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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • University of Nevada, Las Vegas
      • 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
      • NV
      • Las Vegas, 89154, Nevada
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $42,000.00
      • Non Resident: $42,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 282
      • Full-Time MBA: 0
      • Part-Time MBA: 247
      • Executive MBA: 35
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 4,000
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Applicants must have budgetary managerial experience in addition to personnel and supervisory 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? Yes
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 24
      • Applicants accepted: 83 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 90 %
      • 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 %

    • 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: 17 %
      • Asian American: 11 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 66 %
      • Average months of work experience: 168

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 84
      • To: 312
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 29
      • To: 50

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 6 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 11 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 28 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 89 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $75,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $53,000.00
      • High: $95,500.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 17 %
      • General Management : 40 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
      • Management Information Systems : 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 11 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Government: 11 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 22 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 11 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 33 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Venetian/Palazzo
      • MGM Resorts
      • NV Energy
      • Bank of America

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 63 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Yes
      • Maximum loan amount: $22,500.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 77

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 20

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day trip to an emerging economy. A combination of company and cultural visits are required.
      • 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) 3

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 83 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 18
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 18
      • 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: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, International Business, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Behavior

    • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: n/a

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,297
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 2
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $170.00
      • 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 $13,507,276.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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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