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	UCLA: Anderson	1	4	38	690	630-740		70	755	6.5	30	33	Oct 29, 2009	Feb 4, 2010	Mar 3, 2010	Jun 9, 2010			$99K	Goto
2	Northwestern University: Kellogg		3		690		24		1200	6.7	30		Jun 11, 2010		Jul 16, 2010				$98K	Goto
3	University of Southern California: Marshall	3	5	56	630	570-700	5		806	5	28	33	Dec 10, 2009	Feb 2010	Feb 1, 2010	Apr 2010		May 2010	$84K	Goto
4	University of Chicago: Booth	7	2				27		366	7	31	30	Rolling till Jul 1, 2010				Mar 1, 2010		$98K	Goto
5	Lehigh University	5		64	641	580-710	9	5	331	7.5	32	36	Dec 1, 2009*						$31K	Goto
6	University of Denver	6		83	582	490-690		63	192	5	28	42	Rolling till Aug 1, 2010						$73K	Goto
7	HAAS UC Berkley		6	33	691	640-750	17	70	240	8	32	34	Nov 2, 2009	Feb 5, 2010	Jan 5, 2010	Apr 2, 2010		May 28, 2010	$94K	Goto
8	Loyola Marymount University	4	12	42	598	540-680	3	64	257	6	28	24		Within 2 weeks					$40K	Goto
9	University of Michigan: Ross		8		659	590-730	19			6	31		May 15, 2010	July 15, 2010					$85K	Goto
10	Emory University: Goizueta	2	16	70	640	570-710	18	71	314	6.5	30	34	Rolling till Mar 1, 2010 – Scholarship Consideration	Within 4-8 weeks	Jun 1, 2010	Within 4-8 weeks			$72K	Goto
11	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	9		65	620	580-680	10	20	215	8	34	48	Jul 1, 2010**						$55K	Goto
12	DePaul University (Kellstadt)		9	76	577	510-670	7		1800	5	28	36	Jul 1, 2010				Jun 30, 2010			Goto
13	Drexel University (LeBow)	10		45	600	570-700	3		716	8	30	32								Goto
14	Santa Clara University (Leavey)		10		620					6									$55K	Goto
15	Villanova University	11		57	645	550-720		28	63	6.5	29	24	Feb 15, 2010		Apr 15, 2010				$47K	Goto
16	Loyola University - Chicago	8	16	81	550		19	87	338	4.5	27	27	Rolling Jul 15, 2010	Within 2 weeks					$63K	Goto
17	SMU: Cox	13	11	73	601	560-650		60	409	5.5	28	24								Goto
18	Elon University (Love)	12		74	523	460-620	7	28	140	8.5	32	27							$22K	Goto
19	Marquette University		12	89	578	510-630	4		438	5.5	29	32							$44K	Goto
20	Georgia State University (Robinson)	19	7	63	600	530-690	7	32	1028	7.5	31	34	May 3, 2010						$40/60K	Goto
21	New York University: Stern	25	1	47	677	620-730		32	2140	5.5	28	36							$91K	Goto
22	Richmond (Robins)	14		75	619	540-710	5	54	117	6.5	29	36	May 1, 2010	May 2010					$40K	Goto
23	St. Louis University (Cook)		14	95	564	470-660	5		343	4.5	27	33	Mar 1, 2010 – Scholarship Consideration				Mar 1, 2010		$40K	Goto
24	Xavier University (Williams)		14										Aug 1, 2010						$35K	Goto
25	University of Washington Business School: Foster	16		50	661	590-740	13	35	262	6.5	30	30	Apr 15, 2010						$55K	Goto
26	University of Maryland: Smith		16			550-670	7		1046	5	28	33	Dec 1, 2009	Dec 23, 2009	Jan 15, 2010	Feb 15, 2010	Dec 14, 2009*	Apr 1, 2010		Goto
27	University of Nevada, Reno	17			571		8			5	28		Mar 1, 2010	Mar 2010					$15K	Goto
28	Indiana University – Southeast	18		62	564	480-650	5	30	233	4.5	28	36	Jul 1, 2010	Aug 1, 2010			Mar 15, 2010		$10K	Goto
29	Washington University: Olin	20	20	74	595	500-700	3		388	5.5	29	33	Oct 12, 2009*		Nov 9, 2009*		Mar 8, 2010			Goto
30	University of Minnesota: Carlson		20	71	623	550-700		28	1844	6	29	42	May 1, 2010	Jun 15, 2010					$60K	Goto

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

* Classes start in Jan 2010
** International students have to apply by Jun 1, 2010

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.