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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Wisconsin, Madison

School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Wisconsin Executive MBA Program
      • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business
      • 975 University Avenue
      • 2310 Grainger Hall
      • Madison, 53706, Wisconsin
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $76,260.00
      • Non Resident: $76,260.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 519
      • Full-Time MBA: 228
      • Part-Time MBA: 163
      • Executive MBA: 77
      • PhD Program: 51
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,940
      • 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? Transcripts review and math review before classes start.

    • 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: $56.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 51
      • Applicants accepted: 92 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 83 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 1
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 1
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 57 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 70 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 28 %
      • International: 10 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 90 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

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

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

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 83 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 173

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 114
      • To: 250
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 33
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 18 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 18 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 28 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 64 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $110,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $46,000.00
      • High: $182,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting 15 %
      • General Management : 18 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 26 %
      • Management Information Systems : 15 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 18 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 18 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 23 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 8 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • University of Wisconsin-Madison
      • UW Hospital
      • State of Wisconsin
      • GE Healthcare
      • Harley-Davidson

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 25 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • 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: 130

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 56

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 38

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day international trip in the 2nd year of the program. If students do not go on the trip they are assigned a project.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Fluno Center for Executive Education
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Adobe Connect System
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 6

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 84 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 74 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 39
      • 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: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, General 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • Kohls Corporation

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: WSoB is replacing the graduate and undergraduate admission and career management system with a customer relation database. Upgraded email system integrates the calendar and CRM. Improved research database pages catalogs of faculty journal papers and books. Online e-forms for office operations. Student workspace created with video monitors for group project collaboration and simulates a corporate setting. Upgraded Wi-Fi for faster speeds for student laptops and video conferencing/streaming.
      • Amount spent: $300,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,185
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,111.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $125.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $159,900,000.00
      • 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.uwalumni.com/home/alumniandfriends/alumniandfriends.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/alumni/
      • 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: Recruiting requests are assesed on a case to case basis

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The program is a lock step cohort program and as such does not offer elective courses.

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