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Updated on: 17 Sep 2005, 18:15
Welcome to the Part Time vs. Full Time Compendium.
Hjort's Encouraging Signs of Part Time MBA Programs
1. The same professors teach in both the full time and part time program
2. FT students are permitted to enroll in PT courses for normal credit without any need for a petitioning process for recognition of credit. PT students are permitted to enroll in the FT courses.
3. PT students can freely transfer into the FT program without needing to re-apply as a Full Time student. It is a good sign if the school is neutral on the issue of transfer or encourages students to transfer if it is in the interest of the student
Let's begin with a summary of schools from the top clusters with PT programs
Ultraelite
Chicago
Northwestern
Elite
UCB
UCLA
Michigan
NYU
Transelite
Carnegie Mellon "Flex-Time Program"
Emory "Evening Program" https://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/eveningmba/
USC MBA for Professionals and Managers aka MBA.PM
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/MBAPM.cfm?doc_id=3136
Texas "Texas Evening MBA"
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/temba/
Hjort's Encouraging Signs of Part Time MBA Programs
1. The same professors teach in both the full time and part time program
2. FT students are permitted to enroll in PT courses for normal credit without any need for a petitioning process for recognition of credit. PT students are permitted to enroll in the FT courses.
3. PT students can freely transfer into the FT program without needing to re-apply as a Full Time student. It is a good sign if the school is neutral on the issue of transfer or encourages students to transfer if it is in the interest of the student
Let's begin with a summary of schools from the top clusters with PT programs
Ultraelite
Chicago
Northwestern
Elite
UCB
UCLA
Michigan
NYU
Transelite
Carnegie Mellon "Flex-Time Program"
Emory "Evening Program" https://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/eveningmba/
USC MBA for Professionals and Managers aka MBA.PM
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/MBAPM.cfm?doc_id=3136
Texas "Texas Evening MBA"
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/temba/
Matters get rather more complicated when one includes Executive MBA programs. As discussed previously, Exec MBA programs and PT programs have considerable overlap- so much overlap that it is sometimes difficult to discern much of any meaningful difference between the two types of programs.
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=17646
One possible reason that some schools use the term "executive" is that just about anything sounds better with the word executive in front of it since this suggests some type of elevated status. On the other hand, "part time" is viewed by some to mean "less serious" or to dilute the academic experience (in contrast with business schools, none of the ultraelite US law schools have a PT law program).
If we include any sort of primarily non residential MBA program, the number of "non full-time" MBA programs (i.e. schools with PT and/or Executive MBA programs) increases significantly:
Ultra Elites:
Chicago
Columbia
Northwestern
Penn
Elites:
UCB
UCLA
Cornell
Duke
Michigan
NYU
Virginia
Yale
Trans Elites
All have at least one non-FT MBA program
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=17646
One possible reason that some schools use the term "executive" is that just about anything sounds better with the word executive in front of it since this suggests some type of elevated status. On the other hand, "part time" is viewed by some to mean "less serious" or to dilute the academic experience (in contrast with business schools, none of the ultraelite US law schools have a PT law program).
If we include any sort of primarily non residential MBA program, the number of "non full-time" MBA programs (i.e. schools with PT and/or Executive MBA programs) increases significantly:
Ultra Elites:
Chicago
Columbia
Northwestern
Penn
Elites:
UCB
UCLA
Cornell
Duke
Michigan
NYU
Virginia
Yale
Trans Elites
All have at least one non-FT MBA program
What are some advantages of a PT program?
1) You experience less career disruption during your studies
2) You continue to earn money during your studies
3) Some students might find their learning enhanced since they can apply what they learn immediately
4) You can often enter the program at various times of the year rather than just in the Autumn
What are some disadvantages of a PT program?
1) There is less opportunity for an internship
2) There is often less opportunity to benefit from career services
3) PT programs often last longer than FT programs
4) PT students often feel alienated from the FT students and have less oppty to take part in social events, clubs, etc.
5) The PT program might be more intended for "locals" than the FT programs, this might disappoint some students who travel long distances expecting a more cosmopolitan experience
1) You experience less career disruption during your studies
2) You continue to earn money during your studies
3) Some students might find their learning enhanced since they can apply what they learn immediately
4) You can often enter the program at various times of the year rather than just in the Autumn
What are some disadvantages of a PT program?
1) There is less opportunity for an internship
2) There is often less opportunity to benefit from career services
3) PT programs often last longer than FT programs
4) PT students often feel alienated from the FT students and have less oppty to take part in social events, clubs, etc.
5) The PT program might be more intended for "locals" than the FT programs, this might disappoint some students who travel long distances expecting a more cosmopolitan experience
