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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Kent State University

Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Kent State University Executive MBA
      • Graduate School of Management
      • P.O. Box 5190
      • 475 Terrace Drive
      • Kent, 44242, Ohio
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 19

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • One weekend per month

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $39,000.00
      • Non Resident: $39,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 444
      • Full-Time MBA: 89
      • Part-Time MBA: 115
      • Executive MBA: 64
      • PhD Program: 47
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,858
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $30.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 52
      • 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: 40 %
      • International: 60 %

    • 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: 3 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 86 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 10
      • Average age: 39
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 90 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • JoAnn Fabrics
      • Smuckers
      • Akron Children's Hospital
      • Babcock and Wilcox

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Need
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 66

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 7

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Visiting business and written analysis
      • 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
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Prework in online mathematics exercises
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 20

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 5 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 70 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 15
      • Elective courses: 2

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Entrepreneurship
      • Negotiations

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: Assignments, Lectures and homework online
      • Joint degree programs: Other
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership, Management Information Systems, Health Care Administration

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2006

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • Babcock and Wilcox

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Technological upgrades of three classrooms in the business building

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,122
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $317.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $13,392,435.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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

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