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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Lubar School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Lubar
      • Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business
      • 3202 N. Maryland Ave.
      • WI
      • Milwaukee, 53201, Wisconsin
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 17

    • Classes meet:

        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $60,000.00
      • Non Resident: $60,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 590
      • Full-Time MBA: 0
      • Part-Time MBA: 259
      • Executive MBA: 53
      • PhD Program: 48
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,650
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • 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? Transcript Review
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $56.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 48
      • Applicants accepted: 65 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 23 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • 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: 3 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 3 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 72 %
      • Chose not to report: 16 %
      • Average months of work experience: 192

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 228
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 44

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 26 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 23 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 45 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 13 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 84 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $78,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $64,000.00
      • High: $145,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting 20 %
      • General Management : 30 %
      • Human Resources: 10 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems : 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Government: 6 %
      • Manufacturing: 35 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 30 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Aurora Healthcare
      • Rockwell Automation
      • Johnson Controls
      • Goodwill Industries
      • Associated Bank

  • 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? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 121

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 54

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 41
      • Non-Tenured: 34

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Week long residency, meeting with Company Executives and preparing a graded paper
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 12

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 0 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 56 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 31
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 31
      • 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: 25
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Marketing, Strategy, General Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Information Systems

    • 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
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • 15 Month Integrative Management (Milwaukee Business Community based) Project
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Lecture capture technology in classrooms; new computers; smartboards; projection whiteboards; limited classroom video conferencing; new computers in offices; electronic communication boards and kiosks; server upgrades, IBM Data Center.
      • Amount spent: $1,780,652.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,981
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 35
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $295.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $24,000,000.00
      • 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://www4.uwm.edu/alumni/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www4.uwm.edu/alumni/chapters/business_alumni.cfm
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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 COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: 100% Face-to-Face Program

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