BYU MBA Ranks #2 in Entrepreneur Magazine

Entrepreneur Magazine ranked BYU #2 on their annual list of graduate entrepreneurship programs. The magazine ranked each school from California to New York on three areas: Academics and requirements: Schools were asked if they offer an entrepreneurship program, major or minor and to specify the total number of courses offered, as well as the type, such as social entrepreneurship,...

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Class of 2013 Broken into Four Sections

The class of 2013 is broken into four sections rather than three. The reason for the increase in sections is because of a future expansion of the number of students enrolled each year in the program. There has been no formal announcement of when the program will increase above the 150 to 160 students BYU MBA class sizes are...

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Forbes Magazine ranks BYU Marriott MBA #15 in the Nation

Forbes Magazine released its list of the top 100 best business schools of 2011 – ranking Harvard #1, Stanford, #2, and Chicago #3. Brigham Young University was ranked at #15  just above the University of North Carolina, Texas – Austin, New York University, Michigan State, and UCLA. Forbes magazine basis the rankings by the return on investment achieved by...

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MBA Tuition & Fee compared to Post-MBA Pay

A list of the tier one MBA schools comparing tuition & fees to Post-MBA Pay and the percentage of graduates with job offers three months after graduation. All the information comes from Business Week. To see more information regarding MBA schools visit BusinessWeek.com. The tuition and fees listed for BYU is the non-LDS church member amount. An LDS member...

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Mean Outstanding Debt Versus Post MBA Salary

A list containing many of the tier one MBA schools, comparing mean outstanding debt at graduation to the average post MBA salary. Marriott, BYU: $29,794.00, post MBA pay: $88,550 CTCM, Georgia Institute of Technology: $30,449.00, post MBA pay: $85,020 Fisher, Ohio State: $37,464.00, post MBA pay: $85,000 Foster, Washington: $54,000.00, post MBA pay: $85,000 Goizueta, Emory: $60,435.00, post MBA...

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A Typical BYU MBA Day

During the first semester in the program, students are extremely busy. Due to the strenuous daily schedule and the demanding team projects, BYU MBA students are not permitted to work during their first year in the program. A typical student schedule is found below. This schedule will vary for each student and will change with each new semester, but...

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BYU Marriott School Professor Writes Article for Harvard Business Review: How to Beat Free

The 5/40 rule quantifies a tough decision established companies often get wrong What do you do when your company is comfortably selling a product, and then suddenly a competitor offers a similar one for free? Well, if you’re like two-thirds of the companies in a new study, you’ll get it wrong. Three BYU business professors researched this scenario, increasingly...

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BYU MBAs Taking Offers Outside of Utah and the Mountain West

BYU MBAs Taking Offers Outside of Utah and the Mountain West

The hot spot states for internship placement for the class of 2011 are Utah, Texas, New York, Washington, and California. The vast majority of students (~75%) leave the home state of BYU and a big reason is that most of the companies that recruit on campus are not based in Utah. The percentage of BYU MBAs leaving Utah for...

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BYU MBA Internship Placement 2011

2011 Top BYU MBA Recruiting Companies by # of Interns

Students from the BYU MBA program are working at summer internships all over the globe in cities ranging from New York to Hong Kong. Amazon placed the most BYU MBA students with 11. The positions at Amazon included roles in Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance. Technology companies heavily recruited BYU MBA students, placing a high number of MBAs at...

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