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36 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 26, 2017 Largest MBA programs in Connecticut (Ranked by 2016-2017 enrollment) Rank School 2016 - 2017 enrollment/ 2015 - 2016 enrollment MBA's conferred in 2017 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 879 807 218 30 11% 83% $825 $500 57 Y Business analytics, digital marketing strategy, financial analysis and investments, healthcare management, real estate Meg Warren 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 694 668 323 28 100% 0% NA NA NA Y NA Anjani Jain Edward A. Snyder 1976 3 University of Hartford Barney School of Business 200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4444; www.hartford.edu/ barney 544 545 25 28 15% 85% $695 NA 51 N MBA offered online or in- person with seven concentrations available Glenn R. Knight Martin S. Roth, Dean 1957 4 Quinnipiac University 275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 203-582-8200; quinnipiac.edu 487 (2) 458 (2) 264 24 97% 3% $1,010 $150 (3) 46 N Healthcare management, supply chain management, finance track Lisa Braiewa Matthew O'Connor 1929 5 Post University 800 Country Club Road, P.O. Box 2540 Waterbury, CT 06723 800-345-2562; www.post.edu 412 384 69 35 64% 36% $730 $750 45 N Corporate innovation, entrepreneurship, finance, healthcare leadership systems, leadership, marketing, multidisciplinary, project management Carolyn Shiffman Christopher Szpryngel, Dean (4) 1890 6 University of Bridgeport 126 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-576-4000; www.bridgeport.edu 304 258 112 30 72% 28% $805 $1,985 30 Y Accounting, analytics intelligence, business intelligence and analytics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource development, 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 259 175 83 29 65% 35% $890 NA 30 to 51 Y Accounting, business intelligence, business policy and strategic leadership, finance, human resource management, international business, marketing, sport management Darrell Singleterry Brian Kench 1920 8 Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT 06050 860-832-2278; www.ccsu.edu 177 168 42 30 0% 100% $629 NA 30 to 54 N Accounting, business analytics, finance, supply chain analytics Jason Snyder Mark Cistulli 1849 9 Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515 203-392-SCSU; www.southernct.edu 174 170 NA (6) NA 50% 50% $797 (tuition and fees/in state, part-time students) NA 51 N NA James Thorson Ellen Durnin, Dean of the School of Business 1893 10 Albertus Magnus College (7) 700 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-773-8505; www.albertus.edu 167 172 58 36 70% 30% $855 $492 48 N Accounting, general management, healthcare management, human resource management, leadership, marketing, project management Wayne Gineo Annette Bosley-Boyce, Dean for the Division of Professional and Graduate Programs 1925 11 Sacred Heart University 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825 203-371-7999; www.sacredheart.edu 144 134 65 31 20% 80% $875 $930 42 N Accounting, finance, management, marketing, business economics, digital marketing Patrick Lapera 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/mba 60 62 21 27 47% 53% $925 $750 36 to 54 credits N Finance, marketing, 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 48 47 NA (8) NA 27% 73% 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. (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 online students. (3) $100 to $200. (4) Dean, Malcolm Baldrige School of Business. (5) MBA offered at Orange location. (6) 54 degrees conferred in 2016. (7) Additional campus in East Hartford. (8) 10 degrees conferred in 2016. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. LARGEST MBA PROGRAMS IN CONNECTICUT (Ranked by 2016-2017 enrollment) EDUCATION HOW THE TOP 5 FARED: MBA school enrollment 2015- 2016- % 2016 2017 change UConn School of Business 807 879 8.9% Yale School of Management 668 694 3.9% University of Hartford Barney School of Business 545 544 -0.2% Quinnipiac University 458 487 6.3% Post University 384 412 7.3% Most MBA's conferred in 2017 2017 Yale School of Management 323 Quinnipiac University 264 UConn School of Business 218 University of Bridgeport 112 University of New Haven 83