EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

Cornell University

Johnson Graduate School of Management

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Cornell Executive MBA Program

The Johnson School of Management

111 Sage Hall
Ithaca , New York 14853 United States

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Alternate weekends

Other

Four one-week residence sessions

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 133,600
Non Resident: $ 133,600

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 952
Full-Time MBA: 952
Executive MBA: 356
PhD Program: 39

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

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

All applicants are not required to take the GMAT. If applicants have insufficient verifiable quantitative background, we require the GMAT or a course prior to the start of the program.

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

N/A

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Application fee:

$ 150

Number of applications to the newest class:

180

Applicants accepted:

61 %

Admitted applicants enrolled:

66 %

Reapplicants from prior years:

10 %

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: 17 %
International: 0 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

N/A

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

West: 0 %
Midwest: 1 %
Southwest: 0 %
South: 1 %
Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
Northeast: 94 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

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

African American: 4 %
Asian American: 22 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 13 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 61 %
Chose not to report: 0 %
Other: 0 %

Average months of work experience:

154

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

N/A

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

N/A

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 26 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 6 %
Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 6 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %

Middle 80% base salary range:

N/A

Students work in these functional categories:

N/A

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 6 %
Consumer Products: 18 %
Financial Services: 36 %
Government: 1 %
Manufacturing: 6 %
Media/Entertainment: 6 %
Non-Profit: 5 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
Real Estate: 0 %
Technology: 8 %
Other: 3 %

Top organizations sending students:

Bloomberg LLP
Sun Microsystems
Johnson & Johnson
Morgan Stanley

FINANCIAL AID

EMBAs receiving financial aid through school:

1 %

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:

104

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 33
Non-Tenured: 25

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 42

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 11

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 7

International Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 14

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 37
Non-Tenured: 25

STUDENT LIFE

Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project?

Yes

Description:

All students must undertake a Global Business Project where they research and analyze a global business venture and travel to the country of the venture. They choose their own projects and travel with their teams.

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 accommocations and meals on class weekends and residence weeks.

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

Special student/home/work/life initiatives:

Program for Partners of EMBA students in the fall each year. Social events throughout the year.

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

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 30 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 0 %
Lectures: 40 %
Simulations: 15 %
Team Projects: 15 %
Other: 0 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

64 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

56 %

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

16 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Average class size, EMBA electives:

Elective courses:

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:

2000

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

Yes

Description:

The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program is a 17-month program offered to groups of 5-8 students in select cities across the US and Canada through dynamic, simultaneous videoconferencing.

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

Additional EMBA Programs:
EMBA programs run in another country:

Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program in the US and Canada with Queen's Univerisity

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

N/A

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Installed 32” LCD Monitors in over 35 study rooms. Replaced aging classroom control systems with state of the art Crestron control system. Upgraded LCD projectors in all classrooms. Installed 6 new LCD digital signs at entrances to Sage Hall. Upgraded stock tickers in the Parker Center and installed additional displays at the school’s main entrance. Replaced aging admissions, career management and alumni systems with Hobsons, MBA Focus and Harris Connect. Upgraded MS Exchange system to 2007 and improved support for web mail and mobile devises. Increased wireless capacity.

Amount spent:

$ 2,535,792

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

12,566

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Business school endowment

$ 187,401,000

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:

https://admin.johnson.cornell.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?

EMBA students can indicate if they want to participate in career services events and have their resumes be viewed by recruiters seeking experienced candidates.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

The Cornell School had the ideal general management curriculum that I was looking for. The Saturday/Sunday program format provided structure to balance work and develop great networks with other students. It was by far the best choice for a non-financially focused MBA.

Cornell should work on its brand positioning a bit more. I think it should highlight its differentiation in being a general management/leadership program to further set it apart from its local rivals such as NYU and Columbia which are favorites with the financial community.

The amount of diversity in my class and caliber of people (students and professors) at Cornell made this a tremendous experience for me. Cornell also provides great flexibility regarding the schedule of the program. It's great to be able to have classes on the weekend which don't conflict with my work schedule.

Most of the professors were excellent and possessed strong teaching styles, knowledge, and experience. Some could have better leveraged the experience in the class and recognized the difference between our skill sets and the regular MBAs.

The workload was quite intense so I would lessen it a bit. I would also prefer to have more electives available.

The school's focus on general management is the key attraction. The program is well structured to build the foundation and later students take strategy and advance classes to build on.

The program offers environment to collaborate with team members. Because of the small class size (64-66) and cohort program, we get the opportunity to network and build relationships with class members.

The global project is unique experience at Johnson school. Unlike many other EMBA programs where you visit a country and learn the industry or culture, at the Johnson School you actually work for global organization to implement their business strategy.

Some professors were new to the executive MBA program so they were not able to draw from and leverage the experience of the students. This was a weakness for some professors, but a strength of most.

Great mix of academics and "real life" faculty. Overall, the selection of professors was very strong. It was important for us to have as many full time professors and most were.

The Johnson School program fit my needs in three ways: 1. The NYC location and weekend days allowed me to fit the program into my life with the least disruption. 2. The general management focus--as opposed to finance, marketing, etc.--fit well with my goals. 3. The emphasis on diversity, not only with respect to industry experience, but also ethnicity and gender, makes me proud to be a Cornellian.