US Part Time MBA Rankings, Class Profiles and Comparison

US Part Time MBA Rankings, Class Profiles and Comparison
#	School Name	BW*	USN	% Admtd	Average GMAT	80% Range	Intnl %	FinAid %	Class Size	Work Exp	Mean Age	Avg. mo to complete	R1	R1 Decision	R2	R2 Decision	R3	R3 Decision	Full Tuition	School link
1	HAAS UC Berkley	3	3	40	691	640-750	17	70	776	8	32	34	Nov 3, 2010	Feb 4, 2011	Jan 10, 2011	Apr 1, 2011	Mar 14, 2011	May 27, 2011	$100K	Goto
2	UCLA: Anderson	2	5	50	690	630-740		70	805	6.5	30	33	Nov 3, 2010	Feb 2, 2011	Feb 9, 2011	May 4, 2011	Apr 27, 2011	Jun 22, 2011	$99K	Goto
3	University of Michigan: Ross	5	3	70	659	590-730	19		591	6	31		Mar 15, 2011	May 15, 2011	May 15, 2011	Jun 30, 2011			$90K	Goto
4	University of Chicago: Booth	12	2				27		1644	7	31	30	Jan 14, 2011						$98K	Goto
5	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	7	9	87	631	570-740		33	325	4	29	32	Oct 25, 2010	Dec 20, 2010	Jan 3, 2011	Mar 14, 2011	Mar 7, 2011	Apr 29, 2011	$103K	Goto
6	Emory University: Goizueta	11	10	70	636	570-710	18	71	318	6.5	30	34	Mar 1, 2011		Jun 1, 2011				$72K	Goto
7	University of Southern California: Marshall	19	7	58	623	570-700	5		783	5	28	33	Dec 1, 2010	Feb 28, 2011	Feb 1, 2011	Apr 30, 2011	Apr 1, 2011	May 31, 2011	$108K	Goto
8	New York University: Stern	23	5	55	677	620-730		32	2176	5.5	28	36	May 15, 2011	Aug 1, 2011					$102K	Goto
9	Ohio State University: Fisher	20	10	59	593	540-680	10	52	284	6.5	29	27	Jan 31, 2011						$60K	Goto
10	Northwestern University: Kellogg	-	1	46	690		24		1120	6.7	30		Dec 10, 2010		Jan 14, 2011				$98K	Goto
11	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	-	7	78	645				182				Nov 19, 2010		Feb 18, 2011		Apr 29, 2011		$83K	Goto
12	Washington University: Olin	-	10	80	595	500-700	3		412	5.5	29	33	Rolling						$70K	Goto
13	Indiana University: Kelley	-	10	54	611				408				Jan 18, 2010							Goto
14	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1	-	65	620	580-680	10	20	215	8	34	48	Jul 1, 2011						$55K	Goto
15	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	4	-										Jun 15, 2010		Nov 15, 2010		Apr 15, 2010			Goto
16	Elon University (Love)	6	-	74	523	460-620	7	28	140	8.5	32	27	Rolling till Feb 15, 2011						$25K	Goto
17	Rice University (Jones)	8	-										Jan 10, 2011		Feb 21, 2011		Apr 4, 2011		$91K	Goto
18	Indiana University – Southeast	9	-	62	564	480-650	5	30	233	4.5	28	36	Apr 15, 2011		Jul 20, 2011				$10K	Goto
19	Drexel University (LeBow)	10	-	45	600	570-700	3		716	8	30	32								Goto
20	Loyola Marymount University	13	-	42	598	540-680	3	64	257	6	28	24	Rolling						$40K	Goto

Legend:
BW - Business Week Ranking
USN - US News Ranking

Please feel free to post in this thread if any of the info has to be added/changed. Hope you guys find it helpful. Also, please see the official Schools' websites for more details about the programs (the last column in the table above).

This is really good. I have a question. Would you also consider full time ranking when picking your school? For example, UCLA full time ranking is 14 but Kellogs ranking is pretty high. Do you recommend I pick Kellogs over UCLA if given admission to both?

Do you know of any weekend program for any of these part time school?

I think you definitely want the school with overall better reputation. Rankings are approximate measurements and often include elements that don't matter to students (makes you wonder who these rankings are created for).
The better known school usually wins. Sometimes a local school may have some extra-added value, but people move, so it does not matter that much.


The question is - how are you applying to part time programs in LA and Chicago? Do you have an option to have a job in both places?


P.S. I see the rankings are a bit off - will have them fixed shortly.

Thanks bb. Well I live and work in LA but I was thinking about Kellog's part time Weekend program. I was thinking I can just fly every weekend. I guess some people do that.

Do you think part time evening program is better than that of the weekend one?
I am giving GMAT on Dec 7th and the deadline to apply for weekend part time is somewhere in March.

Btw this website rocks.

good job .

I've updated the table in the top post.

Does anyone know why Stern got ranked so low in businessweek?

No CMU - tepper b school ..

Hello All,

I was planning on applying to Washington University. It looks like Saint Louis University is ranked higher than Washington University.

Any suggestions or comparisions

This website really rocks! I just took GMAT and got a score of 760. will write a blog about my experience soon. I'm wondering how Stern is ranked around 20 below many uni's that I've never heard of? Are these rankings reliable?

Welcome to GMAT Club! We hope you find a lot of valuable info for your Applications in here.

As for these rankings, I'd rather give more attention to the standing in separate Rankings (USN vs BW) than to the overall ranking. This table was originally intended to serve as a reference tool of Part Time programs but not the ranking tool. This info will soon be in for major revision. Besides, these USN and BW ranking we used here are specific Part-Time rankings which differ from Full-Time MBA rankings.

You see that Stern was ranked #1 by USN, forget about BW and go with #1 from USN .

I just want to confirm what was said before, that you are probably better off by looking at overall school's ranking, i.e.its full-time program ranking, when selecting a part-time program. In most schools, at least in all schools I checked out in DC area: Georgetown, Smith, GWU, Kogod, part-time MBAs get a diploma absolutely identical to that of the full-time graduates, and there is no special note in the diploma that it was done in part-time setting.
So from school recognition point of view, if it is important to you, go with the higher ranked brand of the school, not just part-time programs ranking. Down the road employers are more likely to recognize the better-known MBA brand, than be concerned with finite intricacies of part-time MBA rankings.


Evening programs and weekend programs are essentially the same, unless any particular school makes real distinctions not just in the format, but also content. It's just a way to accomodate different scheduling needs of part-time students. Due to its nature weekend programs are more rigid in terms of courses flow (and therefore more intense, because same material is learned in shorter period of time), and done in cohort mode, whereas some evening programs have flexible format. Some more explanation on the issue is here: http://parttimembadegree.com/2009/11/25 ... -marketed/

NYU is ranked 20th? I went to an info session last year, and they were advertising how they were the number 1 part-time program in the country. Given the size (2,000), it does seem a bit less selective than others. Emory?! Loyola?!? both ranked above NYU?! I went to Emory B-School for undergrad and have a lot of pride, but all else being equal, NYU is a more attractive school, no?

What about updating this according to the new USN rankings?

McCombs didn't make the list?

great info guys

Is that full time tution or the tution for part time programmes. Isnt PT tution 1/3 -1/4 of the tutions mentioned in the list.

any ideas why Pepperdine has not been ranked the past few years? I looked at their class profiles, and they are just as competetive to get in as USC...any ideas?

helpful list

Really?! NYU is ranked #25 at Business Week? Trailing Elon U., U. of Nevada and U. of Denver (the same school that e-mails me every week to tell me that they are still waiting for my application; have promised me priority app review; and have extended the application deadline for me a couple of times, even though I never showed any interest in applying there)?

NYU's part time program has the same faculty as its full time counterpart, which is ranked top 15 nationwide. And I am pretty confident to assume that its placement record is better than 90% of the schools mentioned in the ranking above.

This tells me more than I need to know about the reputation of BW’s ranking.