Program Basics

• • Cornell Executive MBA Program
  • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
  • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
  • Sage Hall
  • Ithaca, 14853, New York
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 22

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends
    • Occasional week-long sessions

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $145,380.00
  • Non Resident: $145,380.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

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

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,005
  • Full-Time MBA: 593
  • Executive MBA: 373
  • PhD Program: 39

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Review of undergraduate or graduate transcripts during the admissions process. The program may require applicants with insufficient mathematics preparation to take a math course, the GMAT, or a mathematics assessment.
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $150.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 136
  • 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: 17 %
  • International: 27 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 3 %
  • Asia: 17 %
  • Europe: 3 %
  • North America: 75 %
  • Oceania: 2 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

  • West: 2 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
  • Northeast: 93 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • African American: 7 %
  • Asian American: 23 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
  • Native American: 2 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 54 %
  • Chose not to report: 14 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 132
• • Average age: 35

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 30
  • To: 40

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 19 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 19 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 0 %

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting 34 %
  • General Management : 15 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
  • Management Information Systems : 12 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
  • Other: 3 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 14 %
  • Consumer Products: 7 %
  • Financial Services: 35 %
  • Government: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 8 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 11 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Bloomberg

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 1 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Other
  • 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: 100

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 36
  • Non-Tenured: 23

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 39

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 7
  • Non-Tenured: 13

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 15

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 38
  • Non-Tenured: 36

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: Working in teams with client companies, Cornell EMBA students complete international consulting projects and travel to the country of origin for the project research.
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 25

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 0 %
  • Lectures: 40 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 70 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 78 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 59
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
  • Elective courses: 10

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 6
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
  • Describe distance learning EMBA: The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program features a combination of on-campus residential sessions and multi-point interactive videoconferencing sessions. The videoconferencing sessions are held on the weekends, over 16 months. This general management program is offered in partnership with Queen's University.
  • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MD (Medicine), Other, MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration), MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management), MBA/MILR (Industrial Labor Relations)
  • Leading areas of study: 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
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
  • Complete all courses successfully; earn 60 credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7/4.0.
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management upgraded all classrooms with state of the art projection and control systems, installed HD LCD Screens in student breakout rooms and upgraded videoconferencing capability in the "Interview" Room and the Parker Center for Investment Research. The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program expanded into 4 additional areas - Austin, San Diego, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, for a total of 16 boardrooms in 15 cities across the US.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 13,468
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 26
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 11
  • Business school endowment $167,136,000.00
  • 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.alumni.cornell.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://jconnect.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni.aspx
  • 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: Johnson offers EMBA students a comprehensive package of career services and a wide range of tools to assist them in understanding career management issues and the career planning process.

• • -I feel Cornell has a strong program and has made much effort to improve and ask students what is running well and what could be done better. I have seen positive changes in the program based on our feedback.
    
    -I know for a fact that I will keep in touch with a large majority of my classmates, as well as my faculty and administration. They create a great sense of community.
    
    -My experience was exactly what was communicated to me during my research process when deciding to which program I wanted to apply. The caliber of my classmates was beyond my expectations, and the challenges we had to confront during our class experience made the classroom experience extremely rewarding.
    
    -The organization supported group sharing tools. But coordinating conference calls, dial-in resources, etc. was sometimes problematic.
    
    -My experience was personally rewarding and enjoyable. It was hard and very demanding, but I was always energized and excited about my learning. I have not yet changed positions, but I am hoping to do so in the next six months.
    
    -Getting the class involved, especially with the amount of experience in the audience, would be a great way to improve the class experience. The class could have been asked how certain topics related directly to their businesses. This happened, but I would have liked to have seen it happen more.
    
    -They listened to our suggestions and made adjustments to the program while we going through it. We asked to have electives added and the administration made it happen. We received an excellent response to our suggestions and needs.
    
    -I would have preferred electronic copies of all class materials. Harvard Business School cases were typically only distributed as hard copies.
    
    -I think the content was truly great, and I enjoyed the ride. However, at the end of the day, I feel that the confidence and personal relationships that I developed with my classmates, the faculty, and the rest of the Cornell community was priceless. It is all about the people, and the weekend format that had us staying in the same campus, the small class size, diversified group of people and the cooperative atmosphere really has made it possible for me to feel part of this community. For example, I had one classmate who has coached me, an international student, with presentation and speech during class discussions for the two years in the program. At the end of the second year, our group was selected for one of the top presentations, and he told me how much I have improved (when we were having beer at the bar after class). Accumulation of these things helped me grow over the two years.
    
    -While improvements have been made to providing career services, this is something that ought to be enhanced and strengthened. If the experience of myself and my classmates is any indication, it appears that the trend for EMBA students is to use the degree to create new opportunities for themselves, not as a credential for incremental advancement within their present company. Having said that, these programs are often quite expensive and somewhat speculative in terms of possible benefits and returns. I think this provides a challenge to the program to find ways to add value beyond course content and the degree.
    
    -It would be better if Cornell provided better career management service and more interaction with alumni.
    
    -My classmates were impressive individuals, and the alumni I have met are responsive. I'm blown away by the Johnson family.