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Harvard isn’t for everyone … or is it? The university is spreading its name around generously these days, from a medical center in Dubai to management training seminars in Hyderabad. Here are a few ways you (or your company) can purchase the Harvard brand.

The Advanced Management Program (HBS) Top Grads: Tom Vadnais, CEO, ValueClick; Jeremy Jacobs, Chairman,The Delaware North Companies and Owner, Boston Bruins Reason for Being: Founded in 1945, the AMP “boot camp” professes to turn “proven leaders” into “global executives.” Perk: One of the few executive education programs that grants alumni status. Annual Gross: $17,400,000

Leadership in Law Firms (HLS) Top Grads: Robert Couture, Executive Director, McGuireWoods LLP; Nigel McBride, Chief Executive Partner, Minter Ellison Reason for Being: To ease top lawyers’ transition into upper management by utilizing HBS techniques. Perk: Four luxurious nights at the Inn at Harvard Annual Gross: $430,000

The NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program (HBS) Top Grads: Jeff Dugan, Tight End, Minnesota Vikings; Pete Kendall, Left Guard, Washington Redskins Reason for Being: To advise athletes on how to parlay their celebrity into cash-earning enterprises. Perk: The NFL picks up the tab. Annual Gross: $280,000

The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (KSG) Top Grads: Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant; Dennis Whalen, N.Y. State Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services. Reason for Being: The School of Public Health and KSG teach public officials how to respond to terrorist attacks. Perk: Lessons in “meta-leadership” taught by multi-White House aide David Gergen. Annual Gross: $470,000

The Harvard Extension School Top Grads: Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia; Traci Bingham, Baywatch alum Reason for Being: Established by President Abbot Lawrence Lowell in 1909 to educate people who work for a living—“no course shall cost more than a bushel of wheat”—HES now has 12,000 students.Perk: In some programs, a Harvard diploma. Annual Gross: $21,600,000

Annual cost was calculated by multiplying average number of attendees per year by average cost