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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Iowa

Tippie School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • Henry B. Tippie School of Management
      • Henry B. Tippie School of Management
      • 100 Pomerantz Center, Suite E446
      • Iowa City, 52242, Iowa
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend
        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $51,000.00
      • Non Resident: $51,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,174
      • Full-Time MBA: 138
      • Part-Time MBA: 762
      • Executive MBA: 55
      • PhD Program: 95
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,220
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • 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? Exceptions to the GMAT requirement are made for applicants with a Master's, PhD, MD or JD degree.

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • Average GMAT Score 524
      • 25th Percentile 468
      • 10th Percentile 408
      • 75th Percentile 608
      • 90th Percentile 666
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 82
      • Applicants accepted: 73 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 92 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • 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: 25 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • West: 0 %
      • Midwest: 100 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 166

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 88
      • To: 245
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 21 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 50 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 16 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 25 %
      • Finance/Accounting 4 %
      • General Management : 25 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems : 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 13 %
      • Other: 16 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 26 %
      • Real Estate: 8 %
      • Technology: 22 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Rockwell-Collins
      • John Deere
      • HON
      • University of Iowa
      • Brownell's

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 10 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
      • 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: 194

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 58
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 86

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 68

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: International trip with corporate visit and report in last semester of program
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 22

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 60 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 93 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 35
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 0
      • Elective courses: 0

    • 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: 2005
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/ME (Engineering), Other
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Operations 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2005

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 2008:new conference room technology, re-designed college website, card access security system, lecture capture in some classrooms; 2009:online advising scheduling application, digital signage, new web 2.0 technologies for student use; 2010:online promotion & tenure application, incorporated a flash server, lecture capture systems in 100% of classrooms, upgraded all systems to Windows 7 and Office 2007 or 2010, additional digital signage kiosks, new email stations.
      • Amount spent: $3,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,955
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $214.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $596.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $61,371,458.00
      • 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.iowaalum.com/oniowa
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://tippie.uiowa.edu/alumni/networking.cfm
      • 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? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Allowed with permission of sponsoring organization

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