BY WAYNE LARSON
The Princeton Review has included the University of Kansas’ School of Business Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Program in its publication “The Best 301 Business Schools.” The 2010 rankings were tallied by surveying 19,000 students at the best business schools in America.
Students had great things to say about the School’s MBA Program in terms of academics, future careers and campus life in a summary of comments compiled by the Princeton Review.
“The best business school in the Midwest,” said one student of the KU School of Business’ MBA Program. Students frequently commented on the program’s excellent faculty and administration. The School’s professors are “active in the business world within their fields,” and they exhibit “a great blend of teaching skills and real-world experience.”
MBA students raved about the School’s international involvement opportunities in the recent Princeton Review surveys. The School’s diverse programs have taken students as far as India, China, Germany, France, Brazil and Mexico. Students say the School provides “an exceptional international business program for being in the middle of the United States.”
The School’s MBA Program has produced prominent professionals in the business world. Former alumni include Chief Executive Officers, Chairs and Vice Presidents at companies such as Google, Goldman Sachs and Deloitte and Touche.
These prominent alumni, and many others, have helped establish a strong reputation for the School of Business MBA Program. That reputation helps MBAs gain respect in the professional world after college. “I already have a job waiting for me when I complete the master’s program,” said one student. Students frequently compliment the School’s Business Career Services Department for its great preparation programs and career fairs. Tradebot, MarketSphere, United Missouri Bank, EMBARQ and Sprint Nextel are among some of the many companies who frequently come to KU to hire MBA graduates.
“There are really more things that I’d like to be able to participate in than I have time to do!” said one student when thinking about their only complaint about the program. The MBA Program is “filled with a variety of activities, including extracurriculars (Net Impact, MBA Ambassadors), social events put on by MBA student organizations, working for the MBA Admissions Office, and of course, course work.”
