Program Description

The William & Mary Executive MBA Program provides the rigor that is expected from a William & Mary education, the concierge-level service that our executive students need to thrive, and the depth of strategic knowledge that companies all over the world told us they require in today’s marketplace.  The streamlined curriculum allows for a quicker route to graduation without sacrificing a world-class, transformative executive experience; an enhanced leadership focus that combines leadership-enhanced curriculum and a full-scale leadership development program and personalized executive coaching; distinct global business immersions that are seamlessly woven into the program to provide real-world international experience; and technology-enhanced curriculum that provides more work/life/school balance than ever before.

Fact Sheet/Tuition

Please click the program link to review facts and tuition details: https://graduate.mason.wm.edu/mba/executive-mba/admissions/#emba-tuition

Length of Program

18 months (January start)

Format

Five semesters, classes held all day Friday and Saturday on alternating weekends.  Two required domestic residency periods and two required international immersions.

Designed For

Our Executive MBA experience is designed for focused, hard-driving leaders who are positioned to move into senior executive and C-suite roles.

Admissions Requirements

Professional and managerial experience, application, transcripts, two professional letters of recommendation, and an admissions interview.

Application Deadline

• Round One:  August 1st
• Round Two:  October 1st
• Round Three:  December 1st

Class Profile

• Average age: 38
• Average Work Experience: 16 years
• Average Income: $123,000
• Male: 68%; Female: 32%
• Graduate Degrees: 21%

Example of Represented Companies

• Capital One; S&P Global; WestRock; ManTech; Onduline; Hilton International; Riverside Health Systems; Tidewater Physicians Multispeciality Group; United States Navy; SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic; Cubic Applications, Inc.; United States Army Corps of Engineers; McKean Defense Group, LLC; The Language Group, LLC; Cox Media; Luna Innovations, Inc.; Smithfield Foods; Velley Investment Management; Hampton Roads Sanitation Department District; Keystone Concepts, LLC; AstraZeneca; De;; Service Federal Government; AFSC; Naval Surface Force Atlantic; Smithfield Packaging Company; Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc.; University of Pennsylvania; Deloitte Consulting, LLP; United Buying Service; Middlesex County Public Schools; Department of Justice, Federal  Bureau of Investigations; ClearPoint Financial Solutions; DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc.; Delta Airport Consultants; First Potomac Realty Trust; United States Air Force; Leoni Fiber Optics; Buckstaff Public Safety; Dominion Virginia Power; Eastern Virginia Medical School

Program Cost $115,000

• Tablet Computer
• Tuition and Fees
• All Books, Cases, and Educational Materials
• Online Collaboration Software for Study Teams
• Tutors (1st and 2nd semester)
• Parking Fees
• Lodging on Friday
• Lodging and Meals during required Domestic Residency Periods
• Lodging and Meals during required Global Immersions (Airfare for long-haul international flights is NOT included in program cost for required international residencies)
• Career Management Center
• Networking Events
• Executive Partners Network
• William & Mary Campus Facilities

Tuition Payment Schedule

• Upon acceptance: $4,500 (Non-refundable Deposit)
• Dec. 1: $18,500 (after deposit)
• Apr. 1: $23,000
• Aug. 1: $23,000
• Jan. 1: $23,000
• Apr. 1: $23,000

      Total: $115,000

Contact

• Amanda Barth, Assistant Dean, MBA Admissions, Amanda.barth@mason.wm.edu, 757-221-2944
• Jana Allen-Bishop, Director of MBA Admissions, jana.bishop@mason.wm.edu, 757-221-2356

Team Guidelines

Designing and leading effective teams is an essential skill for executives, and therefore an integral component of the Executive MBA Program. Most of your learning of course material relies upon your active participation in assigned learning teams, and you will work in two different teams over the course of the program - the first team will cover semesters one through two or three, and the second team will cover semesters three or four and five.

To support your learning and your effectiveness as a team player, the program includes a series of team assessment and feedback activities.  You will be asked to create a team contract, provide peer feedback to teammates mid-semester, complete a self-assessment of team skills, participate in a facilitated team feedback session, and to submit a revised version of your team contract. These activities are intended to raise your awareness of team processes and to increase your effectiveness as a team player. Team composition may change over the course of your program.

While it is very common for teams to experience growing pains and challenges as they develop an effective working style, occasionally issues arise that go beyond what should reasonably be expected and team performance is significantly impacted. If this happens, teams have several options.

The first step is for the team to address the problem on its own, using the revised team contract as a guideline for acceptable behavior and the first-semester facilitated team feedback sessions as a model for confronting unacceptable behavior. Teams should use this opportunity to renegotiate team contracts.

If members are unable to resolve problems on their own, the team should ask the Director to provide an External Facilitator to help the team resolve the problem. The External Facilitator will do an independent diagnosis of the problem and provide feedback to individuals and the team as a whole. On the basis of this feedback, members will be asked to submit individual personal development plans to the External Facilitator and Director detailing what steps they will take to address problematic behaviors and conform to agreed-upon acceptable behaviors.

If these steps are not successful, at the discretion of the Program Director, teams may disband entirely. Members of teams that disband will be reassigned to other teams by the Program Director. This measure will be considered as a last resort only.

Refund Policy

Initial Deposit: Nonrefundable

• If an individual does not attend the orientation program and cancels participation in the program, s/he will be considered ‘dropped’ from the College of William & Mary. The deposit will not be refunded, and “Tuition and Other Program Fees” will follow the refund schedule below.
• If a student completes orientation, begins classes, and then discontinues in the Executive MBA Program, they will be considered ‘withdrawn’ from the College of William & Mary. The deposit will not be refunded, and “Tuition and Other Program Fees” will follow the refund schedule below.
• Attendance is required for all elements of the program and no fees are transferable or refundable. If a student is unable to attend a part of the program, he or she must meet with the Associate Dean and no refunds will be granted.

Refunds for Fall and Spring Academic Semesters: The chart below refers to the amount that can be refunded to a student for the “Tuition and Other Program Fees” portion of the overall cost of the Program. “Textbooks and Supplies” and “Meals, Travel and Lodging” fees are non-refundable after the semester has begun.

Refunds for Summer Semesters: The chart below refers to the amount that can be refunded to a student for the “Tuition and Other Program Fees” portion of the overall cost of the Program. “Text Books and Supplies” and “Meals,Travel and Lodging” fees are non-refundable after the semester has begun.