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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
      • 615 McCallie Avenue
      • Dept 6056
      • Chattanooga, 37403, Tennessee
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 16

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $36,000.00
      • Non Resident: $40,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 261
      • Part-Time MBA: 235
      • Executive MBA: 26
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,200
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 0 (option: 0) 520

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 520
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $30.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 20
      • Applicants accepted: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 94 %
      • 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: 25 %
      • International: 75 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 6 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • North America: 88 %

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

      • South: 100 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 200

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 144
      • To: 240
      • Average age: 41

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 35
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 12 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 25 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 94 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting 25 %
      • General Management : 39 %
      • Human Resources: 6 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems : 12 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 18 %
      • Manufacturing: 40 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Technology: 12 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Tennessee Valey Authority
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield
      • Lodge Manufacturing
      • Unum
      • The Johnson Group

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 50 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 87

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 9

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 10 day visit to 2 international cities with a specific project assignment
      • 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) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 92 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 16
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 16

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership

    • 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: 2006

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Established a Bloomberg lab with 12 Bloomberg terminals to aid in certification of finance majors

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,200
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: We do not provide recruiters access to our students, but refer students to recruiters for specific opportunities of interest.

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