Business. To a higher degree.
If you’re ready to take your career to a whole new level, the Vanderbilt Executive MBA is a degree that will set you apart. The program is designed to help managers and executives gain the strategic business tools and cross-functional integration perspectives critical for senior management. The program focuses on:
- Enhancing leadership, vision and strategic thinking
- Applying quantitative measures—critical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Competing on a global scale
- Creating value throughout an entire organization
Vanderbilt Executive MBA students represent a wide range of backgrounds, industries, and sizes of companies—from successful entrepreneurs to emerging and senior leaders in Fortune 500 companies. Most typically, they are:
- Mid- to senior-level corporate executives who already are proven professionals in their chosen fields and seek to advance their careers within their companies
- Successful entrepreneurs who need to move their business to an even higher level
- Professionals—such as accountants, attorneys and physicians—who seek to “manage” instead of “practice”
- Professionals in technology-driven industries (such as healthcare, biotechnology, and information systems) where the pace of change makes spending two years away from the job unwise
Profile of Vanderbilt Executive MBA
Class of 2011
Average age: 36
Average experience: 12 yrs
Advanced degrees: 25%
Women: 14%
U.S. minorities: 8%
Foreign Nationals: 6%
Industries Represented
Manufacturing: 39%
Health Care/Biotechnology: 14%
Financial Services: 10%
High Tech: 10%
Other*: 27%
* Includes Consulting, Telecommunications, Consumer Products, Energy, Environment, Government, Non-Profit
Job Function
Operations/Quality Management: 26%
Sales Management/Marketing: 20%
Information Systems Management: 20%
Finance/Accounting: 18%
General Management/Services: 16%
Educational Background
Engineering: 41%
Liberal Arts: 23%
Business/Management: 18%
Science/Technical: 18%
