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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Northern Illinois University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • College of Business Graduate Studies in Business
      • College of Business
      • Barsema Hall
      • DeKalb, 60115, Illinois
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $44,000.00
      • Non Resident: $44,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • North Central Association of College and Schools

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 886
      • Full-Time MBA: 27
      • Part-Time MBA: 506
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,972
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 640
      • Average GMAT Score 510
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 75th Percentile 590

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 575
      • Average GMAT Score 534
      • 10th Percentile 420
      • 25th Percentile 440
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 90th Percentile 584
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $35.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 66
      • Applicants accepted: 68 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 75 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 5
      • 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: 25 %
      • International: 14 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 14 %
      • North America: 86 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 25 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 63 %
      • Average months of work experience: 157

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 58
      • To: 192
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 36
      • To: 42

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 17 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 22 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 83 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Finance/Accounting 22 %
      • General Management : 27 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 7 %
      • Management Information Systems : 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 14 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Manufacturing: 20 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 32 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Caterpillar
      • Computer Science Corp.
      • Navistart
      • OfficeMax
      • Alberto-Culver

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 30 %
      • 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: 119

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 41
      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 37

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 9-day trip, individual paper required
      • 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? No
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 30

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 50 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 12 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 87 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 36
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 36
      • Elective courses: 3

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Micro Consulting Project

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 12
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Behavior

    • 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: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Anywhere Lab Virtualization; mobile classroom printing and netbook technology; NIUipTV; IDevice Apps, SAP access for curriculum, and other software updates; Experiential Learning Video Conference Room and technology upgrades; upgrade classroom podiums; new Ticker monitor.
      • Amount spent: $200,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,615
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 5
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $6,278,217.00
      • 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.niu.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cob.niu.edu/alumni
      • 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: open to all EMBA students

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