PROGRAM BASICS

• • Goizueta Business School
  • Evening MBA Program
  • Goizueta Business School, Emory University
  • 1300 Clifton Road
  • Atlanta, 30322-2710, Georgia
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/eveningmba
  • E-mail: EvMBAProgram@bus.emory.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 93 %
  • Average months to complete program: 32
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
  • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
  • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? No

• Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

  • Resident: $15,600.00
  • Non-Resident: $15,600.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,300.00
  • Non-resident $1,300.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 764
  • Full-Time MBA: 312
  • Part-Time MBA: 273
  • Executive MBA: 142
  • PhD Program: 37
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 634

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 180
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 66 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 71 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 22
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 9
  • Applicant interviews are: Required

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 90th Percentile 500
  • 75th Percentile 580
  • 50th Percentile (median) 620
  • 25th Percentile 660
  • 10th Percentile 710
  • Average GMAT Score 611

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 90th Percentile 550
  • 75th Percentile 590
  • Average GMAT Score 630
  • 50th Percentile (median) 630
  • 10th Percentile 710
  • 25th Percentile 660
• • Is proficiency in English required? Yes
  • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test

• Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

  • Pearson Test of English
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

  • GMAT Score: Very Important
  • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
  • Application Essays: Important
  • Interviews Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 27 %
  • International students: 22 %

• Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

  • African American: 10 %
  • Asian American: 4 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %
  • Chose not to report: 27 %
  • Other: 1 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 73
  • Median: 66
  • From: 33
  • To: 110
  • One year or less: 0 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $68,856.00
  • Median: $65,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $46,500.00
  • To: $101,500.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
  • General Management: 24 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
  • Management Information Systems: 15 %
  • Operations/Production: 9 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Consumer Products: 14 %
  • Financial Services: 15 %
  • Government: 4 %
  • Manufacturing: 12 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Non-Profit: 8 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 12 %
  • Other: 7 %

• Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

  • Emory University 37
  • General Electric 30
  • SunTrust Banks 14
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co 12
  • The Home Depot 10
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 58 %

• Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

  • Institutional Scholarships: 23 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 41 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $16,074.00
  • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? Yes
  • Maximum guaranteed loan: $50,000.00
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $59,460.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 96

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 39
  • Non-Tenured: 40

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 12

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 12
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 39
  • Non-Tenured: 43

STUDENT LIFE

• Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Human Resources
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • Other
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • E-business
    • Consulting
    • Information Technology
    • Media & Entertainment

• Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

  • • International Club
    • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • Volunteer
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Partners/Family
    • Wine
• • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 35 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 35 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 15 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 44
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 10
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 32 %
  • Average core class size: 43
  • Average elective class size: 33
  • Electives available: 45

• Recently added electives:

  • Distressed Investing
  • Healthcare Operations and Tech Management
  • Marketing Distribution Channel Strategy
  • Networks and Organizations
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Strategy and Organization in the Health Care Sector
• • Last curriculum revision: 2009
  • Recent curriculum changes: Two new two-credit courses: Management Practice and International Study; One new required one-credit course called Leadership Development; and Managerial Economics and Processes and Systems are both now two-credit, half-semester courses;

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Leadership
    • Operations Management
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Strategy
    • International Business

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Product and Brand Management
  • Business Process Consulting
  • Capital Markets
  • Real Estate
  • Management Consulting
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Strategy
    • General Management
    • Marketing

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Other: Describe in next screen
    • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
• • Other graduation requirements: International Study Module, Management Practice, Leadership Development
• • Credits required to graduate: 55

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Advanced presentation technology in classrooms & meeting spaces. Network upgrades-seamless use across campus: uplift wired network to 1GB and wireless to 802.11n. Broadcast studio & auditorium upgrade to professional HD systems. Computing Ctr added high-speed, multi-function printers. “Going green” through efficiency, virtualization & cloud computing. Leveraging collaboration technologies & an array of operating systems, tablets & mobile devices to create anytime/anywhere experience.
  • Amount spent: $1,800,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 8,608
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 23
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 16
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 15 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $304.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $100,015,534.00
  • 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.alumni.emory.edu
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumniconnections.com
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
    • Yes
  • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
    • At any time
  • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

• • -I had an outstanding experience at Emory. The professors were fantastic and with small classrooms there was room for quality discussions. Additionally, the students in the program were all exceptional people from diverse regions and careers. I truly enjoyed all of the people in my class and learned just as much from the students as the professors.
    
    -They should develop more formal career guidance for experienced professionals. Most of the career development is geared toward full-time MBA's and others with less experience.
    
    -I think that it is a great program, but for some focuses, such as Information Technology Management, other schools may have better curriculum.
    
    -Goizueta would be strengthened if it offered more elective courses about technology development.
    
    -For someone working in the Atlanta area, the Emory names carries a lot of weight. The perceived prestige of the school, especially in the south, makes it a lot easier to meet influential business people.
    
    -Part-time students have very different career-services needs from full-time students, even if part-timers are pursuing very similar career goals. Because part-time students already have jobs, this makes their career search different. Part-time students don't need the "same" or "equal" access to career services. They need "different" access - they need a career services program tailored to their individual needs. In addition, the career services program at my school was specifically incentivized only on the success of full-time job placement. For this reason, they had little motivation to help part-time students, despite the equal access, and this lack of motivation clearly showed. The career services and on-campus recruiting were clearly geared toward the needs of full-time students, and few if any accommodations were made for the unique needs and situations of part-time students. This resulted in a sub-par - frankly, it was abysmal - career services experience. If there was one area that needed improvement above all others, it is this.
    
    -The culture and quality of students and faculty is top notch, and I felt empowered and enabled instead of competitive and cut throat. Also the diversity of experience of Goizueta students significantly impacted the landscape of opportunity and insights that were present throughout this program.
    
    -The staffing of the part-time MBA program should be assessed. It was often difficult to approach the staff with issues pertaining to the student experience. A more seasoned management of the part-time office is needed in order to match the caliber of the program.
    
    -At Emory, I was able to combine a top-notch education with the community that only forms when students are encouraged to develop personally and professionally outside the classroom. The networking, career services, and individual support were evident from the start of the program and continued throughout.
    
    -I would like to see incoming students receive more personalized guidance with regard to structuring their future course selections. One-on-one discussions of goals/ambitions in order to take full advantage of the available courses would be an improvement. While we had several classes with "components" in which we discussed ethics, it would not be unreasonable to suggest a mandatory class devoted entirely to the subject.
    
    -The Emory MBA program is world class. My fellow students, alumni and faculty are now friends and colleagues that I will be part of my career and personal life for years to come. To anyone who is thinking about and Emory Evening MBA, stop thinking and make it happen. BTW, be ready to work...it is no dog and pony show...it's the real deal.
    
    -I had high expectations for Emory, and they really exceeded them. I generally found people with the program to be warm and very genuine. The vast majority of the professors seemed to really have a love for what they do, and were willing to put in the extra time to give us the best experience. I was also impressed with my classmates - they brought a level of experience to the discussions that greatly enhanced our in-class time. I appreciate that there was very little reliance on "online learning" - in general anything done online was simply preparation for what we would be discussing in class.