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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Missouri, Kansas City

Bloch School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Bloch Executive MBA
      • Henry W. Bloch School of Management
      • 5100 Rockhill Road
      • 305 Bloch School
      • Kansas City, 64110, Missouri
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $56,500.00
      • Non Resident: $56,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 548
      • Part-Time MBA: 312
      • Executive MBA: 63
      • PhD Program: 7
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,050
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • 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? transcript review, self-report; before program begins all enrolled students must complete quantitative tutorials in accounting, finance, and statistics and must pass tests in all 3 areas with a grade of 80%
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $50.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 48
      • Applicants accepted: 71 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 100 %
      • 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: 39 %
      • International: 5 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 94 %
      • Oceania: 3 %
      • 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: 11 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 89 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 180

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 300
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 47

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 13 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 5 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 18 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 94 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $112,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $70,000.00
      • High: $172,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting 3 %
      • General Management : 13 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Management Information Systems : 16 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 24 %
      • Other: 21 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 11 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 11 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 21 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 21 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Burns & McDonnell
      • Cerner Corporation
      • Children's Mercy Hospital
      • Kansas City Power & Light
      • University of Missouri

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 75 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, 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: 66

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 20

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day CHina residency and completion of individual China-related project
      • 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: spouse orientation, family social programming, support of executive coach
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 25

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 71 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 61 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 36
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 26
      • Elective courses: 2

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, 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
        • Other
      • successful completion of 4 immersion residencies, one (public policy) in Washington DC and one international (currently in China)
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: digital projectors and document cameras, printers, laptops, IPads, IPods, IPhones, a video camera, and a digital camera.
      • Amount spent: $240,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,973
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 9
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $138.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $26,659,027.00
      • 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.umkcalumni.com/s/1236/start.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.Twitter.com/umkcbloch
      • 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? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: cannot target, students are free to choose to attend any compus event held

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The program has seen a sharp rise in the last two years in promotions for its students during the program. That trend continues after graduation. This reflects its commitment to each student's professional development. The rising reputation and rankings of the Bloch School and its mission as a public urban university make the Bloch Executive MBA an industry bargain. The program has sustained strong levels of corporate support for its students despite the current economy.

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