cameras to produce HD quality content; LED light kit to provide better lighting for productions; Portable Polycom videoconference unit to provide higher bandwidth videoconferences; DVD cameras and recorders for Case-style interviews; class audience response systems for immediate feedback; increased number of technology enhanced classrooms; increased analytical software packages for faculty and students; Qualtrics for robust surveys; Identity Finder.
      • Amount spent: $3,734,147.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 17,656
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $702.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $104,139,776.00
      • 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://alumnet.case.edu/s/944/index.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/55162/16D39702C62B
      • 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

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