Program Basics

• • Fordham Executive MBA Program
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • 33 West 60th St.
  • 4th Floor
  • New York, 10023, New York
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 22

• Classes meet:

  • • One weekend per month

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $87,550.00
  • Non Resident: $87,550.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,497
  • Full-Time MBA: 550
  • Part-Time MBA: 476
  • Executive MBA: 90
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,188
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 75th Percentile 580
  • 90th Percentile 610
  • 25th Percentile 540
  • 10th Percentile 510
  • Average GMAT Score 560
  • 50th Percentile (median) 560

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 75th Percentile 580
  • Average GMAT Score 580
  • 90th Percentile 610
  • 50th Percentile (median) 560
  • 10th Percentile 510
  • 25th Percentile 540
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $130.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 75
  • Applicants accepted: 66 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 70 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 10
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 3
  • 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: 33 %
  • International: 15 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 6 %
  • Europe: 6 %
  • North America: 85 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
  • Dual citizenship: 15 %

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

  • West: 0 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
  • Northeast: 90 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 5 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 5 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 65 %
  • Chose not to report: 10 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 133

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 60
  • To: 170
• • Average age: 33

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 28
  • To: 38

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 10 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 10 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 70 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $139,750.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $90,000.00
  • High: $180,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Finance/Accounting 40 %
  • General Management : 10 %
  • Human Resources: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 0 %
  • Management Information Systems : 5 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
  • Other: 25 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products: 5 %
  • Financial Services: 40 %
  • Government: 5 %
  • Manufacturing: 5 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Non-Profit: 5 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
  • Real Estate: 5 %
  • Technology: 5 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Disney
  • UBS
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Hyperion
  • Fordham

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 75 %
  • 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: 197

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 50
  • Non-Tenured: 56

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 92

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 45

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 12
  • Non-Tenured: 31

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 15

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 50
  • Non-Tenured: 88

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: Student Consulting Project
  • 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? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Professional and Personal Development Initiative; Exposure to Meditation, Wellness and Career Coaching
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 20 %
  • Distance Learning: 5 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 30 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 10 %
  • Other: 10 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 80 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 80 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 35
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 18
  • Elective courses: 5

• New electives added in past 12 months:

  • Turnaround Management
  • Mergers and Aquisitions
  • Futures and Options
  • Strategic Price Management
  • Career Management

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 6
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
  • Describe distance learning EMBA: Video conferencing is available.
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law)
  • Leading areas of study: Finance, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, Organizational Behavior

• Graduation Requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2006

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Installed a new 22-station computer lab at our facilities at 1790 Broadway 11th floor
  • Amount spent: $181,772.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 15,000
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 5
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 13
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $600.00
  • 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 $16,770,223.00
  • 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://www.fordham.edu/alumni_relations/
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.bnet.fordham.edu/alumni/
  • 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: Permission granted if student is not fully corporate financially sponsored

• • -The introduction of more current materials and trends in today's businesses would improve the program.
    
    -Fordham University provided a great EMBA program. I was sold on the program after meeting the students who didn't seem as competitive and egotistical as some of the other schools in New York. I forged great friendships and had a great time-sharing the experience with my cohort. Overall, the EMBA program is excellent for executives in their thirties or above looking to take their career to the next level. I do not recommend it for people who are a few years out of college who don't have enough professional experience. Most of the students were middle management, had eight to 12 years of work experience, and brought a lot of personal knowledge to the classroom.
    
    -The program at Fordham is great. I am glad I selected Fordham over the other schools to which I considered applying. The only improvements that the program should consider are more renowned professors and current lessons for a small number of the classes in the program. Otherwise, no improvements are required. Perhaps, a job fair specifically for EMBA students would be nice as well.
    
    -Tighter administrative auditing on the tuition and billing aspect would be helpful. We would receive numerous and confusing invoices, which mirrored the regular MBA student tuition model but did not coincide with the EMBA tuition model.
    
    -I believe a few more lectures from outside professionals could bolster the classroom experience. Hearing professionals discuss their roles in the workplace helps hammer home the concepts.
    
    -Many times, I have literally picked up my notes from courses to solve many issues. It was worth every cent.
    
    -On the whole, I truly enjoyed the program. I feel like now I possess new ways of thinking and analyzing as a future leader. However, I wish I were more equipped with information regarding e-business and financial and environmental trends.
    
    -I am a huge advocate for the Fordham EMBA. I am a completely different individual now and feel extremely proud I have completed this intense Program. I was at a crossroads in my professional life and my time in grad school helped me realize I needed a career change.
    
    -A little more organization from the school administration would have helped.
    
    -This is a fantastic format for working parents. My wife gave birth to our first child during the program, and I was able to stay on track thanks to the flexible time offered at work and the structured format of Fordham's EMBA program.
    
    -I loved the cohort structure, where we have the same classmates throughout the duration of the program. This allowed us to establish friendships and working groups to help pull us through the program. A small group of us got together once a week to meet and discuss our progress in the subjects and eventually formed a support group. Because we are all working and have families and other things going on in our lives, this group helped me to balance.
    
    -Professors who had outside speakers coming talking to students made their classes more interesting, and students loved these classes because they could relate the teaching to their real-life experiences.