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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of California, Berkeley

Haas School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
      • Haas School of Business
      • 440 Student Services Bldg., #1912
      • Haas School of Business
      • Berkeley, 947201912, California
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 19

    • Classes meet:

        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $157,440.00
      • Non Resident: $157,440.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,511
      • Full-Time MBA: 492
      • Part-Time MBA: 804
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • PhD Program: 80
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 721
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $200.00
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 28 %
      • International: 30 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 14 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 74 %
      • Oceania: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • West: 81 %
      • Midwest: 2 %
      • Southwest: 4 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • Northeast: 7 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 35 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 51 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 132

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 84
      • To: 300
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 40

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 35 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 1 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 59 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $142,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $90,000.00
      • High: $189,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 23 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems : 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 19 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 34 %
      • Other: 24 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Google
      • Intel
      • Gap
      • Genentech

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 229

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 54
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 143

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 54

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: For the International Seminar program requirement, students spend a week examining key factors influencing global business success, through lectures, group projects, and/or site visits in such places as Latin America, South Africa, Europe, and China.
      • 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 during block
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 15

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 70
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
      • Elective courses: 27

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Turnarounds
      • Advanced Competitive Strategy

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, 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

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Multi-point, high-def desktop telepresence; Google Apps for MBA students; student club collaboration and management system; iPhone and Android admissions applications; Web 2.0 admissions system; 12 Bloomberg Financial Services Terminals; additional group study rooms with computers/online access; WebEx service for teaching, career services webinars, and admissions; Web 2.0 student portal; Concierge-style laptop support; SAKAI Learning Management System; Web 2.0 Student Registration System.
      • Amount spent: $18,574,674.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 11,086
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 87
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 29
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 16
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,131.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $253,423,169.00
      • 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.berkeley.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/alumni/index.html
      • 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: Various levels of access to career services and recruiting opportunities are available on the Berkeley and Columbia campuses, based upon the student's employer sponsorship level

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: Cohorts meet every 3 weeks Thurs. -- Sat. either at Berkeley or Columbia and are in class for 120 hours per semester. Electives: Berkeley-Columbia students have access to additional courses on the Berkeley and the Columbia campuses. Students can also do an exchange with Columbia Business School for one term. Group Work: Courses generally entail group work outside the classroom during and between sessions. About 30 percent of group work is done via web conferencing.

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