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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of St. Thomas

Opus College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Opus College of Business
      • 1000 LaSalle Ave TMH 455
      • MN
      • Minneapolis, 55403, Minnesota
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 30

    • Classes meet:

        • One weekend per month
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $76,704.00
      • Non Resident: $76,704.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
      • North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,298
      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 947
      • Executive MBA: 37
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,173
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • 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? Review undergraduate transcripts to assess the number and type of quantitative courses and the grades earned. Prior to enrollment, we require a noncredit quantitative systems course which assures the baseline competence required for the program.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 29
      • Applicants accepted: 100 %
      • 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: 38 %
      • International: 8 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 4 %
      • North America: 96 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
      • Chose not to report: 8 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 228

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 94
      • To: 348
      • Average age: 42

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 53

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 12 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 12 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 24 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 85 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $125,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $60,000.00
      • High: $225,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Finance/Accounting 12 %
      • General Management : 30 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems : 12 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 22 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 12 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 18 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Target Corporation
      • UnitedHealth Group
      • Medtronic, Inc.
      • 3M Company
      • HealthEast Care System

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 32 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • 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: 136

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 56

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day international learning residency
      • 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? No
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 12

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 30 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 20 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 67 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 22
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 22
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 4
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2005
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, General Management, Corporate Social Responsibility

    • 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: 2005

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: UST continuously upgrades its classroom technology to provide capabilities for computer processing, network access, teleconferencing, and audio-visual, image and document projection. In addition, the OCB has expanded online services in order to better meet student needs, opened a marketing research behavior lab in support of marketing courses and research projects, and launched an iPad pilot project in 2010 for several MBA cohorts.
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 14,182
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $266.00
      • 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 $80,363,298.00
      • 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.stthomas.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.stthomas.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
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Recruiters can search resume database of actively searching EMBA

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