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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of California, Riverside

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Anderson Graduate School of Management
      • 900 University Ave.
      • Anderson Hall
      • Riverside, 92521, California
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $75,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 184
      • Full-Time MBA: 153
      • Part-Time MBA: 5
      • Executive MBA: 20
      • PhD Program: 6
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,286

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • 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? Personal interview, essays, letters of recommendation
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 30
      • Applicants accepted: 50 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 60 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 8 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 93 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 55 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • West: 100 %

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

      • African American: 11 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 33 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 22 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 22 %
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 28
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 100 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 60 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $81,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $65,000.00
      • High: $105,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 20 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems : 10 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 40 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consumer Products: 10 %
      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 20 %
      • Real Estate: 10 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 30 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 100 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 47

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: International study/residential
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Overnight stay for weekend sessions & full accommodations for residentials
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Special spouse orientation program
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 2 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 3 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 50 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 50 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 12
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 12
      • Elective courses: 2

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Negotiations
      • Project Management
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Executive Coaching

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 16
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, International Business, Marketing, General Management, Supply Chain Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Implemented Behavioral Research/Instruction lab, 32 student stations, 3 instructor stations, 3 physical/5 virtual servers; Opened MBA Student Lab with 15 student stations employing VDI technology; Replaced 1/3 of faculty/Sta office computers and classroom computers; all computers updated from XP to Win 7; Purchased/ renewed 5 new physical/12 virtual enterprise servers; Revamped public websites; Installed 4 projector systems for use by students in meeting rooms and computer lab
      • Amount spent: $215,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,727
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $140.00
      • 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 $13,981,252.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/alumni.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? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Okay, if not receiving tuition support from company

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