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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Marquette University

Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Marquette University
      • PO Box 1881, Straz Hall
      • suite 275
      • Milwaukee, 53201, Wisconsin
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 17

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $57,900.00
      • Non Resident: $57,900.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 650
      • Part-Time MBA: 373
      • Executive MBA: 50
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,668
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of Human Resources

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • Average GMAT Score 541
      • 10th Percentile 360
      • 25th Percentile 490
      • 75th Percentile 620

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • Average GMAT Score 563
      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $50.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 34
      • Applicants accepted: 91 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 71 %
      • 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: 97 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 43 %
      • International: 10 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 90 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • West: 0 %
      • Midwest: 90 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 68 %
      • Chose not to report: 32 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 146

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 90
      • To: 216
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 44

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 27 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 5 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 14 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 68 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $121,700.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $70,000.00
      • High: $143,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting 38 %
      • General Management : 19 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
      • Management Information Systems : 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 38 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 19 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Cooper Power Systems
      • Direct Supply
      • Kohler Company
      • Kimberly Clark
      • Northwestern Mutual

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 107

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 42
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 38

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 42
      • Non-Tenured: 16

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10-12 international trip with class lectures from faculty in the region, company visit with lectures of top management, government visits and some cultural activities.
      • 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 immersion weeks
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 22 %
      • Distance Learning: 32 %
      • Experiential Learning: 9 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 4 %
      • Team Projects: 13 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 79 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 22
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 22
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 4
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 21
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, International Business, Economics, Marketing, Strategy

    • 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: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Updated computers and technology in the classrooms and faculty offices as well as a mobile computer lab with laptops.
      • Amount spent: $80,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,001
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,423.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $150.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $324,885,000.00
      • 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.mu.edu/alumni/networking-index.php
      • 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: They are welcome to do so.

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