Zero Career Disruption
You’ll be in classes just one weekend per month, which keeps you in your leadership role while you earn your MBA.
AACSB-Accredited
Executive MBA
Lead with judgment and clarity while your organization keeps moving. One weekend per month, you’ll engage with high-caliber peers who navigate complexity like you do. Develop the frameworks, perspective, and confidence to create sustainable value—starting now.
You didn’t get where you are in your career by accident. You’ve spent years delivering results.
You already know business theory, and you’ve built your career on driving results. Now, you want the strategic clarity and confidence to lead through complexity: a toolkit to sharpen your thinking and push your leadership to greater heights.
Crummer’s Executive MBA (EMBA) brings a carefully selected cohort of senior-level peers together with experienced faculty who’ve navigated real-world positions and decisions, and a curriculum built on the kinds of judgement calls you increasingly find yourself having to make. In classes, you’ll learn frameworks you can apply immediately in your role to strengthen your leadership chops — and all in just one weekend per month.
Have questions about the EMBA? Our always-on agent, Casey, can help during a quick phone call—and if she doesn’t know an answer, she’ll get you in touch with the right admission team member.
Applications for Fall 2026 Entry are Due
Round 2 Deadline: May 1, 2026
Round 3 Deadline: July 1, 2026
The Executive Advantage
The Crummer Executive MBA is designed to strengthen the parts of leadership that matter most at the executive level: judgment, perspective, credibility, and the ability to make high-stakes decisions while your organization keeps moving. These advantages are built into the structure of the program itself.
Global Perspective
A required global immersion deepens your cross-border judgment, sharpens cultural intelligence, and broadens your strategic toolkit.
Curated Peer Network
You’ll learn alongside senior peers, and after graduation you’ll be part of an alumni network of 7,000+ across 53 countries.
Elite AACSB Credential
Crummer’s AACSB accreditation is held by only 6% of business schools worldwide.
How the EMBA Compares to Other Pathways
Crummer’s EMBA pathway is specifically designed for experienced, executive-level leaders who are already driving meaningful impact within their organizations and are ready to deepen their judgment, perspective, and confidence while navigating uncertainty and complexity.
Cohort Experience
You’ll learn alongside high-caliber peers with significant professional experience — executives who bring real challenges and insights to every discussion.
Purpose-Built Class Schedule
The EMBA’s in-person, immersive class sessions are designed so you can continue leading your organization full-time, without interruption.
Practical, Relevant Curriculum
Through real-world projects, immersive company visits, and a globally scoped curriculum, you’ll amplify your leadership impact with strategies & tactics you can apply immediately.
Attentive, Boardroom-Experienced Faculty
Crummer’s world-class faculty present constructive challenges while freely sharing decision-making frameworks, experience leading under uncertainty, insight about ethical reasoning, and global perspectives.
The result: The confidence to lead through complexity with sharper judgment and deeper perspective — made immediately accessible and applicable to your current role as a leader.
The Cohort Experience
Crummer’s EMBA cohort is intentionally small to encourage close connections among members — other senior leaders who are balancing demands similar to yours in their own leadership roles.
8+ Years
Professional experience required
3+ Years
Management required
15–20
Senior professionals per cohort
Experiential Learning
Crummer organizes robust, real-world applications for EMBA students to “learn by doing,” and cohorts experience several company visits, executive projects a global immersion component, and a capstone that brings together insights from across the curriculum before they complete the program.
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Company Visits
Learn directly from business leaders at organizations throughout Central Florida and beyond.
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Executive Projects
Apply concepts to actual business challenges, testing solutions and delivering immediate value.
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Global Immersion
International residency exploring how organizations create and sustain value across borders.
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Capstone Experience
Comprehensive project integrating curriculum insights to demonstrate measurable value creation.
Minimal Work Disruption
We’ve purpose-built all of our programs designed for working professionals, including the EMBA, with a key priority in mind: that students are enabled to maintain their professional momentum while they earn an MBA.
Predictable Schedule
Courses are held one Friday + Saturday per month—so you can plan your work and life around your studies.
Closed-Loop Application
Use the time between classes to apply and evaluate the strategies you take from peers and professors—then close the loop in the next class when you share what you learned.
No Career Pause
Continue leading while you learn—and become a better leader within your organization in real-time.
Not ready to apply?
Stay in touch and we’ll let you know when we have announcements and news to share about the EMBA — including due dates for future application rounds.
A Curriculum Designed to Produce Transformational Leaders
Crummer’s EMBA curriculum is purpose-built to sharpen candidates’ judgement abilities; equip them to lead through complexity and make decisions under uncertainty; navigate the trade-offs that only executives face; and polish the soft skills that executives regularly lean on to be effective leaders of their organizations. In the EMBA, students develop the following six core competencies:
1 — Strategic Thinking
Enhanced access to judgment under uncertainty via value creation frameworks
2 — Leadership & Influence
Advanced interpersonal capabilities & soft-skills effectiveness
3 — Data-Driven Decisions
Sharpened analytics interpretation and comprehension skills
4 — Innovation Leadership
Heightened teams through structured business model transformations
5 — Global Perspective
Fuller cultural intelligence via immersive global experience
6 — Executive Presence
Boosted leadership capabilities through presentation & communication excellence
These competencies are delivered through hands-on instruction in the following four curriculum focus areas:
1 — Leadership & Strategy
• Strategic leadership development
• Value creation frameworks
• Business model innovation
• Transformational leadership
2 — Analytics & Operations
• Financial decision-making
• Data-driven strategy
• Supply chain optimization
• Operational excellence
3 — Growth & Innovation
• Customer value creation
• Market strategy and growth
• Innovation management
• Digital transformation
4 — Global Perspective
• International business strategy
• Cross-cultural leadership
• Global market dynamics
• International immersion
The effectiveness of Crummer’s EMBA curriculum at constructively and demonstrably delivering these competencies to our students is implied in our accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) — a status of excellence that Crummer shares with an elite group of just six percent of business schools worldwide. See below for a full list of EMBA courses:
Each course focuses on practical frameworks, global perspectives, and leadership tools executives can immediately apply.
MBA 550 — Optimizing the Executive Learning Journey
Aligns strategy, leadership, and innovation to empower value creation. Develops the mindset and skills to shape corporate culture, drive innovation, and lead change.
ACCT 551 — Accounting for Executives
Builds the ability to read and use financial statements to measure business success and identify value creation opportunities. Covers financial and managerial accounting.
ECO 551 — Macroeconomics and the Global Economy
Examines national and global economic activity — growth, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates — to sharpen decision-making in a globally interconnected economy.
FIN 551 — Financial Management for Value Creation
Focuses on investing and financing decisions that create value. Covers risk and return, bond and stock valuation, capital budgeting, and capital structure.
INTL 552 — Global Immersion for Value Creation
A week-long international residency with site visits, executive briefings, and meetings with local business and government leaders to explore value creation across borders.
MBA 552 — Vision to Venture: An Executive Capstone
A two-day intensive capstone integrating the full breadth of EMBA knowledge. Students apply strategic insights and an innovation mindset to real-world business challenges.
MGT 554 — Executive Leadership Foundations
Explores key leadership theories and frameworks to develop a leader of character. Builds executive presence, ethical stewardship, and strategies that drive value creation.
MGT 555 — Executive Leadership Strategies
Applies four pillars of leadership to executive decision-making. Equips students to set strategic vision, foster innovation, and create competitive advantage in the global marketplace.
MGT 556 — Executive Leadership in Action
Takes students off campus to visit innovative organizations and learn firsthand from founders and senior leaders. Students debrief visits with faculty to apply lessons to their own organizations.
MGT 557 — Executive Leadership: CEO Academy
A forum for direct engagement with chief executives on building, shaping, and sustaining organizations. Leaders share insights on innovation, resilience, and sustainable value creation.
MGT 558 — Executive Frontiers: Mastering Business Innovation, Technology, and Design
Challenges students to rethink business models through cutting-edge technologies and design principles. Builds skills to spur innovation and solve complex business challenges.
MKT 551 — Creating and Delivering Customer Value
Teaches frameworks for market analysis and decision tools that maximize the value function. Examines how innovation and customer value delivery foster sustainable, profitable growth.
OM 551 — Supply Chain Leadership in the Global Arena: An Executive Perspective
Bridges theory and practice in global operations and supply chain management. Develops skills to mitigate risk and drive operational excellence on the world stage.
QBA 551 — Data-Driven Decisions: Analytics for Strategic Value Creation
Empowers students to create organizational value through data analytics. Covers descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive methods to make informed decisions that drive competitive advantage.
What Our Graduates Say
The past 20 months have challenged me even more than I expected in my professional growth, endurance, and adding additional skill sets I did not possess. I also did not anticipate the bonds and friendships we would create as a cohort and with our professors. For me, Crummer has been a powerful learning experience that inspired me to step out of my comfort zone to gain a greater knowledge of what is and what could be.
Clay Osburne ’24MBA
Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager | National Christian Foundation Orlando
I was pleasantly surprised by the hands-on nature of the Crummer EMBA program. Although the curriculum included rigorous exams, projects, and presentations, it also provided ample opportunities to develop practical knowledge directly applicable to our careers. What stood out to me was the immediate applicability of what we learned; we could apply new concepts and strategies in our professional settings right away.
Ruchi Kapadia ’24MBA
Corporate Attorney | The Lyda Group
The Rollins Executive MBA program sharpened my ability to think strategically while leading in real time. It equipped me with the tools, confidence, and courage to drive organizational transformation across nonprofit, workforce, and entrepreneurial ventures in my community. The network of accomplished peers and faculty continues to be a powerful resource in my leadership journey.
Tadar Muhammad ’17MBA
COO | CareerSource Central Florida
Crummer has significantly increased my knowledge and confidence as I transitioned into our organization’s leadership team. The connections I have built with faculty, business leaders, and especially my peers are both enduring and invaluable. This experience has been a catalyst for my professional growth.
Jody Lazar ’26MBA
Director of Community Engagement | Winter Park Library
Boardroom-Proven Faculty
Crummer’s faculty combine academic excellence with real-world expertise, bringing research, consulting experience, and practical insight into every discussion.
Misty L. Loughry, Ph.D.
Alan and Sandra Gerry Chair in Business Excellence | Professor of Management
Guilherme’s Story
Hear how the EMBA program, including its cohort experience, its faculty, and the global immersion component, transformed one leader’s approach to strategy and value creation — and shaped his executive perspective.
Global Immersion for Value Creation
EMBA students gain a broader view of business operations through an immersive global experience that exposes them to different business philosophies, leadership approaches, and decision-making norms across borders — an experience that deepens perspective and sharpens the judgment skills executive roles require to lead teams through uncertainty in complex environments.
What You'll Do
- Required one-week international residency
- Company visits and executive briefings
- Applied projects exploring cross-border value creation
- Recent destinations: Italy and Brazil
What You'll Gain
- Valuable insights enhancing international business acumen
- Firsthand engagement with global organizations
- Deep connections and mutual trust among your cohort
- A lasting network of support and collaboration
Participants purchase their own airfare and select meals. All other program expenses—lodging, ground transportation, site visits—are covered.
Powerful Peer Network
Your EMBA cohort becomes a lifelong professional network supported by 7,000+ Crummer alumni across 53 countries, who often build relationships that extend far beyond the program’s completion. In turn, these relationships allow cohort members to:
Knowledge Share
Continue learning from peers after graduation
Open Career Opportunities
Cohort members regularly provide referrals and references for one another
Become Global Connections
Alumni peers frequently facilitate networking opportunities across geographic regions
We’re Accepting Applications for Fall 2026 Entry Now
Round 2 Deadline: May 1, 2026
Round 3 Deadline: July 1, 2026
Upcoming Admission Events
Current Cohort Profile & Student Experience
EMBA cohorts are dynamic communities of up to 20 senior leaders from diverse industries and global backgrounds. They are collaborative yet driven, curious yet pragmatic — and committed to applying insights learned in courses immediately. Explore the stats for the Fall 2025 cohort:
15 Cohort Members
47% Women
42 Average Age
15 Avg. Years Experience
4 Countries Represented
11 Industries Represented
ROI & Career Impact
The EMBA delivers substantial returns through enhanced leadership capabilities, expanded professional networks, and career advancement — including enhanced leadership and organizational performance while students are enrolled in the program and an salary increase of 8% within one year of completion.
Admission & Aid
Crummer’s holistic admission approach welcomes those with exceptional ideas, achievements, and vision. Candidates who are best fit for acceptance into an EMBA cohort have a bachelor’s degree and multiple years of senior-level work experience — including experience directly managing others.
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities offering financial assistance and additional benefits. All Crummer applicants are automatically considered for scholarships — and as your program application is also your scholarship application, no supplemental materials for scholarship consideration are required.
For exceptional students with extraordinary leadership potential, strategic thinking, and commitment to impact.
Beyond financial assistance, Dean’s Scholars receive the most transformational leadership experience during their time at Crummer. Benefits include:
- Financial Assistance — Comprehensive scholarship plus additional program benefits.
- Executive Mentor Pairing — Guaranteed match with a senior executive mentor for guidance throughout your journey.
- Exclusive Networking — Access to Board members and distinguished alumni through invitation-only events.
- Early Executive Coaching — Priority access to professional development through the Career Management Center.
- Summit Discounts — Special pricing for select Crummer professional summits and executive education.
- Priority Alumni Events — First access to registration for high-demand alumni programming.
- Dean’s Engagement — Personal engagement events with Dean Anil Menon.
- Advisory Council — Participation in the Dean’s Student Advisory Council shaping the future of Crummer.
Expectations
- Exemplify Academic Excellence — maintain minimum 3.33 GPA and demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
- Enhance the Crummer Brand — serve as student ambassador via engagements with prospective students and partners.
- Serve as a Leader Among Peers — pursue leadership roles within your cohort and mentor fellow students.
- Demonstrate Active Participation — attend and engage in Crummer-hosted events throughout your time in the program.
Benefits
- Financial Assistance — Merit-based scholarship recognizing your professional achievements.
- Executive Mentor Pairing — Guaranteed match with a senior executive mentor.
- Executive Coaching Access — Professional development support through the Career Management Center.
- Priority Alumni Events — First access to registration for high-demand alumni programming.
- Summit Discounts — Special pricing for select Crummer professional summits.
Expectations
- Maintain minimum 3.33 GPA and demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
- Serve as ambassador engaging prospective students and partners.
For employees of partner organizations supporting your development.
Benefits
- Financial Assistance — Scholarship support through your organization’s partnership with Crummer.
- Organization-Matched Mentor — Guaranteed pairing with a mentor aligned to your company and industry.
- Executive Coaching Access — Professional development support through the Career Management Center.
- Priority Alumni Events — First access to registration for high-demand alumni programming.
- Summit Discounts — Special pricing for select Crummer professional summits.
Expectations
- Remain employed at your organization for the duration of the program.
- Meet academic requirements throughout the program duration.
- Promote programs by sharing experiences with colleagues.
- Assist with information sessions and networking events as needed.
$2,500 Referral Award
Available to students referred through the official referral form before submitting their application. This award may be combined with other Crummer financial aid.
Our admissions and financial aid team works with you to combine loans, scholarships, and payment plans.
- Federal Loans — U.S. students may access federal loans. Explore borrowing limits and repayment options on the Federal Student Aid website.
- Flexible Payment Plans — Spread tuition over the semester or year, avoiding lump-sum payments.
- Employer Reimbursement — Many organizations offer partial or full tuition reimbursement. We assist with HR coordination and documentation.
- Scholarships — All Crummer applicants are automatically considered, and our distribution of scholarships may recognize any, some, or all of the following categories: candidates’ professional experience, academic achievement, leadership excellence, level of need for assistance, and merit.
To learn more, schedule a meeting with Rollins College’s Office of Financial Aid at the link below:
Application Deadlines
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible to ensure that space in the program is available.
Application questions? Email crummer@rollins.edu or call 407-646-2405.
Fall 2026
Round 2 May 1, 2026
Round 3July 1, 2026 — Final Consideration
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question not answered below? Reach out to our team — we’re happy to help.
Expect approximately 10-15 hours per week for readings, assignments, team projects, and preparation.
Intensive in-person sessions one Friday and Saturday per month, combined with flexible between-session learning. Optional virtual faculty engagement ensures continuous learning and application.
Absolutely. The EMBA is designed for working professionals. One weekend per month allows you to maintain and enhance your career while applying concepts immediately in the workplace.
No. Professional experience and academic history demonstrate readiness for graduate study. You may be invited to interview with the admissions committee.
Yes. All applicants are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships — no separate application required. Awards recognize leadership, professional experience, academic achievement, and potential for impact.
$75,000 Total Program Investment
- Flexible Payment Plans: Spread tuition over the semester or year to avoid lump-sum payments.
- Employer Reimbursement: Many organizations offer partial or full tuition support. We assist with HR coordination.
- Federal Loan Options: U.S. students may access federal loans with various repayment options.
- Merit-Based Scholarships: All applicants automatically considered — no separate application required.
To discuss financing options, please reach out to Financial Aid via the link below:
- Dedicated leadership courses
- Free executive coaching through the Career Management Center
- Assessments and team projects
- Immersive experiences including Global Immersion and capstone
No prior business degree is required. The program equips executives from diverse academic and professional backgrounds with foundational and advanced business knowledge, emphasizing strategic application and value creation.
Cohorts are intentionally small and selective: 15-20 senior professionals from diverse industries and backgrounds. This boutique approach ensures individualized faculty attention and maximum value from collaboration.
The EMBA has one intake per year in Fall (August).
A required international experience placing students in global business environments for one week. Through executive briefings, company visits, and applied projects, you gain firsthand insight into global markets and cross-cultural leadership.
Costs: Airfare and select meals are your responsibility. All other costs (lodging, ground transportation, site visits, scheduled activities) are covered.
Core courses in leadership, finance, strategy, analytics, global business, and innovation. Experiential learning includes Global Immersion and a capstone project. One elective allows customization based on cohort interests.
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