DePaul University's Part-Time MBA Program is Ranked 4th in the Nation by U.S.News & World Report.Business Editors/Education Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2002 DePaul College of Law Program in Health Law Also Earns Spot Among Top Ten For the second consecutive year, DePaul University's part-time Master's of Business Administration (MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration ) program has been ranked fourth in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's annual ranking of graduate business school programs, released April 5. Chicago-area business schools once again dominated the top five rankings of part-time MBA programs, with Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. ranking second and University of Chicago placing third in the category. Universities across the country closely watch the annual academic rankings issued by U.S. News and other magazines because prospective students often cite them as important factors in deciding where to apply and enroll. This is the fourth consecutive year that the part-time MBA program at DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business The Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business is part of the DePaul University College of Commerce, a business school located in the Chicago Loop, Illinois, USA. The College of Commerce was founded in 1913 and is one of the ten oldest business schools in the United States has placed in the top five and the eighth year it earned a spot among the best 10. "The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business is pleased to be consistently recognized by U.S.News and World Report for offering one of the best part-time MBA programs in the nation," said Arthur Kraft, dean of the school. "This recognition validates the quality of the school's academic programs and affirms the accomplishments of our faculty and students." Enrolling approximately 2,200 students, DePaul's part-time MBA program is among the largest accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. programs of its kind in the nation. Targeted to working professionals who seek to advance their careers through MBA education, the program offers 15 concentrations, with an emphasis on technology and international business study. The business school offers MBA classes on five campuses and will open a weekend MBA degree program on the Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows, city (1990 pop. 22,591), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1955. There is research and development and the manufacture of office supplies and electronic components. Campus in the fall. The school also offers eight master's degrees, including a master's in human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Internationally, Kellstadt offers part-time MBA programs taught by its faculty in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Bahrain and the Czech Republic. The programs expand access to a DePaul MBA education abroad while providing faculty with firsthand insights into foreign business practices that they incorporate into their Chicago classes. The business school also offers an innovative full-time MBA in International Marketing and Finance that provides students with 10-week internships at multinational companies all over the world, as well as 15 annual short-term international business seminars for students and faculty through Kellstadt's Driehaus Center for International Business. Seventy-two percent of DePaul's more than 14,000 living MBA graduates live or work in the Chicago-area, making the university a dominant supplier of MBA-trained professionals for Chicago's economy. Prominent alumni of DePaul's College of Commerce and other schools include Jack Greenberg, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of McDonald's Corp.; Richard Driehaus, CEO of Driehaus Capital Management; Patrick Moore, CEO of Smurfit Stone Container Corp., and Robert Herdman, chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission. DePaul's College of Law also earned a place in the U.S. News rankings for one of its specialty programs. The school's health law program placed tenth among the best health care law programs in the nation. The program is affiliated with DePaul's Health Law Institute, which expanded its focus this year to explore the legal aspects of urban health issues such as the disparities in health care access and funding, health care for women, children, poor people and people of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of colour, colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important , and prescription drugs. U.S.News & World Report's specialty program rankings are based on a national survey of university deans and administrators. Rankings appear in the magazine's April 15 issue, U.S. News' annual "Best Graduate Schools" guidebook available April 8, and on the Web site: www.usnews.com. Editors Note: The top-ten ranked part-time MBA programs were: 1. New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the (Stern); 2. Northwestern University (Kellogg); 3. University of Chicago; 4. DePaul University (Kellstadt) 5.A tie between Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. (Robinson) and University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson); 7. A tie between University of California-Berkeley (Haas) and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; 9. University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission (Marshall); 10. Pace University (Lubin). |
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