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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Memphis

  • Program Basics

      • Fogelman College of Business & Economics
      • 3675 Central Ave
      • 432 Fogelman College Admin Bldg., Room 357
      • Memphis, 38152, Tennessee
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 17

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $53,940.00
      • Non Resident: $73,940.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 518
      • Full-Time MBA: 44
      • Part-Time MBA: 184
      • Executive MBA: 33
      • PhD Program: 81
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,435
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 0 (option: 0) 550

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 550
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $35.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 24
      • Applicants accepted: 95 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 95 %
      • 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: 92 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 49 %
      • International: 10 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 85 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 15 %

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

      • South: 100 %

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

      • African American: 35 %
      • Asian American: 15 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %
      • Average months of work experience: 204

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 312
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 28
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 10 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 20 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 0 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting 5 %
      • General Management : 25 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 5 %
      • Management Information Systems : 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
      • Other: 35 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 20 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 45 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • FedEx
      • ALSAC/St Jude Children's Research Hospital
      • International Paper
      • Smith & Nephew
      • Mid America Apartment Communities

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 43 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Other
      • 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: 135

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 30

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 12 day international residency
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • 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: After-hour events and tutoring opportunities as needed
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 8

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 80 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 95 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 20
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 20
      • Elective courses: 8

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, Operations Management, Manufacturing and Technology 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
        • Other
      • Completion of capstone course
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Mostly software: application virtualization, email migration, and web-content management migration

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,813
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $648,794.00
      • 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.memphis.edu/alumni/index.php
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.memphis.edu/alumni/clubs/business_chapter.php
      • 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? Yes

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