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EDUCATION DECEMBER 24, 2018 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 45 LARGEST MBA PROGRAMS IN CONNECTICUT (Ranked by 2017-2018 enrollment) Largest MBA programs in Connecticut (Ranked by 2017-2018 enrollment) Rank School 2017 - 2018 enrollment/ 2016 - 2017 enrollment MBA's conferred in 2018 Avg. age of students/ % full time/ % part time Tuition per credit hour/ Books and fees per semester/ Credit hours required to graduate Executive MBA program? Program specialities Head of MBA programs/ Head of business school Date founded locally 1 UConn School of Business (a) 100 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-728-2400; mba.uconn.edu 987 915 258 32 11% 89% $900 NA 57 Y Business analytics, digital marketing strategy, finance, financial analysis and investment, international business, management, real estate Michael Bozzi/ Mia Hawlk/ John A. Elliott 1881 2 Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-5635; www.som.yale.edu 716 694 327 28 100% 0% NA NA NA Y NA Anjani Jain/ Edward A. Snyder 1976 3 Post University 800 Country Club Road, P.O. Box 2540 Waterbury, CT 06723 800-345-2562; www.post.edu 477 408 81 35 54% 46% $730 $90 36 N Marketing, health care, finance, project management, leadership Carolyn Shiffman/ Jeremi Bauer, Dean of the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business 1890 4 University of Hartford Barney School of Business 200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4444; www.hartford.edu/ barney 378 299 130 NA 10% 90% $695 NA 36 N Business analytics, project management, supply chain management Christina Lapierre / Amy Zeng, Dean 1957 5 University of Bridgeport 126 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-576-4000; www.bridgeport.edu 260 304 109 29 71% 29% $815 $1,895 30 N Accounting, analytics and systems, analytics intelligence, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, international business, management, marketing Lloyd G. Gibson/ Lloyd G. Gibson 1927 6 Quinnipiac University 275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 203-582-8200; quinnipiac.edu 222 226 209 NA 71% 29% $1,010 $1,600 46 N Healthcare management, supply chain management, finance, JD-MBA Lisa Braiewa/ Matthew O'Connor 1929 7 University of New Haven (b) 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 203-932-7440; www.newhaven.edu 212 221 79 27 40% 60% $915 NA 34 to 40 Y Data analytics, financial analysis, human resource management, strategic leadership, business operations and supply chain management Darell Singleterry/ Brian Kench, Dean of the College of Business 1920 8 Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT 06050 860-832-2278; www.ccsu.edu 199 177 27 31 0% 100% $629 $65 30 to 54 N Accounting, finance, business analytics, supply chain analytics Mark Cistulli/ Kennth Colwell, Dean 1849 9 Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-SCSU; www.southernct.edu 162 174 31 NA NA NA $826 (c) NA 51 N Accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, information systems Samuel Andoh/ Ellen Durnin, Dean of the School of Business 1893 10 Albertus Magnus College (d) 700 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-773-8505; www.albertus.edu 149 163 42 35 56% 44% $838 NA 48 N Accounting, general management, healthcare management, human resource, leadership, project management Wayne Gineo/ William A. Aniskovich, Chair of the Tagliatela School of Business and Leadership 1925 11 Sacred Heart University 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825 203-371-7999; www.sacredheart.edu 145 144 65 31 34% 66% $905 $930 45 N Accounting, business analytics, finance, management, marketing Grace Guo/ John Chalykoff, Dean of the Jack Welch College of Business 1963 12 Fairfield University, Charles F. Dolan School of Business 1073 N. Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824 203-254-4000; www.fairfield.edu 68 65 38 30 30% 70% $975 $500 36 to 54 N Accounting, finance, management, marketing, business analytics Mark Ligas/ Zhan Li 1942 13 Western Connecticut State University (e) 181 White St. Danbury, CT 06810 203-837-8243; www.wcsu.edu 44 48 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA N NA Linda Forbes/ David Martin, Dean of Ancell School of Business 1903 Source: Each institution via survey. Notes: Rensselaer Hartford University has phased out its MBA program. NA = Not available. (a) MBA programs are offered in Hartford (full time/part time/executive MBA), Stamford (part time only) and Waterbury (part time only). Executive MBA program requires only 48 credits. (b) MBA offered at Orange location. (c) Includes in-state tuition and fees. (d) Additional campus in East Hartford. (e) Achieved accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2018. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. The University of Hartford named Worcester Polytechnic Institute business school dean Amy Z. Zeng as its new business-school dean, effective Aug. 1. She replaced Martin Roth, who was named president of the University of Charleston in West Virginia. HOW THE TOP 5 FARED: MBA school enrollment 2016- 2017- % 2017 2018 change UConn School of Business 915 987 7.9% Yale School of Management 694 716 3.2% Post University 408 477 16.9% University of Hartford Barney School of Business 299 378 26.4% University of Bridgeport 304 260 -14.5% Most MBA's conferred in 2018 2018 Yale School of Management 327 UConn School of Business 258 Quinnipiac University 209 University of Hartford 130 University of Bridgeport 109