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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of San Diego

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Master of Science in Executive Leadership
      • School of Business Administration
      • 5998 Alcala Park
      • Durango, Suite B
      • San Diego, 92110, California
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 22

    • Classes meet:

        • One weekend per month

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $52,200.00
      • Non Resident: $52,200.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 496
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Part-Time MBA: 150
      • Executive MBA: 44
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,190
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of International Management/Business

  • 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? GMAT waived for applicants with significant professional experience. These applicants are required to provide a professional work sample indicative of their business acumen and leadership capability.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $80.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 24
      • Applicants accepted: 92 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 100 %
      • 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: 36 %
      • International: 64 %

    • 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:

      • Hispanic or Latino American: 14 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 5 %
      • Native American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 72 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 198

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • To: 266
      • Average age: 41

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 54

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 19 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 29 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 24 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 77 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $123,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $64,000.00
      • High: $182,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 14 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
      • Management Information Systems : 10 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 19 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Consumer Products: 10 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Non-Profit: 10 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 38 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • The Ken Blanchard Companies
      • WD-40 Company
      • Booz-Allen Hamilton
      • Vistage International
      • BAE Systems

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 60 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 39

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 38

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • 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: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 33 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 33 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 22

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 5
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 5
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management

    • 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
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • The Ken Blanchard Companies

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The USD Business School continues to use the most advanced WiFi technology, IEEE 802.11n, in creative ways. USD’s Nine iPhone and Blackberry student mobile applications are supplemented with experimental iPad e-book applications being deployed within the Business School. USD’s Business faculty are among the most advanced users of online learning management technology and 22 classrooms and 3 computing labs have been enhanced with new instructional technology.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,073
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $557.00
      • 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 $23,247,377.00
      • 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://www.sandiego.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.sandiego.edu/business/alumni/
      • 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

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The Master of Science in Executive Leadership (MSEL) Program is the University of San Diego's version of the Executive MBA. MSEL students follow a traditional Executive MBA core curriculum, with a focused emphasis on executive leadership, delivered in partnership with The Ken Blanchard Companies.

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