EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

Boston University

School of Management

Getting In

School of Management

595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston , Massachusetts 02215 United States

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Alternate weekends

Occasional week-long sessions

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 79,500
Non Resident: $ 79,500

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Other

Commission on Accred of Healthcare Mgmt Education

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 1,198
Full-Time MBA: 333
Part-time MBA: 697
Executive MBA: 39
PhD Program: 32

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

2,016

Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

Master of Science in Investment Management; Master of Science in Mathematical Finance; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Finance

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

N/A

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

N/A

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Application fee:

$ 125

Number of applications to the newest class:

Applicants accepted:

58 %

Admitted applicants enrolled:

87 %

Reapplicants from prior years:

0 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

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: 21 %
International: 0 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 3 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 0 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 92 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 5 %
Dual citizenship: 0 %

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

West: 0 %
Midwest: 0 %
Southwest: 0 %
South: 0 %
Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
Northeast: 100 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

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

African American: 3 %
Asian American: 8 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 67 %
Chose not to report: 19 %
Other: 0 %

Average months of work experience:

198

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 132
To: 276

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 32
To: 44

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 28 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 13 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

85 %

Average base salary for new EMBA entrant:

$ 190,289

Middle 80% base salary range:

Low: $ 120,000
High: $ 300,000

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 13 %
Finance/Accounting: 18 %
General Management : 5 %
Human Resources: 2 %
Marketing/Sales: 15 %
Management Information Systems : 8 %
Operations/Logistics: 18 %
Other: 21 %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 3 %
Consumer Products: 3 %
Financial Services: 15 %
Government: 0 %
Manufacturing: 18 %
Media/Entertainment: 0 %
Non-Profit: 0 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 28 %
Real Estate: 0 %
Technology: 18 %
Other: 15 %

Top organizations sending students:

Fidelity
State Street Corporation
Raytheon
Biogrn Idec
EMC

FINANCIAL AID

EMBAs receiving financial aid through school:

24 %

Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months:

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality?

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

190

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 54
Non-Tenured: 65

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 77

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 43

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Tenured: 16
Non-Tenured: 17

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 54
Non-Tenured: 70

STUDENT LIFE

Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project?

Yes

Description:

8-10 day international trip provides an educational experience focused on the strategic and operational issues of conducting business abroad and competing in global industries.

Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants?

Yes

Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants?

Yes

Description:

Full service hotel accommodations provided during class weekends, residence weeks and the international trip. Breakfast, lunch, and selected dinners are also provided during class weekends and residence weeks.

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

Special student/home/work/life initiatives:

We provide students with access to online collaborative tools to enable virtual group work including SharePoint for project collaboration and WebEx for conference calling and web meetings. Students can also access their course packs online.

How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles)

9.9

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 55 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 15 %
Lectures: 5 %
Simulations: 5 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 0 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

60 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

67 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

40 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Average class size, EMBA electives:

New electives past year:

Special Topics in Finance

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 14
Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 25

Last revision of core EMBA curriculum:

2006

Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium?

Description:

N/A

Group work done via the Internet:

7 %

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

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

N/A

Recent changes to EMBA program:

Enhanced structure of modules by shifting some of the content to balance coursework and provide better integration of curriculum. Added panels to focus on current business topics.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

During FY09 the art, science and technology of business education delivery was leveraged by expanded use of video capture of lectures, virtual meeting spaces, team collaboration products, digital signage, and social networking software. These focus areas and services compliments SMG’s open source portfolio consisting of Sakai (course management system) and u-portal. The program also piloted mobile application development projects and launched various green computing initiatives to reduce carbon footprints, energy utilization and overall resource consumption.

Amount spent:

$ 5,320,842

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

15,783

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

11 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 625

Median gift from MBA alumni:

$ 230

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

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.bu.edu/life/alumni/careers/can/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.bu.edu/alumni/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Does the school offer EMBA students access to the career services office?

Yes

Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs?

What is the school's policy concerning recruiters targeting EMBA students for full-time jobs?

Financially sponsored students cannot use career services while enrolled in the program.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

The quality of students, faculty, and workload exceeded my expectations. I might have preferred greater flexibility in curriculum, though they responded to feedback and added in an elective this year.

Almost all instructors were excellent - they were well-prepared, understood their field well, and facilitated great discussions. The only weakness was occasionally felt like faculty could have coordinated better with each other on curriculum.

The only thing I wanted more of was time. It seemed like with more time, we could have done a deeper dive into real situations of students in their work setting.

Excellent program overall. It absolutely required completing all work assignments to keep up with class discussions and material - no free rides.

Excellent learning experience, specially related to general management, teamwork and personal development. Some additional electives would be beneficial for those who would like to further specialize in specific topics—areas like HR, finance, accounting, and manufacturing.

Time was the critical factor. It is very difficult to squeeze the amount of instruction necessary to attaining the degree within a 17 month period. It was definitely a personal and professional challenge.

Although it was tough balancing school, work and family commitments, I actually wish we had more time in school. I left most classes wishing we could have continued the discussion. Thus, while the professors were always available to continue the discussion 1-1, and many discussions did spill into group dinners, I frankly wish the classes had been longer or there had been extended evening sessions to continue the dialog.

The faculty was talented and current and the facility was top notch. However, I found that my classmates and their business knowledge added the most value to the MBA experience. The school does an amazing job of accepting not only quality students, but selecting a wide range of talent to add to the overall learning experience.

The school knows that with an executive class they need to put their best instructors in the room. I found that the majority of instructors were amazing. The only weakness with the instructors would be administrative and scheduling certain classes. I believe certain classes could have been condensed.

The faculty and staff made the experience very easy day to day. They all were responsive and timely to any request.