The Best Part-Time MBA Programs


Slide Show: Best Part-Time B-Schools

Rankings: Part-Time Programs

How part-time MBA students rate the top programs

BusinessWeek's 2007 part-time MBA rankings are based on three measures. A student survey, sent to 9,274 part-time MBA students at 81 programs and completed by 3,209 (35%), 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.

For additional information on our methodology visit our FAQ.

Data: Cambria Consulting, BusinessWeek

Research: Geoff Gloeckler, Jane Porter, Louis Lavelle


Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.
2007
Nat.
Rank
School
Location
2007
Reg.
Rank
Region
Program
Cost
($/credit hour)
Grads
Reporting
Salary
Increase
(%)
Avg.
Salary
Increase
(%)
Student
Satisfaction
Rank
Academy
Quality
Rank
Post-MBA
Outcomes
Rank
Rated Best For
Avg.
GMAT
Score
Grads
Work
Exp.
(months)
Avg.
Class
Size
Tenured
faculty
(%)
Completion
Rate
(%)
Teaching
Quality
Caliber of
Classmates
Curriculum
1 UCLA (Anderson)Los Angeles1 WestNA68.2 33.5 1 17 4 Career Advancers686 72 65 38.7 94 A+ A+ A   
2 Emory (Goizueta)Atlanta1 South1250 76.3 39.8 2 17 3 Career Switchers627 72 57 29 96.6 A   A+ A+ 
3 USC (Marshall)Los Angeles2 West1217 62.5 40.9 8 14 1 Career Advancers619 69 65 32.4 98 B   B   B   
4 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles3 West982 65.2 37 17 8 2 Job Changers572 72 23 52 85 C   C   B   
5 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa.1 Mid-Atlantic630 48.7 31.6 9 2 24 Career Switchers629 105 18.5 32.4 92.5 A   B   A   
6 Denver Denver1 Southwest873 68.8 29.7 22 3 6 Job Changers592 77 33 50 96 C   C   B   
7 Chicago Chicago1 MidwestNA59.5 41.8 3 17 8 Job Changers685 79 60 36.1 93.4 A+ A+ A+ 
8 Loyola Chicago2 Midwest1047 70.6 32.6 10 17 7 Job Changers550 55 40 70.4 85 B   C   A   
9 Worcester Polytechnic Worcester, Mass.1 Northeast1042 40 46.2 5 4 26 Job Changers620 88 10 48 92 A+ B   A   
10 Drexel (LeBow) Philadelphia2 Mid-Atlantic835 51.2 32.2 18 4 18 Job Changers600 102 19 37.8 88 B   B   A+ 
11 Villanova Villanova, Pa.3 Mid-Atlantic885 68.4 24.8 21 1 25 Career Switchers590 76 19 88.9 97 C   A   C   
12 Elon (Love) Elon, N.C.2 South440 62.5 27.9 7 8 23 Career Switchers550 111 18 78.9 92 B   A   B   
13 SMU (Cox)Dallas2 Southwest1425 56.8 37.4 11 8 20 Career Switchers591 62 44 58 96 A   C   A+ 
14 Richmond (Robins) Richmond, Va.4 Mid-Atlantic770 35 50.8 4 25 19 Career Switchers587 59 21.4 59.3 83 A   A+ B   
15 Boston University Boston2 Northeast1092 50 40 12 25 5 Job Changers604 60 38 37.3 81 A   A+ C   
16 Washington (Foster) Seattle4 West689 57.9 25 23 6 14 Job Changers670 73 60 53.1 98 C   A+ C   
17 Nevada Reno5 West176 65.6 44.9 24 6 10 Career Advancers577 72 28 46.2 98 A   B   A   
18 Indiana University Southeast New Albany, Ind.3 Midwest270 29.4 44.1 6 12 29 Career Switchers558 70 18 72.7 92 A+ B   A+ 
19 Georgia State (Robinson) Atlanta3 South214 53 41.8 20 12 22 Job Changers605 72 28 31.9 87 A   C   B   
20 Washington University (Olin) St. Louis4 Midwest1150 53.3 41.6 16 27 13 Job Changers/ Career Switchers601 66 57 31.1 91 A   B   A+ 
21 Ohio State (Fisher) Columbus5 Midwest702 61.5 39.3 26 8 21 Career Switchers610 82 62 48.1 93 B   B   B   
22 Wake Forest (Babcock) Winston-Salem4 South1104 69.8 34.1 25 17 14 Career Switchers570 90 42 63.2 88 B   B   B   
23 Rollins (Crummer) Winter Park, Fla.5 South756 54.8 32 13 29 16 Career Switchers554 62 34 60.9 85 A+ A   A   
24 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) Pittsburgh5 Mid-Atlantic1508 62.5 38.8 28 17 11 Career Switchers644 59 65 38.9 100 B   B   C   
25 NYU (Stern) New York3 Northeast1440 51.7 38.3 19 14 27 Career Switchers675 65 52 25.6 90 B   A   A   
26 Texas San Antonio3 Southwest192 21.4 22.9 15 29 17 Job Changers558 49 26 54.8 75 B   B   C   
27 Houston (Bauer)Houston4 Southwest352 52.9 35.8 29 17 12 Career Switchers576 73 51 44.6 82 B   C   C   
28 Boston College (Carroll) Boston4 Northeast1126 51.7 39.6 14 17 30 Career Advancers586 50 40 36.6 95 A+ A   A+ 
29 Massachusetts (Isenberg) Amherst5 Northeast600 41.5 36.2 27 14 28 Job Changers546 95 49 58.5 98 A   A   A   
30 Texas (McCombs)Austin5 Southwest1523 58.6 51.5 30 27 9 Career Switchers659 72 77 27.8 95 A+ A+ C