Hartford Business Journal

Education 34 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 26, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 Largest MBA programs in Connecticut (Ranked by 2015-2016 enrollment) Rank School 2015 - 2016 enrollment/ 2014 - 2015 enrollment MBA's conferred in 2016 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 (1) 100 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 866-622-8266; mba.uconn.edu 796 774 203 32 14% 86% $825 $550 57 Y Healthcare finance and insurance, marketing analytics, portfolio management, real estate; MD/MBA, JD/MBA, MSBAPM/MBA Meg Warren Michael Bozzi John Elliott 1881 2 Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-5635; www.som.yale.edu 782 724 NA NA 100% NA NA NA NA Y NA Anjani Jain Edward A. Snyder 1976 3 Quinnipiac University 275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 203-582-8200; quinnipiac.edu 435 (2) 391 (3) 188 26 20% 80% $985 NA 46 N Decision making, supply- chain management, healthcare management, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), joint MBA-JD Lisa Braiewa Matthew O'Connor 1929 4 University of Hartford Barney School of Business 200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4444; www.hartford.edu/ barney 389 489 128 32 13% 87% $670 $559 51 N Dual-degree MSAT/MBA and E2M (master's in engineering and MBA); MBA concentrations in business analytics, finance, management Glenn R. Knight Martin S. Roth 1957 5 Post University 800 Country Club Road, P.O. Box 2540 Waterbury, CT 06723 800-345-2562; www.post.edu 384 431 93 37 55% 45% $730 $750 45 N Finance, healthcare systems, leadership, marketing, project management Carolyn Shiffman Steve Paulone Christopher Szpryngel, Acting Dean (4) 1890 6 University of Bridgeport 126 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-576-4000; www.bridgeport.edu 258 237 NA 30 70% 30% $800 $750 30-52 NA Accounting, analytics intelligence, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, international business, management, marketing Lloyd G. Gibson Lloyd G. Gibson 1927 7 University of New Haven (5) 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 203-932-7440; www.newhaven.edu 175 155 100 28 70% 30% $870 NA NA Y NA Charles Skipton Brian Kench 1920 8 Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-SCSU; www.southernct.edu 170 170 54 NA 48% 52% $423 NA 51 N NA James Thorson Samuel Andoh, Dean of the School of Business 1893 9 Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT 06050 860-832-2278; www.ccsu.edu 168 89 25 30 5% 95% $577 NA 30-54 N Accounting, business analytics Jason Snyder Ken Colwell 1849 10 Sacred Heart University 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825 203-371-7999; www.sacredheart.edu 134 108 63 31 20% 80% $850 $925 36-42 N Accounting, finance, management, marketing Anthony Macari Grace Guo John Chalykoff, Dean of the Jack Welch College of Business 1963 11 Albertus Magnus College (6) 700 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-773-8505; www.albertus.edu 118 (7) 104 46 35 80% 20% $855 NA 48 N FLEX format - Students can be fully online or choose to take classes on campus or online on a course-by-course basis. Wayne Gineo Annette Bosley-Boyce, Dean for the Division of Professional and Graduate Programs (8) 1925 12 Fairfield University, Charles F. Dolan School of Business 1073 N. Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824 203-254-4000; www.fairfield.edu/mba 61 58 29 27 35% 65% $875 $500 36-54 N Finance, marketing, information systems, business analytics Mark Ligas Donald E. Gibson 1942 13 Western Connecticut State University 181 White St. Danbury, CT 06810 203-837-8243; www.wcsu.edu 47 37 10 35 11% 89% In-state $542, Out-of-state $550 NA NA N General, accounting James Donegan David Martin, Dean of Ancell School of Business 1903 Source: Each institution via survey. Notes: Rensselaer Hartford University is phasing out its MBA program and no longer accepts new students. NA = Not available. (1) 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. (2) Includes 272 online. (3) Includes 229 online. (4) Acting Dean, Malcolm Baldrige School of Business. (5) MBA offered at Orange location. (6) Has another campus in East Hartford. (7) More than 500 courses taken yearly. (8) Dean, Division of Professional and Graduate Studies. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. People's United Bank 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 UConn School of Business Yale School of Management Quinnipiac University Post University University of Hartford Barney School of Business 2014-2015 2015-2016 How the top 5 fared: MBA school enrollment 2014-2015 2015-2016 % change UConn School of Business 774 796 3% Yale School of Management 724 782 8% Quinnipiac University 391 435 11% University of Hartford Barney School of Business 489 389 -20% Post University 431 384 -11% 8% 11% (11)% (20)% 3%

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