Program Basics

• • Executive MBA
  • McDonough School of Business
  • 37th and O Streets, NW
  • Rafik B. Hariri Building
  • Washington, 20057, District of Columbia
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 20

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $114,000.00
  • Non Resident: $114,000.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

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

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,019
  • Full-Time MBA: 506
  • Part-Time MBA: 372
  • Executive MBA: 141
  • PhD Program: 0
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,350
  • Other graduate degree programs: Other

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? Even though the GMAT is recommended, we waive it under the following conditions: can be substituted with GRE score or applicant has a terminal degree-MD, JD, PhD or applicant can demonstrate evidence of at least two years of managerial experience out of a total of 8 years of professional experience and strong quantitative background via undergraduate transcripts and course work or professional certifications such as a CPA, CFA, Engineering Accreditations.
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $175.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 71
  • Applicants accepted: 81 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 81 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 4
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
  • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 94 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 26 %
  • International: 20 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 2 %
  • Asia: 4 %
  • Europe: 2 %
  • North America: 88 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
  • Dual citizenship: 2 %

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

  • West: 2 %
  • Midwest: 4 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 92 %
  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • African American: 6 %
  • Asian American: 13 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 4 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 73 %
  • Chose not to report: 4 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 168

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 84
  • To: 288
• • Average age: 37

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 28
  • To: 54

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 37 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 15 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 13 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 75 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $135,000.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $65,000.00
  • High: $333,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 26 %
  • Finance/Accounting 15 %
  • General Management : 17 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 2 %
  • Management Information Systems : 2 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 14 %
  • Other: 24 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 26 %
  • Consumer Products: 0 %
  • Financial Services: 15 %
  • Government: 4 %
  • Manufacturing: 2 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
  • Non-Profit: 11 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 2 %
  • Other: 28 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Rolls Royce
  • U.S. Department of State
  • Deloitte
  • Accenture
  • Boeing

FINANCIAL AID

• • 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: 172

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 52
  • Non-Tenured: 41

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 77

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 27

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 18

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 18
  • Non-Tenured: 21

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 54
  • Non-Tenured: 59

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: students must complete two international consulting residencies
  • 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 accommodations on residencies
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: consulting interviews focusing on professional development
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 5

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 20 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 20 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 70 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 70 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 46
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 23
  • Elective courses: 10

• New electives added in past 12 months:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • New Product Development
  • World Equity Markets
  • Entrepreneurship

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 12
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 12
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MD (Medicine), Other
  • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Consulting

• 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
    • Write a complete business plan
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
    • Other
  • Two global residencies (international consulting projects) and two domestic residencies.
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Georgetown McDonough has transitioned student e-mail to Google; added streaming video capabilities; increased full-time staff supporting academic initiatives; implemented video teleconferencing; developed a new student intranet; implemented a paperless MBA admissions process; and expanded Bloomberg terminals from 2 to 12. With the opening of the new Rafik B. Hariri Building in 2009, the school added high-tech classrooms (15), student breakout rooms (36), and a 400-seat auditorium.
  • Amount spent: $4,500,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 6,328
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 77
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 30
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,080.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $550.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $56,637,882.00
  • 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://alumni.georgetown.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://msb.georgetown.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? No
  • 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: We pass along information and provide professional development opportunities and networking assistance specific to EMBA students.

• • -Some members of the class were proactive in working with almost every other member of the class. Others kept to a small group of classmates throughout the whole program. More structured mixing of students would likely have benefitted those who did not branch out to work with a diversity of classmates.
    
    -What should be stressed is Georgetown's commitment to the Jesuit tradition of practice. The international residencies were founded on exercising what has been learned in a real world environment by working on real consulting projects with a wide spectrum of companies. In addition, the business-planning residency allowed us to practice starting a company and presenting our business plans to real investors, truly a distinguishing feature of the program. In regards to the classroom experience itself, more of a focus on interpersonal management skills would have helped. Interpersonal management was addressed in one or two courses but there was no on-going peer evaluation to help students become more aware of their own skills and how to improve.
    
    -This is an excellent program! When I was looking into programs, I wanted a school with a strong moral foundation and an international focus that would allow for a good work-life balance (especially as a single dad). Georgetown was all this and more. The strong balance between theory and practice, especially the business and global residencies cannot be stressed enough. The faculty and administration is top notch. The sense of community grew with time, as we became partners with the administration in seeking ways to improve the program. Lastly, the people are phenomenal. In having a lock-step program, you sacrifice choice in regard to electives but you build strong, lasting relationships with your EMBA family as you help each other in the marathon program.
    
    -It was a fantastic program and great location and use of the Washington, D.C. area and all it has to offer.
    
    -There should be greater scrutiny of individual contributions to team projects. A minority of classmates "hid out" in teams without making meaningful contributions or even demonstrating graduate-level skills.
    
    -The professors genuinely cared. They were delighted to help with real-life problems, find contacts in their fields, and to assist students pursuing their passions.
    
    -The Georgetown EMBA program is outstanding. Having completed the program and working with others who have completed competing programs, it is evident the quality of education from Georgetown is superior to most.
    
    -This program has a strong ethics foundation that should be recognized. The international residencies (this year with China and Turkey) were very involved and served real companies with real consulting needs. In addition, these projects added exceptional value to the companies selected. Feedback from the CEOs of both companies for which I worked was complimentary.
    
    -There should be more help with career building (organization of a job fair, organized individual meeting with our career coach).
    
    -I think staff support was very good overall, but there was room for improvement. For instance, ensuring that staff was present earlier in the morning on the days when we had class would have been helpful to help us with conference call needs, unlocking rooms, etc.
    
    -The electives offerings should be increased.