EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/13/08

Georgetown University

McDonough School of Business

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

International Executive MBA Program

The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business

37th & O Streets NW
Washington , D.C. 20057

EMBA enrollment, 2007-08:

106

EMBA graduates, 2007-08:

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Days

On alternate weekends

Occasional week-long sessions

Cohort, lockstep, every other Fri. & Sat., some block

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 100,000
Non Resident: $ 100,000

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1981
Part-time MBA : 2005
Undergraduate business program: 1957
Executive MBA: 1994

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 933
Full-time MBA: 521
Part-time MBA: 280
Executive MBA: 106

Other: 26

Undergraduate business school enrollment

1,345

Other graduate degree programs:

Executive Masters in Leadership

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

Average GMAT:

623

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

From: 550
To: 710

TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Minimum TOEFL required:

600

Average TOEFL score:

660

Application fee:

$ 175

Number of applications to the newest class:

107

Accepted to the newest class:

65 %

Admitted applicants enrolled:

70 %

Reapplicants from prior years:

0 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

70 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class that are:

Female: 41 %
International: 31 %

Class profile

African American: 6.5 %
Asian American: 16 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 6.5 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 69 %
Chose not to report: 0 %
Other: 0 %

Entering students from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 14 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 4 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
Middle East: 8 %
North America: 74 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 0 %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 10 %

Entering North American citizens from the following regions:

West: 0 %
Midwest: 2 %
Southwest: 0 %
South: 2 %
Mid-Atlantic: 96 %
Northeast: 0 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

Average months of work experience:

150

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 72
To: 264

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 28
To: 43

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 33 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
Work at an organization of 100 or fewer employees: 7 %
With title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

98 %

Average base salary:

$ 130,000

Middle 80% base salary range:

Low: $ 70,000
High: $ 150,000

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 22 %
Finance/Accounting: 6 %
General Management : 10 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales: 4 %
Management Information Systems : 27 %
Operations/Logistics: 2 %
Other: 29 %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 20 %
Consumer Products: 2 %
Financial Services: 6 %
Government: 10 %
Manufacturing: 2 %
Media/Entertainment: 6 %
Non-Profit: 10 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care Products: 0 %
Real Estate: 2 %
Technology: 28 %
Other: 14 %

Top organizations sending students:

US Navy
AOL
Booze Allen Hamilton
IBM
Fannie Mae

FINANCIAL AID

EMBAs fully funded (100%) by their current employer:

31 %

EMBAs partially funded by their current employer:

29 %

EMBAs receiving financial aid through school:

0 %

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality?

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

120

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 24

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 46

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 12

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 6

International Faculty

Tenured: 2
Non-Tenured: 6

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 21

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

17 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

18 %

STUDENT LIFE

Does the school offer any programs for the spouses/significant others of EMBA students?

Does school offer child-care support for EMBA students?

Program include a mandatory trip or project out of the country?

Yes

Two international residencies are part of the program, both require preparation of at least 16 weeks prior to travel. They center around a consulting engagement for small groups of students, the final project for which is presented to the client abroad.

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:

More social events to include families have been added

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case study: 35 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 20 %
Lecture: 30 %
Simulations: 5 %
Team Project: 10 %
Other: 0 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

95 %

Full-time faculty assigned to the EMBA program past 12 months:

Tenured/permanent EMBA faculty:

95 %

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

10 %

Average students, core EMBA class:

Average students, elective EMBA class:

Elective courses:

New electives past year:

Business Government & the Global Economy
Hedge Funds
World Equity Markets

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 8
Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 16

Last revision of core EMBA curriculum:

2003

EMBA programs run in another country:

Georgetown-ESADE Global EMBA program (with Georgetown School of Foreign Service)

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

In-house EMBA for companies:

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

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

Other, please describe on next screen

All IEMBA students must have participated and been graded in four "residencies" (two of them international) during the program.

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

Recent changes to EMBA program:

Professional Development & Networking opportunities have been greatly expanded and reside in the Executive Programs office (not the Career Services office)

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

We have enhanced remote connectivity and enhanced our network infrastructure. We made several email enhancements. We now have laptop support, streaming video, web conferencing support, full time staff increases, PDA support, video-teleconferencing, and expanded research databases.

Amount spent:

$ 402,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

4,776

Active MBA alumni clubs

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

5. %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 750

Median gift from MBA alumni

$ 100

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

Business School Endowment

$ 39,530,339

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.georgetown.edu

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://msb.georgetown.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?

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

We welcome them and work with them through the Exec. Programs office Professional Development and Networking program. We do not seek them out.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

An important hallmark of the Georgetown Executive MBA program is the international residencies. They are NOT business tourism, but instead a set of international consulting projects of strategic importance to the client. Students work on the projects for several months, followed by an extended visit to the foreign region to complete their research and projects. Student findings and recommendations are presented to senior management of the firm. The projects are entirely organized by Georgetown faculty and students, NOT by outside vendors.

Graduate Comments

Most professors had a strong combination of thought leadership and industry consulting experience so they were very current. The vast majority were also excellent communicators and true "teachers."

Instead of the whole class having to choose electives, the option of different electives in multiple groups would have helped more.

It is one of the few international EMBA programs that offers electives for 4 months; excellent foreign residencies; superb faculty; utilizes the exceptional resources available to them through GU's schools of Foreign Service, Public Policy and Law and ties them to international business� Overall exceptional value.

The few speakers that we did have provided great insight and exposure to the real world. I wish we had more of these speakers.

The finance side of things was weak, but that came mostly from teaching styles. However, all of the professors are very strong in the knowledge of the subject matter and it is obvious that an engaging classroom is a serious priority.

The new Dean George Daly has given a huge uplift and character to the McDonough Business School. He's really taken the time to talk to all students, faculty and staff and started to give progress reports on all the improvements at the business school.

The overall IT experience was abysmal - from printers that didn't work, to WiFi that was spotty, to having to install software that didn't play nice with other programs. A real mess.

The teaching was excellent and only exceeded by the quality of the students. The international residencies were very rich and provided us opportunities to directly apply newly learned skills, models and frameworks in a global business context.