Program Basics

• • Mason School of Business,The College of William and Mary
  • Alan B. Miller Hall
  • 101 Ukrop Way
  • Williamsburg, 23185, Virginia
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Public
  • Length of program (months): 20

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends
    • Other

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $79,500.00
  • Non Resident: $79,500.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

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

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 442
  • Full-Time MBA: 229
  • Part-Time MBA: 180
  • Executive MBA: 33
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 453
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

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? A GMAT waiver can be granted to students who can demonstrate significant quantitative, statistical, or mathematical preparation from an advanced degree, an undergraduate degree, or professional experience. Applicants must submit transcripts, resume and brief written statement for consideration. Waivers are not automatic.

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 50th Percentile (median) 550
  • 25th Percentile 485
  • 75th Percentile 620
  • Average GMAT Score 556
  • 10th Percentile 475
  • 90th Percentile 680

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 90th Percentile 660
  • Average GMAT Score 588
  • 10th Percentile 515
  • 25th Percentile 558
  • 50th Percentile (median) 590
  • 75th Percentile 630
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $100.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 44
  • Applicants accepted: 89 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 85 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
  • 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: 12 %
  • International: 0 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 0 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 100 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

  • West: 0 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • South: 3 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 94 %
  • Northeast: 3 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • African American: 0 %
  • Asian American: 9 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
  • Native American: 6 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 85 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 144

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 89
  • To: 180
• • Average age: 36

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 30
  • To: 42

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 12 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 39 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 27 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 3 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 21 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $124,325.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $68,000.00
  • High: $164,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Finance/Accounting 18 %
  • General Management : 12 %
  • Human Resources: 4 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
  • Management Information Systems : 0 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
  • Other: 33 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Consumer Products: 0 %
  • Financial Services: 9 %
  • Government: 39 %
  • Manufacturing: 0 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
  • Non-Profit: 6 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 6 %
  • Technology: 12 %
  • Other: 18 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Capital One
  • Clearpoint Financial Solutions
  • Cox Communications
  • Genworth Financial
  • United States Navy

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 45 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
  • 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: 80

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 36
  • Non-Tenured: 22

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 8
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 7
  • Non-Tenured: 1

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 4

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 37
  • Non-Tenured: 30

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: Twelve day international residency period
  • 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 accommodations during residency periods and Friday evenings when on campus
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Changed format to every other weekend
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 40

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 40 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 10 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 76 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 28
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 25
  • Elective courses: 3

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 6
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 12
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), Other, MBA/MIM (International Management)
  • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Organizational Behavior

• 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: 2009

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: In classrooms (14): Lecture capture (6); Video teleconferencing (2); SMART Sympodium interactive monitors (12); Crestron control systems (14); multiple projectors (12); document cameras (12); remote classroom support (14); confidence monitors (12); podium computers (12); DVD/VCR players (12).Elsewhere: Room scheduling panels; digital signage; security camera system; team meeting room flat panel displays w/ laptop connections. Adobe Connect and other associated products
  • Amount spent: $3,600,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 5,651
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $931.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $133.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $52,997,939.00
  • 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.wmalumni.com/general/login.asp
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumniconnections.com/masonalumnicommunity/
  • 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: EMBAs are offered career services as needed from Mason CareerPrep and are offered the opportunity to interview if desired.

• • -The program was a rewarding experience, and I have recommended it to my fellow co-workers.
    
    -Overall, it was a wonderful experience. I am glad we had full-time faculty, the campus is beautiful, and the new Miller Hall is exceptional. The price was very fair, and I will be making a donation to the school immediately upon graduation.
    
    -It was an excellent experience, and the faculty and staff are completely qualified. And I'm completely satisfied.
    
    -This is an outstanding program that develops tomorrow's leaders, people who can take on anything and succeed.
    
    -This program has created a sense of fellowship that has far exceeded my expectations. This fellowship is not just with classmates but with the faculty and staff of the college as well. I feel I can reach out to anyone connected with the program at any time for any reason.
    
    -The classroom was dynamic and engaging. I would not necessarily change anything.
    
    -As a chemical engineer, I would like to have seen more analytical processing applied to areas of marketing and finance.
    
    -The program should remove mediocre teachers faster. Admission is too easy.
    
    -It was a well-run, useful program. I believe it was well worth the cost in time and money and feel like it holds its EMBA students in high esteem. The only drawback to the schedule was having classes scheduled over holiday weekends during the summer. As working people with families, it would be an easier decision to commit to the program if those times were not used for classes. It seems like an easy way to support the EMBA students as they work and go to school.
    
    -Some case studies could have been more current.
    
    -The school should add business law to the curriculum, offer less group work, allow the groups to become more flexible rather than set from the beginning, and allow for different elective choices within the class. In other words, not everyone has to take the same electives.
    
    -I would have preferred inclusion of business law, discussions on environmental sustainability, and more on organizational development.