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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Oakland University

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • The Executive MBA
      • School of Business Administration
      • 238 Elliott Hall
      • MI
      • Rochester, 48309, Michigan
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $37,500.00
      • Non Resident: $37,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 438
      • Part-Time MBA: 284
      • Executive MBA: 40
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,113
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? seven years management experience or a graduate degree
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 32
      • Applicants accepted: 63 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 80 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 95 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 25 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 174
      • Average age: 41

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 65 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Management Information Systems : 50 %
      • Other: 50 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Government: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 24 %
      • Non-Profit: 50 %
      • Technology: 25 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 30 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
      • 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: 87

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 39
      • Non-Tenured: 18

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • 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

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 55 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 75 %

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 65
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 8
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Other
      • Description: Health Care Management, Information Systems Leadership

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Oakland University has recently created a campus-wide wireless network and has upgraded university classrooms and computer labs. A new network lab was recently built and opened last year.
      • Amount spent: $600,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,975
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,100.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $500.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $1,000,000.00
      • 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.oualumni.com/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.oualumni.com/
      • 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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