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CU Executive MBA Class Profile


Average age: 38 years

Average work experience: 16 years

Masters degree or above: 17%

CU Executive MBA Class Profile (pt.2)


Undergraduate Degree:

36% technical/engineering

33% liberal arts

31% business

National Recognition


The University of Colorado has a national reputation for excellence and is the largest university in the Rocky Mountain region.

National Recognition (pt.2)


The program is offered by CU's three business schools, which are ranked among the nation's top 20 percent. All three schools have earned AACSB accreditation – the most rigorous available.

Alumni Network


Executive MBA graduates belong to a special alumni group that sponsors continuing education and social programs.

Alumni Network (pt.2)


The Executive MBA alumni network provides an invaluable group of advisors and contacts throughout your career.

Executive-Level Service and Convenience


Program staff handle all the details so you can focus on academics. Downtown Denver classroom facilities resemble a technologically advanced boardroom.

Executive-Level Service and Convenience (pt.2)


You can complete the Executive MBA in less than two years. Class schedules minimize work disruption by meeting one full day a week, on alternating Fridays and Saturdays.

International Component


CU's Executive MBA Program recognizes the imperative of global business understanding by integrating global ceconomy issues throughout the second-year curriculum

International Component (pt.2)


Because there is no substitute for first-hand experience, the program also includes a nine-day educational trip to an international business center

Sponsorship Cost Data


Paid by participant's organization: 45%

Shared by participant and the organization: 30%

Paid by participant: 25%

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Tuition goes toward the best

Designed with the working professional in mind, the Executive MBA is priced as a package and provides a premium level of service and support. For the class entering in the fall of 2011, the Executive MBA tuition is $65,000. Tuition is guaranteed for the length of the program so you can budget accordingly and is priced as reasonably as possible to maintain the highest quality in instruction and service.

As an off-campus University of Colorado degree program, the Executive MBA is also exempt from campus-based student fees. As a result, Executive MBA participants do not pay additional fees and do not receive student ID cards or use campus facilities beyond the CU Executive Education Center.

The all-inclusive EMBA package includes:

A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 – to be applied toward tuition for the first Term – is due upon acceptance to the program. Tuition is billed in eight installments of $8,125 that correspond to the eight Terms in the Executive MBA Program. The $1,000 deposit is applied toward the tuition in Term 1.

Executive MBA tuition payments are due in:

First Year Second Year
September 2011 September 2012
November 2011 November 2012
February 2012 February 2013
April 2012 April 2013

The Executive MBA is a self-supporting academic program that receives no state tax dollars. All costs associated with the program are covered directly, through tuition, by the participants and/or their sponsoring organizations.

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303-623-1888 or 1-800-228-5778

Lynette Stephens
You're learning all of these things; your perspective is changing; your knowledge base is deepening; there's just no way around the fact that you're going to be a more robust asset.

— Lynnette Stephens

COO, Major Medical Supply

Executive MBA Class of 2009