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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Louisiana State University

Ourso College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Flores EMBA Program
      • E. J. Ourso College of Business
      • 3176 Patrick F. Taylor Hall
      • LA
      • Baton Rouge, 70803, Louisiana
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 17

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $51,500.00
      • Non Resident: $73,981.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 591
      • Full-Time MBA: 133
      • Part-Time MBA: 85
      • Executive MBA: 29
      • PhD Program: 85
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,352
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • 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? Professional Work Experience, GMAT is often waived based on work experience

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 10th Percentile 450
      • 90th Percentile 658

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • Average GMAT Score 606
      • 90th Percentile 674
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $50.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 20
      • Applicants accepted: 75 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 87 %
      • 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: 15 %
      • 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: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • South: 100 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 15 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 85 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 170

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 70
      • To: 280
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 45

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 23 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 0 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 75 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 48 %
      • Finance/Accounting 7 %
      • General Management : 31 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 0 %
      • Management Information Systems : 7 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 0 %
      • Government: 20 %
      • Manufacturing: 31 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 15 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • ENTERGY
      • SHAW GROUP
      • STATE OF LOUISIANA
      • TURNER INDUSTRIES
      • CAJUN CONSTRUCTION

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 24 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 102

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 48
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 49
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Two week intense study trip to China w/ options to visit India and Brazil as well.
      • 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
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: MBAA and MBAAA have social programs to assist EMBA students
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 55 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 73 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 16
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 16
      • Elective courses: 21

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • business analytics
      • marketing analytics

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, 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
        • Write a complete business plan
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2006

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Laptop/desktop updates; Business Education Complex opens in March 2012; Classroom upgrades; Upgrade to Bloomberg Terminals in SMART Trading Room; General Technology upgrades (University wide); New College Website based on Sharepoint technology; as well as donations to fund exploratory use of technology for purposes of teaching innovations. Figure is based on estimate: $500,000. Significant spending expected to be accounted for in next survey as new Business Education Complex will go live.
      • Amount spent: $500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,800
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,450.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $56,074,841.00
      • 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.lsualumni.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • 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? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: While not promoted, EMBA have access to all career related resources to foster their own development in current and future roles

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