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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Tulane University

Freeman School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Freeman School of Business
      • Freeman School of Business
      • 7 McAlister Drive
      • New Orleans, 70118, Louisiana
      • United States
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $65,000.00
      • Non Resident: $79,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 584
      • Full-Time MBA: 165
      • Part-Time MBA: 106
      • Executive MBA: 75
      • PhD Program: 3
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,152
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Review of academic transcripts and resume.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $100.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 159
      • Applicants accepted: 43 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 87 %
      • 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
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 18 %
      • International: 10 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 96 %

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

      • Southwest: 50 %
      • South: 50 %

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

      • African American: 13 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 62 %
      • Other: 2 %
      • Average months of work experience: 159

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 72
      • To: 292
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 47

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 20 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 25 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 8 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 75 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $127,827.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $53,600.00
      • High: $217,500.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting 29 %
      • General Management : 14 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 9 %
      • Management Information Systems : 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 21 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 31 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 24 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Chevron
      • Entergy
      • ExxonMobil
      • Shell
      • Capital One

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 17 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Other
      • 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: 77

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 21
      • Non-Tenured: 42

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: 8-day business seminar, students choose one of two destinations
      • 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: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 15 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 65 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 32 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 15
      • Elective courses: 8

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Managing Innovation

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MD (Medicine), Other, MBA/MS (Science), MBA/MA (Arts), MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership, General Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Expansion of trading room to 44 terminals. Addition of trading technologies software.
      • Amount spent: $1,040,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,400
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 15
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 18
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $900.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $105.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $58,418.00
      • 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://tulanecommunity.com
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/alumni.htm
      • 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
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Limited access to career services.

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