“Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, EMBA Programs continue to innovate and adapt, with 47.6 percent indicating a change in program delivery this year, compared to 30.3 percent in 2020. The biggest changes result from online and virtual or blended and hybrid additions.”

“Full tuition reimbursement for executive M.B.A.s, which usually includes older working professionals, declined to 18% of students in 2020 from 40% in 2003, according to the Executive MBA Council, an industry group.”

“The Executive MBA Council's research shows that female enrollment in EMBA programs in 2020 reached 32%, at its highest ever, from 29.7% in 2016. That means, close to one in three new enrollments in EMBA programs is a woman. Those numbers alone indicate the importance of gender diversity in ranking business schools.”

“Organizations are relying less on business schools to supplement their L&D initiatives for leadership development, according to A New Way of Learning and Working, a report that the Executive MBA Council commissioned and CarringtonCrisp conducted. While most employers see the need to re-skill as key to future employability, they are prioritizing less-traditional learning solutions as the preferred method for their workers to attain new skills.”