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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

George Washington University

School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • World Executive MBA
      • George Washington University School of Business
      • 2201 G Street, NW
      • Duques Hall Suite 550
      • Washington, DC, 20052, District of Columbia
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 16

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $95,000.00
      • Non Resident: $95,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 3,528
      • Full-Time MBA: 246
      • Part-Time MBA: 714
      • Executive MBA: 48
      • PhD Program: 57
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,518
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, 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? Organizational experience of ten years or more, with five years or more in a managerial capacity strongly preferred. A competitive score on the GMAT will be required for prospective WEMBA students who do not have the requisite years/type of work experience but who exhibit exemplary undergraduate academic performance and possess otherwise exceptional talents.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $75.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 42
      • Applicants accepted: 83 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 86 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • 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: 46 %
      • International: 1 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Europe: 1 %
      • North America: 99 %

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

      • Southwest: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 98 %
      • Northeast: 1 %

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

      • African American: 29 %
      • Asian American: 17 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 8 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 38 %
      • Chose not to report: 8 %
      • Average months of work experience: 204

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 108
      • To: 336
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 50

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 23 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 1 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 98 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Finance/Accounting 18 %
      • General Management : 10 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 7 %
      • Management Information Systems : 7 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 28 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 40 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • U.S. Military

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • 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: 260

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 108
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 127

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 66

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 78
      • Non-Tenured: 175

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • 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
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 5

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 50 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 90 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 25
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 16
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership, 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
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
        • Other
      • International Study and Consulting Project
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Renewal and expansion of professional service contracts and the hiring of a new GWSB internal IT support team; replacement computers for faculty, staff, and student labs; new subscribtions to significant numbers of database resources; expansion of video conference facilities; augmenting distance education technology service offerings and upgrading our off-campus teaching and learning technology environment.
      • Amount spent: $3,400,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 16,860
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $984.00
      • 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 $28,308,540.00
      • 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.gwu.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://business.gwu.edu
      • 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

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