November 16, 2009
Top Part-Time MBA Programs
B-School Wakeup Call: Part-time MBA programs take a big hit
Slide Show: Top Part-Time MBA Programs
Business School, Explained: Experts answer questions about the b-school experience
Methodology: How we rank part-time MBA programs
FAQ: Part-time MBA ranking questions answered
BusinessWeek's 2009 part-time MBA rankings are based on three measures. A student survey, sent to 12,414 part-time MBA students at 99 programs and completed by 4,222 (34%),
measures general student satisfaction. The academic quality score consists of six equally weighted measures: average GMAT score, average work experience, the percentage of all
teachers in the part-time MBA program who are tenured faculty, average class size in core business classes, the number of business electives available to part-time MBA students, and
the program's completion rate. A third measure, of post-MBA outcomes, is based on the percentage of survey respondents who say their program was "completely" responsible for them
achieving their goals. Data on program cost, GMAT scores, work experience, class size, tenured faculty, and completion rates were provided by the schools. The percentage of grads
reporting salary increase and average salary increase is based on respondents to student survey. Letter grades are based on the student survey. In each category, the top 20% earned an
A+, the next 25% received A’s, the next 35% were awarded B’s, and the bottom 20% got C’s.
For additional information on our methodology visit our FAQ at http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/faq/index.html/
Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.
2009
National
Rank
2009
Regional
Rank
1
1
2
1
3
2
4
5
6
1
2
1
7
1
8
1
9
3
10
2
Drexel (LeBow)
11
2
Emory (Goizueta) Atlanta
School
Worcester
Polytechnic
UCLA (Anderson)
UC Berkeley
(Haas)
Nebraska
Michigan (Ross)
Elon (Love)
Carnegie Mellon
(Tepper)
Location
Worcester,
Mass.
Los Angeles
Region
Program
Cost
($ per
credit hour)
Grads Reporting
Salary Increase
(%)
Average Salary
Increase (%)
Student
Satisfaction
Rank
Academic
Quality Rank
Post-MBA
Outcomes
Rank
Rated Best For
Average
GMAT
Score
Grads Work
Exp. (months)
Average
Class Size
Tenured
Faculty (%)
Completion
Rate (%)
Teaching
Quality
Caliber of
Classmates
Curriculum
Northeast
1121
28.6
21.2
1
2
20
Career Advancers
626
93
24
61.9
94
A+
A+
A+
West
1100
52.7
24.8
5
3
11
Job Changers
688
78
67
69.7
96
A
A+
A+
Berkeley
West
2242
50
23.9
14
6
3
Career Switchers
697
102
60
52.8
95
A
A+
A
Lincoln
Ann Arbor
Elon, N.C.
Midwest
Midwest
South
MidAtlantic
247
1398
550
66.7
58.1
51.9
60.7
44
18.8
13
4
6
43
10
4
1
9
33
Job Changers
Career Switchers
Career Advancers
623
658
562
19
84
103
42
46
22
81.5
40.8
78.9
89
85
95
A
A+
A
A
A+
A+
B
A+
A
1614
62.5
44
3
43
5
Job Changers
639
57
59
38.7
100
A
A+
A+
Southwest
1508
67.3
25.5
25
6
8
611
62
36
50.0
98
A+
B
A+
324
56
28.9
20
52
2
Job Changers
Job Changers/Career
Switchers
552
68
20
51.9
90
A+
B
A
915
51.4
24.9
27
1
38
Career Switchers
615
85
26
63.4
91
B
A
A
1300
54.2
36.4
11
10
23
Career Switchers
635
84
53
25.0
95.4
A+
A+
A+
Pittsburgh
Rice (Jones)
Houston
Indiana University New Albany,
Southeast
Ind.
Philadelphia
Midwest
MidAtlantic
South
12
13
4
3
14
5
15
2
Chicago (Booth) Chicago
Loyola Marymount Los Angeles
Case Western
Cleveland,
(Weatherhead)
Ohio
SMU (Cox)
Dallas
Midwest
West
N/A
1076
52.4
47.5
33.2
38.6
15
8
25
25
12
22
Career Switchers
Career Switchers
688
607
69
55
52
25
32.9
56.9
93.4
81
A+
B
A
C
A+
A
Midwest
1542
66.7
38.4
19
25
14
Career Switchers
535
85
27
26.3
87
A+
A
A+
Southwest
1512
57.5
32.9
12
25
21
Career Advancers
595
64
41
36.0
93
A
A
A+
16
6
Loyola
Midwest
MidRichmond (Robins) Richmond, Va.
Atlantic
Nashville,
Belmont (Massey)
South
Tenn.
USC (Marshall)
Los Angeles West
Ohio State (Fisher) Columbus
Midwest
Nevada
Reno
West
Boston University Boston
Northeast
NYU (Stern)
New York
Northeast
Texas
Dallas
Southwest
Seattle (Albers)
Seattle
West
San Diego
San Diego
West
Santa Clara
Santa Clara,
West
(Leavey)
Calif.
1166
69.6
27.3
18
56
4
Job Changers
546
48
47
64.0
90
A
C
A
17
3
940
36.4
47.5
17
17
35
Job Changers
598
68
17
52.0
91
A+
A+
B
18
3
1145
71.4
21.9
7
25
41
Career Advancers
535
98
25
60.7
74
A
B
A+
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
4
7
5
2
3
3
6
7
1333
775
224
1184
1515
600
696
1170
53.3
55
62.2
36.8
46.9
57.4
46.3
58.3
30.8
30.2
21.7
36.3
32
32.3
34
26.8
26
42
28
9
45
30
23
22
17
17
10
52
4
52
35
25
25
7
32
19
42
6
30
45
Career Switchers
Career Switchers
Job Changers
Career Switchers
Career Switchers
Job Changers
Career Switchers
Career Advancers
623
592
571
613
675
563
583
601
66
87
60
61
66
67
76
64
64
62
32
37
52
40
30
23
34.2
42.7
57.1
35.6
57.8
37.2
27.8
56.1
95
92.7
99
80
94
71
84
88
B
A
B
B
A
A
B
A+
A
A
A
A
B
C
C
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
A
27
8
784
38.8
25.1
35
10
43
Career Switchers
620
74
34
69.9
85
B
B
B
28
4
29
4
30
4
31
Texas
Georgia State
(Robinson)
Chicago
San Antonio
Southwest
221
7.7
57.1
10
35
55
Career Switchers
607
54
18
56.0
58
A+
A
A
Atlanta
South
338
54.7
27.2
40
17
34
Career Switchers
600
78
30
40.6
82
A
B
B
Maryland (Smith) College Park
MidAtlantic
869
56.6
31.9
46
35
15
Career Switchers
594
59
59
57.9
91
B
B
A
9
UC Irvine
(Merage)
Irvine
West
864
51.7
30.1
29
56
13
Career Switchers
601
68
58
30.0
94
B
B
A
32
5
Wake Forest
WinstonSalem, N.C.
South
1230
67.4
23.2
53
10
24
Career Switchers
574
92
41
57.6
94
B
B
B
33
4
Boston
Northeast
1220
51
33.2
38
17
47
Career Switchers
615
62
31
31.0
94
B
B
A
34
6
646
56.4
25.8
36
35
31
Career Switchers
574
75
36
75.0
89.6
B
C
B
35
5
840
21.1
18.2
21
10
68
Career Advancers
625
83
32
30.2
88
A
B
B
36
8
550
41.7
43.6
34
17
53
Career Switchers
605
81
23
57.6
70
B
B
B
37
5
1745
65
22.2
48
52
10
Career Switchers
645
66
61
31.8
96
B
A
B
38
6
1236
34.6
14.9
52
17
26
Job Changers
563
78
24
81.6
71
B
C
C
39
7
Louisville, Ky. South
MidLehigh
Bethlehem, Pa.
Atlantic
Indianapolis,
Butler
Midwest
Ind.
Texas (McCombs) Austin
Southwest
MidDelaware (Lerner) Newark
Atlantic
Winter Park,
Rollins (Crummer)
South
Fla.
1026
37.8
35.5
16
65
27
Career Switchers
530
60
35
61.5
85
A+
B
A+
40
10
41
9
42
7
43
11
44
6
Boston College
(Carroll)
Louisville
Washington
(Foster)
Michigan
Georgetown
(McDonough)
UC Davis
Arizona State
(Carey)
Seattle
West
832
56.5
26.1
54
10
40
Career Switchers
652
75
48
33.0
94
C
A+
C
Flint
Washington,
D.C.
Davis
Midwest
MidAtlantic
West
527
76.2
25.9
32
62
18
Job Changers
512
60
26
40.0
81.8
B
A+
A
1223
67.4
37.9
37
43
36
Career Switchers
667
62
55
29.7
93.4
C
A+
B
936
59.3
31.6
33
25
59
Career Advancers
625
84
44
29.3
89
A
A+
A+
Tempe
Southwest
N/A
49.4
19.7
57
17
37
Career Switchers
579
76
47
70.2
95
B
B
B