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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Loyola Marymount University

College of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • College of Business Administration
      • 1 LMU Drive
      • MS 8386
      • Los Angeles, 90045, California
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $85,000.00
      • Non Resident: $85,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

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

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 317
      • Part-Time MBA: 295
      • Executive MBA: 22
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,442

  • 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? undergraduate education, nature of work experience

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 0
      • 10th Percentile 0
      • 25th Percentile 0
      • 50th Percentile (median) 0
      • 75th Percentile 0
      • 90th Percentile 0

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 0
      • 10th Percentile 0
      • 25th Percentile 0
      • 50th Percentile (median) 0
      • 75th Percentile 0
      • 90th Percentile 0
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 18
      • Applicants accepted: 94 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 71 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • 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: 33 %
      • International: 8 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • West: 100 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 17 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 25 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %
      • Average months of work experience: 156

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 168
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 38

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 0 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 8 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 50 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 8 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting 42 %
      • Human Resources: 8 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 25 %
      • Financial Services: 42 %
      • Non-Profit: 8 %
      • Other: 17 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Mattel Inc.
      • Kaiser Permenente

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 0 %
      • 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: 93

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 42
      • Non-Tenured: 33

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: two week international trip
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 50 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 11
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • 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? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Other
      • Description: Ethics

    • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2000

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We installed AV in Hilton 300, provided 2 large capacity color printers in Hilton Lab 10, added 12 new touch screen Lenovo computers to Hilton 106, updated 2 e-classrooms with all new 30” computers and upgraded 2 labs to hybrid Windows/Macintosh environments. We launched the VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) pilot and ITS deployed 4 permanent VDI thin clients to the Hilton lobbies. Finally, we purchased 4 52” flat screen TVs to display events and announcements in the Hilton lobby.
      • Amount spent: $1,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,057
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $334.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $24,114,009.00
      • 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://Alumnicommunity.lmu.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? Yes

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