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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Connecticut

School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • School of Business
      • 100 Constitution Plaza
      • Floor 1
      • Hartford, 06103, Connecticut
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 20

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $58,000.00
      • Non Resident: $58,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,047
      • Full-Time MBA: 106
      • Part-Time MBA: 827
      • Executive MBA: 56
      • PhD Program: 58
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,897
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $55.00
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 33 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %

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

      • African American: 13 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 74 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Average months of work experience: 144
      • Average age: 33

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 10 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 20 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 80 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting 20 %
      • General Management : 20 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 20 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 30 %
      • 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? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 147

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 53
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • 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? No
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 20

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 20 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 30 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/ME (Engineering)
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Operations Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • 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: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New server farm, multimedia communications system, teleconferencing for all campuses, transition to complete virtual server u-infrastructure, and virtual desktop implementation.
      • Amount spent: $3,200,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 13,445
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $254.00
      • 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 $29,620,681.00
      • 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://career.uconn.edu/alumni.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumniconnections.com
      • 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

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