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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

George Mason University

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Global EMBA
      • School of Management - Graduate Progams
      • 2214 Rock Hill Road
      • Suite 400
      • Herndon, 20170, Virginia
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $73,950.00
      • Non Resident: $73,950.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 396
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 278
      • Executive MBA: 33
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,624
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of Technology

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? We view their resume and transcripts. If they have significant work experience and/or strong quantitative grades on transcripts they will be given a waiver.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 0 (option: 3) 550

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 580
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • 10th Percentile 474
      • 25th Percentile 555
      • 50th Percentile (median) 625
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $65.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 28
      • Applicants accepted: 96 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 50 %
      • 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: 43 %
      • International: 7 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 7 %
      • North America: 93 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 100 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 15 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 77 %
      • Average months of work experience: 155

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 108
      • To: 216
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 49

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 21 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting 7 %
      • General Management : 57 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 21 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 23 %
      • Technology: 53 %
      • Other: 8 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 46 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 139

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 53

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 38
      • Non-Tenured: 35

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Global Residency, Oxford Residency
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Hotel accommodation
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Career coaching
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 2

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 90 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 70 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 33
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 17
      • Elective courses: 1

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 18
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: Fully on-line EMBA launced in October 2011.
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Operations Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • 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
      • Minimum 3.0 GPA must be earned.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Equipment and software upgrades, additional research data bases, creation of computer lab.
      • Amount spent: $723,290.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,010
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $167.00
      • 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 $3,681,894.00
      • 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.gmu.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.gmu.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? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Employers may send position annoucements to Graduate Career Management for distribution.

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