Program Basics

• • Olin Business School
  • One Brookings Drive
  • Campus Box 1158
  • St. Louis, 63130, Missouri
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 20

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends
    • Occasional week-long sessions
    • One weekend per month

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $99,000.00
  • Non Resident: $99,000.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,067
  • Full-Time MBA: 284
  • Part-Time MBA: 318
  • Executive MBA: 235
  • PhD Program: 53
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 755
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, 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? Olin’s Admissions Committee reviews all academic transcripts, and provides math prep courses to all enrolled applicants in advance of the start of class.

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • Average GMAT Score N/A
  • 10th Percentile N/A
  • 25th Percentile N/A
  • 50th Percentile (median) N/A
  • 75th Percentile N/A
  • 90th Percentile N/A

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • Average GMAT Score N/A
  • 10th Percentile N/A
  • 25th Percentile N/A
  • 50th Percentile (median) N/A
  • 75th Percentile N/A
  • 90th Percentile N/A
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $0.00
  • 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: 26 %
  • International: 15 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 1 %
  • Europe: 4 %
  • North America: 84 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 11 %

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

  • West: 5 %
  • Midwest: 71 %
  • Southwest: 8 %
  • South: 8 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • Northeast: 8 %
  • Possessions and territories: 1 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 3 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 2 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 74 %
  • Chose not to report: 3 %
  • Other: 1 %
• • Average months of work experience: 185

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 74
  • To: 340
• • Average age: 39

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 29
  • To: 52

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 35 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 9 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 12 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 11 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 70 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $140,000.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $85,000.00
  • High: $200,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 15 %
  • Finance/Accounting 12 %
  • General Management : 20 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
  • Management Information Systems : 12 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 18 %
  • Other: 8 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Consumer Products: 14 %
  • Financial Services: 12 %
  • Government: 4 %
  • Manufacturing: 18 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 8 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Emerson
  • Monsanto
  • The Boeing Company
  • Novus International
  • Centene Corporation

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 135

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 35
  • Non-Tenured: 49

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 47

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 25

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 3
  • Non-Tenured: 6

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 13
  • Non-Tenured: 18

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 35
  • Non-Tenured: 81

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: A required ten-day international management residency in Shanghai, hosted by our partner school, Fudan University, provides first-hand experience in business practices and challenges faced by organizations in a global environment.
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: The Olin Business School’s Knight Center offers classrooms that are equipped with state-of-the art technology and accommodations that include 66 hotel guest rooms. Added amenities include an on-site fitness center, dining areas, and the EMBA Alumni Pub.
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Spouse/partner networking and orientation
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 12

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 35 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 25 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 15 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 90 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 40

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/ME (Engineering), MBA/MSIM (Information Management), MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
  • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, General Management, Supply Chain Management

• 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
    • Other
  • Capstone Exercise
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2006

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Digital signage was deployed, using centralized software and control. Customer Relationship Management software deployed and adopted by school. Student email outsourced to Microsoft Live@EDU. Single signon deployed to school applications. Unified print management and print charges with the University. Upgraded network for faster Internet access
  • Amount spent: $6,685,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 11,217
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 36
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 27
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $653.00
  • 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 $233,517,392.00
  • 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: https://www.wustlconnections.com
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.olin.wustl.edu/alumni/CareerServices/Pages/Networking.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: Full access to all career services, including executive coaching.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • Additional school comments: The Olin Business School EMBA program, located in St. Louis and Kansas City, serves mid-career professionals who wish to enhance their skills and leadership effectiveness. In addition to the formal coursework, a structured Professional Development Plan incorporates measurement and assessment of management skills and interpersonal competencies to provide and individualized framework for continuous improvement.

• • -The EMBA program at Washington University is the highlight of my educational career and certainly opened my perspective to global business practices as well domestic. I have a new appreciation for how company's function, turn a profit and maintain their culture.
    
    -The program at Washington University at Olin helped me mature as a leader and a team member. One of the many highlights is the program is not so geared up on text book study and uses case studies for a lion's share of the effort and then the text books are used to support this. But in my experience it is the actual application of materials not just learning by numbers that sets true leaders and great companies apart from one another as apart from learning the people aspects, how to motivate team members and class members which can be placed into direct application in the work environment. Then placing the critical decision making process to support the decisions we make not just relying on gut feel. Discovering solid tools in risk management and financial management to drive the company forward.
    
    -The staff and faculty were genuinely concerned about each and every student. They created an environment where you felt there was always support just a phone call away if you needed it. Kudos to Washington University Olin School of Business for providing such a high quality program to a diverse group of professionals and for enhancing our ability to contribute to our firms and organizations in a more meaningful way.
    
    -I was always inspired by the professors and couldn't wait to get to class and once in class I couldn’t wait to get back to the office and use my new skills. There were several times that the professors inspired a great idea in me that I literally used in the office right away and my staff recognized the difference it made in me as a leader, they were waiting for me to become a better leader and they were inspired too. You know that you have a great experience when you have completed the program and despite all the struggles to get through the coursework, you are sad that it is over.
    
    -This was a life changing experience and it helped me acquire a great wealth of knowledge and meet a lot of serious people. Now I'm more capable to acquire information more effectively and I'm not afraid to talk to upper management. However it did not change my tangible wealth in one bit, actually I'm more in debt now and it is starting to get really scary. This program is not strong enough to beat our slow economy right now and needs to be more oriented to help people to gain jobs and teach others how to do it. My total assessment of this is the following: for a non manager professional like myself this program is a great stepping stone for a long term success, however right now finding the job is my number one priority.
    
    -There needs to be more professional career services help. I’d like to see a more challenging course load as I felt a lot of material I learned in undergrad. I wish there was more strict streamlining of those accepted into program as some students should not have been allowed into the program due to age/experience/maturity level.
    
    -The program just does a super job with everything, the attention to detail is obvious. They provided food, drink, supplies, bags, logistical support, textbooks, and TA's to assist with further curriculum enrichment. You have all the resources necessary to be successful.
    
    -The school needs to understand that as it is such a great school and begins to pull more students regionally that these students may need assistance and or better tools as it relates to connectivity. As an example the school places students in teams and it is impossible to do all the work on the class week so the teams meet between classes so the logistics of these group meetings directly related to class work were difficult based on the tools we received early on in the program placing a non required strain on group dynamics. This did improve a little by the end of the program and is on track to help future cohorts but it hurt my experience a little. However, the support staff of the EMBA program did a wonderful job doing the best they could for example providing a calling card, reimbursing for Go-To-Meeting etc. During class weekends the support and tools were of course great.
    
    -It was a terrific program, but there are opportunities to better incorporate cases and learnings applicable to America's business world today - things like small businesses, health care, service industry. The traditional B-school approach is geared toward old America - big business, manufacturing, etc. I believe our program did a good job at preparing us for the business world of tomorrow, but there is still room to improve.
    
    -I’d like to see a greater commitment to commuting students living outside the state in terms of video conferencing and access to on-campus lectures.
    
    -Some reading assignments were off target and didn't contribute much to the lectures or material. This was frustrating at times given the workload. Also, some of the packet materials were of poor copy quality and at times difficult to read.
    
    -I love the career coaching for people in transition or career change. Taking it to the next level by helping students gain access to corporate recruiters would be an improvement.