EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

Columbia University

Columbia Business School

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Executive MBA - New York

Columbia Business School

3022 Broadway
Uris Hall, Room 216
New York , New York 10027 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: $ 144,000
Non Resident: $ 144,000

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 2,179
Full-Time MBA: 1,293
Executive MBA: 796
PhD Program: 90

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

Yes

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:

From: 600
To: 740

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Application fee:

$ 200

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

Female: 25 %
International: 21 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 12 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 80 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 7 %

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

West: 1 %
Midwest: 2 %
Southwest: 0 %
South: 1 %
Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
Northeast: 89 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

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

African American: 1 %
Asian American: 27 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 56 %
Chose not to report: 14 %
Other: 1 %

Average months of work experience:

120

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 60
To: 168

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 28
To: 38

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 18 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 3 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

83 %

Average base salary for new EMBA entrant:

$ 119,577

Middle 80% base salary range:

Low: $ 71,080
High: $ 181,000

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 8 %
Finance/Accounting: 25 %
General Management : 8 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales: 16 %
Management Information Systems : 8 %
Operations/Logistics: 12 %
Other: 23 %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 9 %
Consumer Products: 2 %
Financial Services: 36 %
Government: 1 %
Manufacturing: 2 %
Media/Entertainment: 12 %
Non-Profit: 3 %
Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
Real Estate: 3 %
Technology: 10 %
Other: 8 %

Top organizations sending students:

JPMorgan Chase & Co
Pfizer Inc
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs & Co
IBM

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:

283

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 70
Non-Tenured: 79

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 138

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 31

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 26

International Faculty:

Tenured: 17
Non-Tenured: 39

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 70
Non-Tenured: 69

STUDENT LIFE

Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project?

Yes

Description:

Choice of 5 locations: China, Brazil, Munich, Paris and India for an international seminar elective

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

Yes

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

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

Special student/home/work/life initiatives:

Implementation of School's new core curriculum which gives students one additional elective; more block week elective offerings which combine students from all three EMBA programs.

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

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 30 %
Experiential Learning: 5 %
Lectures: 30 %
Simulations: 10 %
Team Projects: 25 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

100 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

56 %

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

30 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Average class size, EMBA electives:

Elective courses:

New electives past year:

Global Entrepreneurship
Implementing Media Strategies
Systematic Creativity in Business
Marketing for Organic Revenue Growth
Financial Markets Central Banking and the Economy
Origins and Repercussions of the Credit Crisis
Corporate Finance Restructuring and LBOs
History of the Financial Crisis

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 10
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?

Description:

N/A

Group work done via the Internet:

0 %

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

Additional EMBA Programs:
EMBA programs run in another country:

EMBA Global Americas & Europe United Kingdom London Business School
EMBA Global Asia United Kingdom and Hong Kong London Business School and Hong Kong University

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

Program Name: Berkeley-Columbia EMBA
Partner: University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

In-house EMBA programs provided for companies:

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

In the last three years, the School has made several technological improvements that align with the strategic initiatives of the Business School and will continue to focus on improving customer satisfaction with the technology deliverables. In the last year, Columbia Business School has successfully improved quality and access to individual course video sessions; introduced Single Sign-On capability to School applications; implemented persistent navigation and a personalized page on our School website which allows users to navigate easily to other Business School applications from any page on our website; upgraded our mail infrastructure to Exchange 2007 to provide an improved mail platform; and implemented school-wide mailing list functionality to help the streamlining and management of e-mails by providing the ability to select the type of delivery (email, web only) and the frequency of message delivery.

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

38,000

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

15 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 4,012

Median gift from MBA alumni:

$ 200

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

Business school endowment

$ 356,206,356

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.columbia.edu/alumni

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

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.gsb.columbia.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?

Yes

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

The School works to support all students in their career management process. For EMBAs who are not fully sponsored, we provide access to on-campus recruiting after completing an intensive training process.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

Columbia EMBA program emphasizes the importance of soft skills, as well as leadership qualities. It�s not all about numbers and formulas.

The career management office at Columbia EMBA program tries hard to differentiate themselves from that of the full time program. But sometimes, it feels like the full time program still sees EMBA as MBA-lite, which can get annoying especially at recruiting events.

One of the great things about going to Columbia's EMBA program if you live in New York City is that you still have access to the activities and resources of the regular MBA program, which includes outstanding visiting speakers, clubs, conferences and networking events.

The only pet peeve that we all have was the program did not force residence of all students over the weekend. While all the commuting students would stay back in the city the locals would depart to their homes. I would having everyone staying in some location would have increased the networking opportunity further and forced people to build lasting personal relationships.

Columbia has an excellent personal, professional, and academic support system that encourages students to pursue their passions. As a student, you have access to a wide array of courses and have life time audit rights. As a professional, your peers are all equally competent and passionate about their careers.

Not having attended business school in my 20s, I know I lacked some of the foundations of finance. Columbia filled each hole and extended my knowledge base. We were half case work, half lecture, both of which focused on current events, not out of date cases from 1986.

Columbia provides for almost your every need. With breakfast and lunch provided you can focus solely on studying once you are there. With planned events almost every weekend you don't have to look for a place to go out and grab a beer with your classmates. As long as you can keep to you reading and assignment schedule Columbia puts everything else on autopilot for you.

Since we are able to go back and audit any course at Columbia for ever, no charge, I know that I will always be able to enhance my education in 5, 10 or 15 years. This program is perfect for 27 year olds to 40 year olds, not just interested in getting those three letters but really learning. I am very happy to have gone to Columbia and will be proud to be an Alumnus this fall.

I would have liked more online technology with access to review sessions, tutorials, e-learning to do on my own when taking a challenging class.

Don't expect to get a lot of help from the professors because they are leaders in their fields and they don't have a lot of time for questions outside the classroom. However, I learned so much from listening to the professors and doing the homework. You can't get that kind of exposure elsewhere.

It is very much "a choose your own adventure" experience. Some people chose to be super nerds and got a great education. Some chose to be party animals and had a fun filled 20 months. Columbia gives you the options and flexibility to choose any path you want.

There needs to be more emphasis on general management. Columbia's curriculum is dominated by Finance, which is understandable given the location, but even finance people need to know how to manage themselves and other people, and lead their companies.