Absolutely. Compensation, promotion, and career mobility have always been meaningful returns on any type of graduate education, and our EMBA graduates receive them all, with students reporting salary bumps of around 8% within a year of finishing their program. But that micro view of growth is not the limit of that value, which also lies in being better equipped to make reasoned decisions and lead people and teams through times of uncertainty, to carry the confidence that comes from more fully knowing yourself as a professional, and to have authentic professional support from an engaged network that actively creates opportunities for one another over time. It’s this larger whole that should also be considered when calculating an MBA's ROI.

Students bring current workplace challenges into class, develop approaches with faculty and cohort peers, apply those approaches between sessions, and return ready to examine the results. The return can begin with a decision made more effectively, a team led through a difficult moment, or a persistent problem approached in a more productive way.

Faculty bring subject expertise as well as executive and board-level experience. Cohort members contribute perspectives from different industries, organizations, and leadership roles. Together, they give you people with whom to question assumptions, pressure-test an approach, and consider options you may not encounter inside your own workplace.

The degree and its career outcomes remain important, but so do the capabilities and relationships developed while earning it: stronger judgment, broader global perspective, trusted peers, faculty relationships, free course auditing for life, and access to a network of more than 7,000 Crummer alumni across all 50 states and more than 53 countries.