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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University at Buffalo

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • School of Management
      • 108 Jacobs Management Center
      • NY
      • Buffalo, 14260, New York
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 22

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $50,000.00
      • Non Resident: $50,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 794
      • Full-Time MBA: 183
      • Part-Time MBA: 198
      • Executive MBA: 102
      • PhD Program: 67
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,678
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Transcripts, interview, letters of recommendation from employer, in some cases quantitative prep courses
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 29
      • Applicants accepted: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 86 %
      • 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: 20 %
      • International: 12 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 4 %
      • North America: 96 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
      • Northeast: 95 %

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

      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Native American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 76 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 149

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 75
      • To: 208
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 44

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 32 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 12 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 84 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $95,896.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $50,000.00
      • High: $133,500.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting 13 %
      • General Management : 25 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 4 %
      • Management Information Systems : 13 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 33 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 13 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 25 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 21 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Praxair
      • HSBC Bank
      • Moog, Inc.
      • New Era Cap
      • Rich Products Corp.

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 119

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 51

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 33

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: The one week international residency includes plant tours and interviews with company officials, and takes students to countries in which many of the program's sponsoring organizations do business.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Will help them arrange hotels at a discounted rate
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 67 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 40 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 25
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 25
      • Elective courses: 3

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 1996
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, General Management

    • 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: 1996

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Computer lab upgraded with 20 new computers. New electronic messaging system installed, section of each screen displays MSNBC. Ceiling projectors in 4 classrooms, computers in 9 classroom podiums upgraded. New tech classroom equipped for full web conferencing to support the Global Services and Supply Management concentration, stations for 40 students. Desktop video conferencing promotes collaboration, remote teamwork. New computers installed in Accounting Resource Lab.
      • Amount spent: $280,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,532
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $500.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $40.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $15,225,927.00
      • 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: https://www.ubconnect.org/olc/pub/BUF/homepage.cgi
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mgt.buffalo.edu/alumni/opportunities
      • 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? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Students are given career management skills as part of a credit-bearing course in the program.

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