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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA at ILLINOIS
      • Colled of Business at ILLINOIS
      • Illini Center 4th Floor
      • 200 S. Wacker Drive
      • Chicago, 60606, Illinois
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 20

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $94,000.00
      • Non Resident: $94,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 4,634
      • Full-Time MBA: 226
      • Part-Time MBA: 87
      • Executive MBA: 62
      • PhD Program: 88
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,044
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Technology

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The Executive MBA Admissions Committee assesses prior quantitative grades adn in some cases may require a quantitative course prior to an admission decision.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $70.00
      • 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 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • North America: 97 %
      • Dual citizenship: 3 %

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

      • West: 3 %
      • Midwest: 97 %

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

      • African American: 15 %
      • Asian American: 12 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
      • Native American: 9 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 55 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %
      • Average months of work experience: 198

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 97
      • To: 302
      • Average age: 41

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 50

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 15 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 21 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 27 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 18 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 67 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $108,326.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $134,000.00
      • High: $47,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting 15 %
      • General Management : 21 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
      • Management Information Systems : 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 25 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 15 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 9 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 22 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 6 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • State Farm
      • Caterpillar
      • Motorola
      • John Deere
      • University of Illinois

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 77 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need, Other
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Yes
      • Maximum loan amount: $16,000.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 165

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 53
      • Non-Tenured: 85

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 83

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: International consulting project in China includes 10 days abroad presenting in corporate board rooms.
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: hotel accomodations adjacent to the facility
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 11

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 65 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 75 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 36

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Environmental Regulation and Climate Change
      • Managing Intellectual Property
      • Understanding Consumers and Brands in a Connected World
      • Contemporary Topics in Ethics
      • Project Management
      • Information Strategy and Management
      • US Corporate Governance
      • Organizations and Social Networks

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 14
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Other
      • Description: a.) Innovation, b.) Emerging Markets

    • 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
      • Students must participate in the international component of the program. They do a 9-month project for an overseas client and travel to China to present their findings and recommendations.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Significant improvement has been an upgrade to the technology in the classrooms. Other additions include a specially developed faculty ePortfolio and reporting system, introduction of Sharepoint 2007 to integrate with our prior Exchange Server deployment, installation of Echo 260 to record lectures in our Part Time and Executive MBA programs, upgrade of the technology in the classrooms in Chicago, and numerous improvements to the supporting systems.
      • Amount spent: $4,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,986
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $844.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $143.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $77,589,537.00
      • 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.uiaa.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.illinoisbusinessalumni.org/
      • 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: Self-supporting students have access to recruiters.

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