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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Xavier University

Williams College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Graduate School of Business
      • 3800 Victory Parkway
      • Executive MBA Office ML 1221
      • Cincinnati, 45207, Ohio
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 19

    • Classes meet:

        • Days
        • Every weekend

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $61,250.00
      • Non Resident: $61,250.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 818
      • Part-Time MBA: 793
      • Executive MBA: 25
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,112

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 570
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 570

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 570
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 570
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 35
      • Applicants accepted: 64 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 75 %
      • 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: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 17 %
      • 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: 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: 8 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 8 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 8 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 75 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 228

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 420
      • Average age: 43

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 57

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 25 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 42 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $137,546.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $50,000.00
      • High: $250,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting 33 %
      • General Management : 8 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
      • Management Information Systems : 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
      • Other: 33 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 0 %
      • Government: 20 %
      • Manufacturing: 40 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 20 %
      • Non-Profit: 25 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 20 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 40 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 80 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Fifth Third Bank
      • Dayton Power & Light
      • AK Steel
      • Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
      • L-3 Communications

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 35 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No
      • Maximum loan amount: $0.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: A 10-12 international residency is required as part of a 3 credit hour International Business course.
      • 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
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Frequent family and team building events so that EMBA students and their families become part of the larger Xavier family.
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 20

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 53 %
      • 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: 16
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: If a student needs to miss class due to work travel, etc. the class can be recorded and/or fed live to the student via the Internet.
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Consulting

    • 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

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: In August 2010 the Williams College of Business opened a new building, Stephen & Delores Smith Hall. Technological features include 44 double screen Bloomberg financial computers, 17 high tech classrooms, student computer lab, multi-media project room
      • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,897
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $92.00
      • 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 $0.00
      • 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://alumni.xavier.edu/ccon/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Not applicable for fully sponsored EMBA students.

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: We are small by design.

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