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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Baldwin-Wallace College

Division of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Baldwin-Wallace College
      • 275 Eastland Road
      • OH
      • Berea, 44017, Ohio
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $47,200.00
      • Non Resident: $47,200.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Other
      • Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 446
      • Full-Time MBA: 274
      • Part-Time MBA: 171
      • Executive MBA: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 713

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Baldwin-Wallace requires that all incoming EMBA students have taken Quantitative Analysis & Financial Accounting prior to starting the EMBA program.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 19
      • Applicants accepted: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 84 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not 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: 13 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 5 %
      • North America: 95 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %

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

      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 99 %
      • Average months of work experience: 168
      • Average age: 37

    • Work background:

      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 13 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 18 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 13 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 87 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Finance/Accounting 12 %
      • General Management : 0 %
      • Human Resources: 6 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Management Information Systems : 31 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 37 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 12 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 1 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 0 %
      • 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: 75

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 12

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • 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) 5

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 50 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 41 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 16
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 16
      • Elective courses: 20

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 12
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Organizational Behavior

    • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Introduced two new online degree programs utilizing Blackboard. Increased the number of wireless access points in the residence halls. Upgraded the following applications: Blackboard Transaction System, Campus scheduling software package, iPark and mobile ticketing, Datatel 4.2, and Computer labs to Windows7 and Office 2010. Installed dual boot (Windows/MAC OS) computer lab in our education building. Began offering 24x7 helpdesk support for faculty, staff & students.
      • Amount spent: $318,705.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,961
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $114.00
      • 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 $119,746,043.00
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups/BaldwinWallace-College-154830?trj
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baldwin-Wallace-College-MBA-Association/129877587002
      • 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: Baldwin-Wallace College does not have a policy preventing recruiters from targeting EMBA students for full-time jobs

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