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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Florida

Hough Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • University of Florida
      • 310 Hough Hall
      • PO Box 117152
      • Gainesville, 32611, Florida
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 20

    • Classes meet:

        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $44,775.00
      • Non Resident: $44,775.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • Association of American Universities

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,560
      • Full-Time MBA: 118
      • Part-Time MBA: 459
      • Executive MBA: 97
      • PhD Program: 79
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,715
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 576
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 10th Percentile 449
      • 75th Percentile 638
      • 90th Percentile 672

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 520
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • Average GMAT Score 593
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $30.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 67
      • Applicants accepted: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 89 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 8
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 6
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 10 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 90 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

      • South: 100 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 7 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 74 %
      • Chose not to report: 13 %
      • Average months of work experience: 161

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 96
      • To: 218
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 43

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 16 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 8 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 8 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $118,752.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $71,590.00
      • High: $127,108.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 21 %
      • Finance/Accounting 8 %
      • General Management : 21 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
      • Management Information Systems : 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 32 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 18 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • United States Navy
      • CSX
      • Walt Disney Company
      • University of Florida
      • Raymond James

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 48 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Only to domestic students
      • Maximum loan amount: $50,360.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 126

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 63
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 63
      • Non-Tenured: 54

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: One week short term study tour to international location. Trip includes pre-trip company reports, journal entries during the trip, company visits and cultural experiences.
      • 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? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 6

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 71 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 49
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 49
      • Elective courses: 7

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2007
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, International Business, Marketing, General Management, Supply Chain Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Successful completion of international trip
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2007

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 17 breakout rooms with flat screen monitors; Capital Market Lab with 9 dual monitor Bloomberg terminals; technology refresh in 5 classrooms – high resolution projectors, dual independent projection systems, AV automation, etc.; deployed a new online learning management system with a greater feature set including blogging, wikis, etc.; expanded our Microsoft Campus Agreement to cover all students; deployed new color and B&W laser printers in all student study/work areas
      • Amount spent: $1,400,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,427
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 98
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $10,402.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $152,493,495.00
      • 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://gnn.ufalumni.ufl.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://linkedin.com
      • 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

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