Program Basics

• • South Bend Executive MBA Program
  • Mendoza College of Business
  • 126 Mendoza College of Business
  • University of Notre Dame
  • Notre Dame, 46556, Indiana
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 21

• Classes meet:

  • • One weekend per month
    • Other

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $88,500.00
  • Non Resident: $88,500.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 653
  • Full-Time MBA: 328
  • Executive MBA: 179
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,909
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $100.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 124
  • Applicants accepted: 55 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 64 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 3
  • 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: 18 %
  • International: 2 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 2 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 98 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

  • West: 8 %
  • Midwest: 86 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 2 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 6 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 169

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 96
  • To: 240
• • Average age: 37

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 30
  • To: 45

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 12 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 37 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $140,000.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $60,000.00
  • High: $189,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting 12 %
  • General Management : 16 %
  • Human Resources: 4 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 26 %
  • Management Information Systems : 14 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
  • Other: 18 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Consumer Products: 0 %
  • Financial Services: 8 %
  • Government: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 37 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 4 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 25 %
  • Real Estate: 4 %
  • Technology: 4 %
  • Other: 10 %

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 53 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
  • 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: 155

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 60
  • Non-Tenured: 57

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 38

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 6
  • Non-Tenured: 27

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 13

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 1
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 60
  • Non-Tenured: 60

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: A one-week International Immersion provides a capstone to the first year studies, providing action-based learning working on a strategic business issue in an international setting.
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: The Mendoza College of Business provides an optional housing package at a property three blocks from campus.
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Through Executive Integral Leadership, the students receive personal 360 coaching plus health assessment coaching.
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 33 %
  • Distance Learning: 4 %
  • Experiential Learning: 6 %
  • Lectures: 27 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 43 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 46 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 51
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 51
  • Elective courses: 6

• New electives added in past 12 months:

  • Advanced Marketing Strategy

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 8
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Leading areas of study: Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Other
  • Description: Ethics

• 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
  • Student must be in good standing with the University.
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: NEW:10 additional Bloomberg Terminals; Zoned Network; VoIP; MS Sharepoint 2010 & Websites; State of the Art Technology Classroom; Upgraded: Updated Research, Web/Content Management, Streaming & Video & File Servers; Research Database storage optimization; Windows 7 and MS Office 2010 Upgrades; Classroom Upgrade; Jordan Projector Upgrade; Lecture Capture Station; Cincinnati Distance Learning Room Upgrade; Online FAQ; Talisma CRM system; Classroom A/V technology upgrades; UPS capacity upgrade
  • Amount spent: $1,200,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 5,600
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 274
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 42
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 36
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,077.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $200.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? Yes
  • Business school endowment $389,786,713.00
  • 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://career.alumni.nd.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://bit.ly/nI4Zml
  • 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? No

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • Additional school comments: The Notre Dame Executive MBA has revised its curriculum to emphasize strategic thinking, business fundamentals and leadership. The redesign considerably enhanced the number of courses devoted to business strategy and the skills required to make critical decisions that define an organization's future, including Strategic Thinking, Systems Thinking & Advanced Topics, Design Thinking and Innovation, Change Management and Strategic Planning for Growth

• • -The Notre Dame EMBA program was incredibly challenging. The program was very quantitative, but it also had a strong focus on ethics and how to be a better leader. The overall program focused on "asking more of business," and that means not only driving financial results but also doing it in the best possible manner. I couldn't be prouder of being a graduate of Notre Dame.
    
    -It was an excellent program with an exceptional experience. Notre Dame does a great job teaching business, applying it to real-life experiences, and focusing on ethics in business.
    
    -Overall, it was an excellent program. The improvements made to courses for the class of 2013 make me eager to audit new courses in the future.
    
    -It is a good program, but it could be much better. Simple changes could propel Notre Dame to a top spot as a truly elite program. I hope it gets there. Notre Dame is a great school with great facilities and strong brand recognition. I would hate to see that diluted.
    
    -I think we should have spent more time on campus. Our international immersion could have been more productive with hard requirements and deliverables I cherish my time at Notre Dame and will always look back at my experience fondly.
    
    -It is a great institution and program! My real concern is the career services and the results. Great ratings must include exceeding the expectations for career advancement by the self-funded.
    
    -I believe the changes have already been made for the next incoming class with a heavier focus on strategy, better integration among the professor's syllabi, moving the learning materials to iPads instead of paper based, and changing the accounting courses to focus more on what you do with the info rather than how to just create it. The one improvement I would recommend is to allow laptops in class.
    
    -I understand the nature of an EMBA program and that the time on campus is condensed, but it would have been better to have some way of finding more time for social activities and relationship building.
    
    -I never realized how special Notre Dame was until I started this program. During my two years, I felt fully supported as a student and future alumni. The coursework is extremely appropriate and awarded a life-changing experience.
    
    -I would have enjoyed it more if the room and board were included in the tuition.
    
    -The energy and passion on campus and in the learning environment with high-caliber students and professors was worth all the time, effort, and money.
    
    -I would have liked more alumni guest speakers and expert guests from their respective fields.
    
    -I went to Notre Dame as an undergrad, and the EMBA program at Notre Dame was my only choice. The program had the perfect balance between technical, leadership, and ethical lessons. The program gave me a new view and reinvigorated spirit for life.