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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Florida International University

Chapman Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Alvah H Chapman, Jr Graduate School of Business
      • 11200 SW 8th Street
      • CBC 201
      • Miami, 33199, Florida
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 20

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $59,000.00
      • Non Resident: $63,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,022
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 183
      • Executive MBA: 114
      • PhD Program: 43
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 6,483
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of International Management/Business

  • 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? Applicants are required to have a minimum of five years of managerial work experience.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $30.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 72
      • Applicants accepted: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 85 %
      • 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: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 81 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

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

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

      • West: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • 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: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 0 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 132

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 33

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 26
      • To: 41

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 0 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 0 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 8 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting 39 %
      • General Management : 19 %
      • Human Resources: 15 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems : 8 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 35 %
      • Government: 12 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Price Waterhouse Coopers
      • Ernst & Young
      • Walmart
      • Baptist Health
      • Florida Power & Light

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 14 %
      • 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: 207

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 69

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 81

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 57

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Students are taken on a week-long trip that includes cultural experiences and company visits
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Campus housing is available for all graduate students
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: The program is structured as lock-step where students are in cohorts. This enables networking opportunities as well as support and camaraderie in addition to the support provided by faculty and program administration.
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 16 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 64 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 38
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 38
      • Elective courses: 1

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 12
      • 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/MS (Science), MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have upgraded our RB Labs to have all computer stations virtualized. We can now dynamically offer computer station configurations tailored to individual classes and instructors. We have outfitted four case rooms, two seminar rooms and one special events room in the new downtown Brickell CBA facilities with complete audio-visual capabilities, including classroom video capturing.We have outfitted five of our MMC classrooms with video webcast/capturing technology.
      • Amount spent: $1,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

  • 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: none

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