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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Arizona

Eller College of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Eller Executive MBA
      • Eller College of Management
      • 1130 E. Helen St.
      • McClelland Hall, room 210
      • Tucson, 85721, Arizona
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 16

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $56,000.00
      • Non Resident: $56,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 479
      • Full-Time MBA: 102
      • Part-Time MBA: 163
      • Executive MBA: 60
      • PhD Program: 154
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 5,345
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Personal interview and application review. A quantitative refresher course is required as part of orientation.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 27
      • Applicants accepted: 93 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 92 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • 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: 30 %
      • International: 9 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 4 %
      • North America: 96 %
      • 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: 100 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Native American: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 165

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 84
      • To: 216
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 47

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 9 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 13 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 48 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $111,662.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $55,182.00
      • High: $180,000.00

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 18 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 13 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 9 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Raytheon
      • Intel
      • Cox Communications
      • Honeywell
      • Protek Devices

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • 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

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 151

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 59

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 59

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day trip to developing/emerging market
      • 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 provided every other Friday in Scottsdale, AND during week-long orientation.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 21

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 48 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 57 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 9
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2005
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/ME (Engineering), MBA/MD (Medicine), MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering), MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering), MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering), MBA/MS (Science), MBA/MSIM (Information Management), MBA/MCS (Computer Science), MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership, Marketing

    • 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: 2005

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: On-line course development; instructional video and green-screen facilities added; improved online test software; updated student PCs in labs; improved e-mail service by outsourcing to central network; installed network-based video conferencing for meetings and inteviews; updated Mediasite classroom/lecture capability; remodeled labs for increased group collaboration; converted labs to 24/7 access; improved course management systems; increased security with video recording web-cams.
      • Amount spent: $624,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,892
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $712.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $90.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $53,143,490.00
      • 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://alumni.arizona.edu/get_involved/career_services
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • 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: All students are provided recruiting opportunities if they seek them out.

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The Eller Executive MBA program provides a comprehensive general management curriculum in a lock-step cohort format. Students have achieved a management role where they direct financial and/or human resources, yet need the additional technical training from the Eller Executive MBA program that will accelerate their career progression.

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