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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

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Erin Pipech headshot

The international residency is a great example of experiential learning that you can’t get anywhere else

Erin Pipech, ’23

Senior Manager of Global Business Development Operations and Planning

Olympus Corporation

Adriana Zupa-Fernandez headshot

As a Hispanic woman, it’s challenging in a male-dominated field—this program gave me confidence to bring my full self to the conversation.

Adriana Zupa-Fernandez, ’21

Director Global Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Operations, ESG

Bristol Myers Squibb

Steve Washkalavitch

While in the EMBA program, you have a great opportunity to engage and immerse yourself with your cohort.

Steve Washkalavitch, ’15

Senior Vice President

Marsh

Sarah Lockley

I really believe this program propelled me to where I am now.

Sarah Lockley, ’22

Regional Program Manager

Amazon

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

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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