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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Washington

Foster School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • Michael G. Foster School of Business
      • Bank of America Exec Ed Ctr 228-C
      • UW Mailbox 353220
      • Seattle, 98195, Washington
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • One weekend per month
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $83,700.00
      • Non Resident: $83,700.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 749
      • Full-Time MBA: 248
      • Part-Time MBA: 292
      • Executive MBA: 127
      • PhD Program: 82
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,875
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 0 (option: 0) 521

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 503
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $150.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 89
      • Applicants accepted: 88 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 72 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 89 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 46 %
      • International: 7 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 7 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 89 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 5 %

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

      • West: 100 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 12 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 71 %
      • Chose not to report: 9 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 192

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 348
      • Average age: 41

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 54

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 10 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 25 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 5 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 2 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 88 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $145,548.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $89,000.00
      • High: $250,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting 7 %
      • General Management : 14 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems : 11 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 21 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 7 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 16 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 18 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 12 %
      • Other: 29 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • The Boeing Company
      • Swedish Medical Center
      • Alaska Airlines
      • Microsoft Corporation

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 55 %
      • 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? Only to domestic students
      • Maximum loan amount: $41,850.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 155

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 55

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 62

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Hotel on class days for North America (monthly schedule) class
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 20

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 37 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 79 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 31
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 0
      • Elective courses: 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: 18
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2007
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Leadership, Strategy

    • 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: 2007

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Greatly expanded wireless capacity. Expansion of Sharepoint throughout system. Adoption of CRM system across all MBA programs.
      • Amount spent: $1,300,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 12,293
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 21
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 11
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $851.00
      • 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 $1,097,000.00
      • 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.washington.edu/alumni/careers/hcn/index.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.foster.washington.edu/corporations/mba_careerservices/Pages/MBAAlumniCareerServices.aspx
      • 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's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: EMBA Program does not provide employer recruiting activities toward EMBA students

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The percentage of students receiving financial aid is an estimate.

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