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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Brigham Young University

Marriott School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Marriott School of Management
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      • Brigham Young University
      • Provo, 84602, Utah
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 23

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Evenings

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $45,000.00
      • Non Resident: $45,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 906
      • Full-Time MBA: 309
      • Executive MBA: 122
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,733
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • Average GMAT Score 565
      • 10th Percentile 448

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • Average GMAT Score 615
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 552
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $50.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 118
      • Applicants accepted: 58 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 86 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 64 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 5 %
      • International: 7 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 93 %
      • Oceania: 2 %

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

      • West: 100 %

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

      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 58 %
      • Chose not to report: 36 %
      • Other: 2 %
      • Average months of work experience: 132

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 70
      • To: 184
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 41

    • Work background:

      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 18 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 41 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $83,305.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $45,400.00
      • High: $117,700.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting 19 %
      • General Management : 0 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Management Information Systems : 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 16 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 18 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Technology: 27 %
      • Other: 27 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 2 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: 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: 203

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 81
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 79

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 80
      • Non-Tenured: 33

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Foreign business excursion spend two weeks abroad visiting various companies
      • 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? No
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 3

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 100 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 61
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 25
      • Elective courses: 18

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Mobile Platform Strategy and Development
      • Spreadsheets for Business Analysis
      • Art of Consulting

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Operations 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
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
        • Other
      • Attend 2 full residency weeks and attend foreign business excursion
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,540
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 77
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 20
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 13
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $516.00
      • 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 $135,433,458.00
      • 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.byu.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://marriottalumni.byu.edu
      • 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: Recruiting is done, but with limited access

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: We have an additional admission requirement: A commitment to obey the University's Honor Code

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