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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of California, San Diego

Rady School of ManagementRady School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Flex Weekend MBA
      • Rady School of Management
      • 9500 Gilman Drive
      • #0553
      • San Diego, 92093, California
      • United States of America
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $94,300.00
      • Non Resident: $94,300.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 292
      • Full-Time MBA: 112
      • Part-Time MBA: 123
      • Executive MBA: 46
      • PhD Program: 11

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The GMAT may be waived for applicants who have completed an M.D. at an accredited U.S. medical school, or have completed a Ph.D. in a technical, scientific or quantitatively based discipline, at an accredited U.S. institution.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $200.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 31
      • Applicants accepted: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 68 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • 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: 14 %
      • International: 24 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 19 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 62 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Dual citizenship: 9 %

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

      • West: 94 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %

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

      • Asian American: 6 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 19 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 19 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %
      • Chose not to report: 6 %
      • Average months of work experience: 151

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 84
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 40

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 55

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 48 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 86 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $135,126.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $51,600.00
      • High: $231,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 33 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 19 %
      • Other: 19 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Government: 14 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 42 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need, Other
      • 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: 48

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • 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? Yes
      • Description: Hotel on class weekends.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Alumni meet with them and share their coping strategies.
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 14

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 90 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 53 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 21
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 19
      • Elective courses: 25

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Information Technology for Health Sciences
      • Health Economics

    • 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
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2004
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategy, Technology, Health Care Administration

    • 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
        • Write a complete business plan
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2004

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have been able to leverage current and emerging technologies to augment and enhance the pedagogical experience for our students. Rady has recently upgraded to the latest version of our Learning Management System as well as our media-streaming infrastructure from legacy codecs to a simpler and more scalable Silverlight based solution which is more cross-platform compatible. These upgrades offer an improved interface for our students and faculty.
      • Amount spent: $1,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 569
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 15
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $319.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $16.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $7,700,000.00
      • 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://alumni.ucsd.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.ucsd.edu
      • 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

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