Program Basics

• • Baylor University Executive MBA
  • Hankamer School of Business
  • 12230 Preston Road
  • TX
  • Dallas, 75230, Texas
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 21

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends
    • Evenings

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $86,500.00
  • Non Resident: $86,500.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 336
  • Full-Time MBA: 87
  • Executive MBA: 109
  • PhD Program: 10
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,728
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Other

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Review of transcripts by faculty members for past quantitatively-oriented classes.
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $100.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 79
  • Applicants accepted: 86 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 67 %
  • 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: 27 %
  • International: 8 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • North America: 92 %
  • Dual citizenship: 8 %

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

  • Southwest: 100 %

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

  • African American: 15 %
  • Asian American: 10 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 17 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 58 %
• • Average months of work experience: 146

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 68
  • To: 260
• • Average age: 35

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 28
  • To: 47

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 15 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 21 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 96 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $106,000.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $58,000.00
  • High: $150,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 14 %
  • Finance/Accounting 16 %
  • General Management : 29 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
  • Management Information Systems : 10 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Consumer Products: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 10 %
  • Government: 6 %
  • Manufacturing: 8 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 29 %
  • Other: 17 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Dell, Inc.
  • AT&T
  • Apple, Inc.
  • Texas Instruments
  • Baylor Health Care Systems

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 42 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 1
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 152

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 75
  • Non-Tenured: 58

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 19

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 15
  • Non-Tenured: 33

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 12
  • Non-Tenured: 7

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 3
  • Non-Tenured: 3

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 75
  • Non-Tenured: 36

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: Consulting project with international company resulting in a presentation to the company during the international trip
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: We are located at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas; there is lodging available on site
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: We have 5 wellness lectures during the EMBA program
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 5

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 24 %
  • Distance Learning: 1 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 15 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 30 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 25 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 63 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 32
  • Elective courses: 0

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 7
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 16
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/ME (Engineering), Other, MBA/MSIM (Information Management), MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
  • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Strategy, 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
    • Write a complete business plan
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded classroom computer and audio/visual equipment; upgraded faculty/staff office computers; upgraded equipment and increased the coverage area of wireless network; Replaced 1/3 of the desktop computers in the Advanced Technology Lab; upgraded computers in the Information Technology Teaching Lab, created the Accounting Technology Teaching Lab, added lecture capture systems.
  • Amount spent: $896,348.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 3,532
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,735.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $150.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $132,034,754.00
  • 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.baylor.edu/network/
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.baylor.edu/business/alumni/
  • 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: Students manage this process; we have resources available to them

• • -Baylor has a solid grip on ethics and an excellent academic program that stretches the students while providing a great deal of support. The Baylor name stands out as exceptional and evolving to meet changing conditions.
    
    -As we approached graduation, I would have appreciated more contact with companies associated with the network to increase access to new employment opportunities.
    
    -The Baylor EMBA was well organized and offered a diverse cohort with more-than-competent instructors. The involvement with business professionals added real-life scenarios to consider during discussions.
    
    -I would like to see the EMBA program evolve into a more concrete commitment with the instructors. =While they were almost always available for calls and responded to e-mails quickly, there is sometimes something lost when not meeting face-to-face. I would have the instructors be available for physical office hours during the semester in which they teach, so that students can engage them in more face-to-face conversations.
    
    -I am very satisfied with my overall experience and loved my fellow EMBA class members. They provided additional value, which made my overall experience so worthwhile. They were dedicated and talented and worked extremely hard to get it right. I would choose Baylor all over again.
    
    -In some classes, the information was a bit dated and was not very current in areas, such as marketing, which failed to include social networking, etc.
    
    -I would encourage the program to leverage the trip to D.C. toward business related visits, such as the State Department, Federal Reserve, and Commerce Department. Also, I would urge the program to seek alternative campus locations because the current one is not up to date like other campuses.
    
    -There should be a better focus on today's digital marketing, and how companies can compete in the social media and mobile space.
    
    -Having just graduated two weeks ago, I think it is a little early to judge whether the program was worth the money, time, and effort. The program was demanding, and I learned a great deal in subjects to which I would normally not be exposed. I hope it will allow me to take the next step in my career path. Once that happens, then I think I will be able to judge whether or not the program was worth it.
    
    -While some of the faculty were incredibly dedicated and focused on current material, the program could be improved by more and more faculty incorporating current material.
    
    -I would suggest a mentoring program that connects with the alumni in a meaningful way.
    
    -The school did a good job in listening to our needs, but it took longer to implement some of our suggestions.