18 months
To complete the program
Executive MBA
Redefine how you lead, starting with how you think.
Executive leadership isn’t about having every answer. It’s about having the judgment to ask the right questions. The St. Thomas Executive MBA is built for leaders who want more clarity, more confidence in complex situations, and a broader perspective on the decisions that shape their organizations. It’s for leaders ready to move beyond managing functions to understanding and influencing whole systems.
An 18-month Executive MBA designed for connection, insight, and applied learning
- Build clarity and confidence in your decisions. Learn from faculty who bring real leadership experience and help you apply advanced concepts, data, and AI-informed insights to the decisions you face every day.
- Learn with peers who elevate your thinking. Study with accomplished leaders who bring honesty, respect, and shared commitment to every conversation.
- Strengthen your leadership presence. Coaching, executive leadership development, and reflection help you understand your decisions, your relationships, and the way you lead.
- Apply learning immediately. Bring current challenges into the classroom and walk out with approaches you can put to work that week.
- Join a community that stays with you. Build a trusted, locally rooted network that continues to sharpen and support your leadership long after graduation.
Executive MBA designed for the realities of senior leadership
Flexible, focused, and intentionally designed for leaders who manage complex responsibilities.
Hybrid Format
Friday-Saturday on-campus classes once per month paired with flexible online coursework
October 2026
Program Starts
Personalized Leadership Development and Coaching
In the Executive MBA program, your leadership growth is intentional and personal. Assessments, reflection, and individualized coaching help you understand your habits and strengthen how you lead. You work with an executive coach to target specific behaviors and apply new approaches directly to your role.
You also grow with a small peer group that offers accountability and perspective. You refine your judgment, adapt your style to different situations, and lead with greater clarity and confidence.
Integrated, applied curriculum
Every course reflects the decisions senior leaders make. Strategy, finance, operations, technology, and people are taught as a connected system, helping you see how choices move across the enterprise.
You use what you learn immediately. In Operations for Executives, you diagnose bottlenecks through a Lean Six Sigma simulation. In Digital Transformation, you track early signals, assess emerging technologies, and use GenAI to model future scenarios. Each course strengthens your ability to lead in real time.
Global Experience
Your international residency expands how you see business and leadership. You visit organizations abroad, meet with local executives, and study how culture and markets shape strategy.
You experience this with your cohort, gaining insight from one another as you encounter new ideas and environments. You return with a clearer understanding of global systems and a stronger ability to lead in a connected world.
Transformative Community
You learn alongside experienced leaders who bring real responsibility to the classroom. Conversations are direct, grounded, and shaped by people who understand the demands of executive work.
These peers become trusted allies. You build relationships that last well beyond graduation and gain a network that supports your leadership and growth throughout your career.
Class Profile
Class of 2027
Average age
Average years of work experience
Women
Average years of management experience
Average undergraduate GPA
Industries Represented
This program has delivered. It has pushed me to explore what makes work meaningful, to understand how change truly happens, to see more clearly the difference between strategy formulation and execution, and to develop a deeper grasp of the art of finance.
Keegan Kuhlmann, EMBA '25
Program Overview
Format & Schedule
- Duration: 18 months, spanning 5 terms
- Start Date: Classes begin in October
- End Date: Classes end in April
Curriculum
- Courses: 20 required courses, 42 credits
- Our curriculum is broken down into five integrated areas:
- Lead with Ethical Judgment and Foresight
- Master the Drivers of Executive Decision Making
- Manage the Core Levers of Enterprise Performance
- Operate Confidently in Global and High-Risk Environments
- Drive Innovation and Long-Term Direction
Class Format
- Hybrid: Friday-Saturday on-campus classes once per month paired with flexible online coursework
Global Experience
- International Residency: Participate in an 8 to 10-day international residency.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any subject
- Application form
- Essays
- Resume
- Minimum 5 years’ of management or leadership experience
- Admissions interview (virtual)
Tuition
Estimated cost: $93,000
Program cost includes:
- All tuition and fees
- All course materials, including a complimentary iPad to support your learning
- Executive-style inclusive services
- Health fee per term
- International residency (lodging, most meals, transportation to official visits and group activities)*
* Airfare for the international residency is not covered by the program and is your responsibility.
Peer Learning & Community
You learn with a cohort of experienced working professionals who bring meaningful leadership responsibility to the classroom. People come from different industries and functions, which creates discussions that are sharp, relevant, and grounded in real work. You move through the program together, building trust through shared projects and the kinds of conversations only working leaders can have.
The relationships you form become a long-term advantage. Your cohort becomes a network of peers you can call for perspective, collaboration, and support long after graduation.
Personalized Service
As a working professional, your time is your most limited resource. Our student services team handles the administrative details for you, from course registration to ordering and preparing your materials. You arrive on campus ready to learn, not manage logistics. This support is built into your tuition and designed to keep your focus where it belongs, on your growth as a leader.
If you'd like help deciding whether the Executive MBA is the right fit, connect with our admissions team and schedule a conversation.
Format & Schedule
- Duration: 18 months, spanning 5 terms
- Start Date: Classes begin in October
- End Date: Classes end in April
Curriculum
- Courses: 20 required courses, 42 credits
- Our curriculum is broken down into five integrated areas:
- Lead with Ethical Judgment and Foresight
- Master the Drivers of Executive Decision Making
- Manage the Core Levers of Enterprise Performance
- Operate Confidently in Global and High-Risk Environments
- Drive Innovation and Long-Term Direction
Class Format
- Hybrid: Friday-Saturday on-campus classes once per month paired with flexible online coursework
Global Experience
- International Residency: Participate in an 8 to 10-day international residency.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any subject
- Application form
- Essays
- Resume
- Minimum 5 years’ of management or leadership experience
- Admissions interview (virtual)
Tuition
Estimated cost: $93,000
Program cost includes:
- All tuition and fees
- All course materials, including a complimentary iPad to support your learning
- Executive-style inclusive services
- Health fee per term
- International residency (lodging, most meals, transportation to official visits and group activities)*
* Airfare for the international residency is not covered by the program and is your responsibility.
Peer Learning & Community
You learn with a cohort of experienced working professionals who bring meaningful leadership responsibility to the classroom. People come from different industries and functions, which creates discussions that are sharp, relevant, and grounded in real work. You move through the program together, building trust through shared projects and the kinds of conversations only working leaders can have.
The relationships you form become a long-term advantage. Your cohort becomes a network of peers you can call for perspective, collaboration, and support long after graduation.
Personalized Service
As a working professional, your time is your most limited resource. Our student services team handles the administrative details for you, from course registration to ordering and preparing your materials. You arrive on campus ready to learn, not manage logistics. This support is built into your tuition and designed to keep your focus where it belongs, on your growth as a leader.
If you'd like help deciding whether the Executive MBA is the right fit, connect with our admissions team and schedule a conversation.
"The program has pushed me to explore what makes work meaningful."
Coming back to graduate school two decades after earning his bachelor’s degree, Zach Heilman had questions.
With AI, YouTube, and more content available than he could ever consume, he wondered if an MBA still made sense, especially when he was already leading teams and managing complex projects.
So far, it's delivered.
"The Executive MBA has pushed me to understand how change truly happens, to see more clearly the difference between strategy formulation and execution, and to develop a deeper grasp of the art of finance.
Balancing this program with work and life has been demanding, yet it has already reshaped how I think, how I collaborate, and how I lead through complexity. Most of all, it has reinforced why I want to keep striving toward what is meaningful."
Ready to grow as a leader?
Connect with our team to talk through your goals, your experience, and whether the St. Thomas Executive MBA is the right next step for you.
Jose Sanchez, assistant director, recruiting & admissions, sanc3346@stthomas.edu
Kate DiAna, senior program director, kddiana@stthomas.edu
Soren Hoeger-Lerdal, associate director of student services, sorenhl@stthomas.edu