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Executive Master of Business Administration

Build a lifelong network with leaders across industries.

Our hybrid, part-time program can be completed in just 16 months, providing you with personalized attention and global insights to apply immediately in your work.

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In a world demanding change, today’s leaders need to be and do more than ever before. Drexel LeBow’s AACSB-accredited Executive MBA (EMBA) addresses the changing needs of industry and our students through an enhanced program and format, empowering executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to apply new strategic concepts immediately and transform their organizations and communities.

The Drexel EMBA’s accelerated — but not abbreviated — part-time, 16-month curriculum spans three calendar years and accommodates students’ busy work and personal schedules, reducing their time away from work and family while equipping them with the tools to maximize their impact and expand their networks.

Built for Busy Schedules

Complete in 16 months

Our part-time program’s structure is designed to fit into your life, not disrupt it.

Hybrid, Cohorted Format

Combines in-person residences and online modules

Join an executive network spanning various industries and collaborate with global industry partners.

Key Features and Benefits of Drexel’s Executive MBA

Ranked by CEO Magazine

In 2025, the magazine named LeBow a Tier One Global MBA Business School and ranked our EMBA program 8th in North America and 25th globally

Hybrid, Real-World Learning

Learn from industry partners and interdisciplinary, research-active faculty — who possess real-world experience — through two immersive residencies per term, ranging from on campus, global and virtual

Interdisciplinary Curriculum

Each EMBA term has a theme, such as Global Impact and more, to enhance connection to the integrated content across disciplines while fostering critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making

Cutting-Edge Courses

Gather of-the-moment insights and learn about topics such as leading strategic change, sustainability and analytical storytelling

Continued Engagement

Benefit from ongoing education and diverse networking opportunities with Drexel’s Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) students, alumni and corporate partners

Mike Cosenza

Drexel’s EMBA gave me the experience, the network and the tools to take my career and my business to the next level.

Mike Cosenza, ’22

Owner

Napa East

Last Chance to Apply for Fall 2025

Join Drexel LeBow’s top-ranked Executive MBA program for fall. With the final application deadline on Sept. 1, 2025, and classes starting Sept. 16, now is the moment to take action.

Application Checklist
  1. First, complete your application. An application fee of $65 U.S. is required.
  2. Upload your current résumé or curricula vitae in PDF format.
  3. Provide all official undergraduate and graduate college transcripts. Please have your institution’s registrar send an official copy.
  4. Provide one professional letter of recommendation from a supervisor or colleague
  5. Submit a self-assessment essay:
  • Which personal goals, conditions or career aspirations motivate you to pursue an Executive MBA at Drexel?
  • What do you expect to achieve through this program?

The GMAT is not required for admission to the Drexel Executive MBA program.

What's Included in Tuition?

The 16-month Drexel EMBA tuition includes:

  • Hotel stays during all on-campus immersive residencies
  • One-on-one executive coaching sessions at scheduled intervals during the program
  • Books and instructional materials
  • Meals and parking during campus residencies
  • Access to the full array of Drexel graduate student resources including Drexel Executive network events
  • A 7- to 10-day global residency experience, which includes hotels, meals and transportation to site visits

Because the EMBA runs over three fiscal years, employers have the opportunity to contribute and deduct more than with typical two-year programs. All completed applicants will receive automatic scholarship consideration.

Experience the Drexel Difference

Propelled by Drexel’s over 100-year history of industry-based education, the Executive MBA is designed to equip driven and determined executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to be leaders and changemakers focused on real-world solutions. Drexel’s strong industry connections are rooted in the University’s foundation and culture, and these connections aid in providing students with a leading edge on experiential learning that will allow them to compete and thrive in a time when companies and communities across the country and the world need leaders to be and do more than ever before.

88%

Received Salary Increase Since Graduating

60%

Promoted to Senior Management or C-Suite Level

$264,000

Average Salary

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A Global Campus in the Heart of Philadelphia

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business is a top-ranked, AACSB-accredited business school known for its pioneering experiential education. Located in Philadelphia’s University City — just a short train ride away from New York and Washington, D.C. — our students have access to our many industry partners and leaders in business, research and government.

R1 Research University

Propelled by our faculty, who are recognized for their thought leadership

AACSB Accredited

LeBow is among the elite 20 percent of business schools to be accredited

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