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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Lally School of Management & Technology

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Lally School of Management & Technology
      • 270 Windsor St.
      • NY
      • Hartford, 06120, Connecticut
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 15

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $88,580.00
      • Non Resident: $88,580.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 381
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 111
      • Executive MBA: 9
      • PhD Program: 36
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 341
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $75.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 11
      • Applicants accepted: 89 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 1
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 1
      • 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: 12 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • North America: 88 %
      • Oceania: 12 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %
      • Chose not to report: 12 %
      • Average months of work experience: 163

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 41
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 27
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 38 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 12 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 12 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 12 %
      • General Management : 50 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 26 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consumer Products: 25 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 12 %
      • Manufacturing: 13 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 38 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 55

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 30

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: The EMBA program includes a week-long international residency
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: A hotel ie provided for weekends on which class is held.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Social events that include families of EMBA students

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 12
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Operations Management, Management Information Systems

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • 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

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improved network infrastructure. Added Blooomberg Terminal, computers for Career Insider Vault services, Center for Financial Services server, new database accesses for financial research, new projector and large screen monitor, new study/research room, Scantron automated test scoring machine, iPads for most faculty, Windows 7 computers and laptops for most faculty and staff. Upgraded 7 public computers and 2 multi feature copiers with high speed scanning, copying and printing capabilities.
      • Amount spent: $450,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,111
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 35
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 9
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 18
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $276.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $1,975,146.00
      • 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.alumni.rpi.edu/index/html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/alumni/index.html
      • 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 COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The Rensselaer Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Cohort Program is an integrated 20-month program designed to provide the education, knowledge, capabilities, perspectives, and learning necessary for dedicated students who want to assume strategic leadership positions in a complex and turbulent business world.

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