MBA programs: ranked by full-time equivalent at L.A. County campuses.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY STILL struggling with the effects of economic downturn Downturn The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one. downturn A decline in security prices or economic activity following a period of rising or stable prices or activity. , local A programs recorded their second consecutive year of enrollment declines. The 5,933 full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or a student's enrollment at an educational institution. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time. students in the 15 largest MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration programs in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County reflected a 5.3 percent decrease in enrollment compared to the year earlier. "The economy has been on a downward trend and that impacts evening programs," said Linda A set of parallel processing functions added to languages, such as C and C++, that allows data to be created and transferred between processes. It was developed by Yale professor David Gelernter, when he was a 23-year old graduate student. Livingstone Livingstone, city (1990 est. pop. 82,218), S Zambia, near the Zambezi River, which forms the border with Zimbabwe. It is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center. Manufactures include clothing, textiles, and food products. , dean of Pepperdine's Graziadio School. "Companies have reduced the amount they will reimburse re·im·burse tr.v. re·im·bursed, re·im·burs·ing, re·im·burs·es 1. To repay (money spent); refund. 2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred. students and people are less likely to quit To exit the current program. their jobs." Ten schools reported declining enrollment, with California State Polytechnic University, Pomona History W.K. Kellogg develops Arabian horse ranch W.K. Kellogg, known for his famous Corn Flakes, had a life long passion for Arabian horses. After purchasing 377 acres at a cost of $25,000 USD, Kellogg developed the land into a world-renowned Arabian horse ranch. registering the greatest year-over-year drop, falling back one place to No. 5. After strong gains last year, full-time equivalent enrollment at the school declined by close to a third, to 475 students. THE PACESETTER GRAZIADIO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT WITH 1,105 full-time equivalent MBA students, Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management reclaimed re·claim tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims 1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land. its title as the largest MBA program in Los Angeles County, edging out last year's No. 1, the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Marshall School of Business The Marshall School of Business (also known as USC Marshall School of Business) is the business school at the University of Southern California. It is the largest of USC's 17 professional schools. The current Dean is James G. Ellis. , by 45 full-time equivalent students. Accounting for 85 percent of its total enrollment, the part-time part-time adj. For or during less than the customary or standard time: a part-time job. part evening MBA program is the core of Graziadio's program. Students average 10 to 12 years of job experience and work full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full while attending classes on six campuses in Los Angeles County and Irvine Irvine, town, Scotland Irvine (ûr`vĭn), town (1991 pop. 32,507), North Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Irvine River estuary. Industries include iron and brass foundries. Other products are chemicals, electric goods, and clothing. . Part-time enrollment increased by 8 percent from the year earlier, to 1,680 students. Full-time enrollment was up by a third, to 265 students. A significant boost came from the fall 2003 opening of the Malibu school's 50-acre Drescher campus that will allow the school to grow its full-time program to a targeted 350 students over the next three years, said Linda Livingstone, Graziadio's dean. The school also moved its headquarters to West Los Angeles
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Rank Program (Ranking in 2003) Enrollment
* name * '04 full-time
* address equivalents (1)
* '04 full-time
* '04 part-time
1 Pepperdine's Graziadio School (3) 1,105
6100 Center Drive 265
Los Angeles 90045 1,680
2 USC Marshall School of Business (1) 1,061
3670 Trousdale Parkway, Bridge Hall 100A 742
Los Angeles 90089 637
3 UCLA Anderson School of Management (2) 1,022
110 Westwood Plaza, Box 951481 673
Los Angeles 90095 697
4 University of La Verne (5) 541
1950 Third St. 351
La Verne 91750 379
5 California State Polytechnic Univ.,
Pomona (4) 475
3801 W. Temple Ave. 350
Pomona 91768 250
6 California State University, Los
Angeles (11) (7) 350
5151 State University Drive 300
Los Angeles 90032 100
7 Keller Graduate School of Management (7) 276
3880 Kilroy Airport Way 148
Long Beach 90806 255
8 California State University, Long Beach (8) 208
1250 Bellflower Blvd. 96
Long Beach 90840 224
9 Loyola Marymount University MBA Program (6) 203
1 Loyola Marymount Drive 94
Los Angeles 90045 217
10 Claremont Graduate University (9) 157
1021 N. Dartmouth Ave. 135
Claremont 91711 43
11 Azusa Pacific University (13) 152 (11)
901 E. Alosta Ave. NA
Azusa 91702 NA
12 California State University,
Northridge (14) (12) 139
18111 Nordhoff St. 59
Northridge 91330 159
13 California State University, Dominguez
Hills (12) (12) 97
1000 E. Victoria St. 73
Carson 90747 48
14 Woodbury University (10) 85
7500 Glenoaks Blvd. 6
Burbank 91510 158
15 National University (15) 65
9920 S. La Cienega Blvd. 65
Inglewood 90301 0
Rank Application Graduates Tuition (2)
* '03 fall * 2002 * Calif.
application * 2003 residents
* '03 acceptance * 2004 (est) * non-residents
rate
1 1,315 725 $934
67% 695 $934
768
2 2,800 654 975
28 670 975
646
3 3,492 (4) 550 16,972 (5)
21 (4) 582 29,218 (5)
580
4 527 344 455
80 348 455
330
5 140 100 900 (6)
30 120 188
110
6 500 135 566.75
60 148 188 (8)
150
7 NA 135 1,695 (9)
NA 153 1,695 (9)
180
8 259 120 1,286 (10)
27 104 282 (8)
85
9 300 155 820
66 121 820
NA
10 300 74 1,422
58 113 1,422
93
11 45 47 438
85 29 438
NA
12 250 60 1,327 (13)
30 56 282 (8)
NA
13 NA 114 867 (13)
NA 111 282 (8)
NA
14 90 84 595
70 80 595
75
15 28 14 1,070 (14)
100 17 1,070 (14)
45
Rank Type of Programs Offered Campuses
(partial list) * number of
campuses
* status
1 executive MBA, presidential/key exec. MBA, 5
fully employed MBA, full-time MBA, interna- private
tional MBA, MBA/Master of Public Policy
2 full-time MBA, MBA for professionals and 1
managers, executive MBA, international private
business education and research MBA
3 full-time MBA, fully employed MBA, 1
executive MBA, Ph.D., public
executive education
4 Master's of Business Organizational 2
Management, Master's of Business Information public
Technology, MBA for Experienced Professional
5 MBA, professional MBA for working 8
adults, MSBA, international MBA public
6 MBA with concentration in accounting, 1
business economics, information systems, public
finance, international business, management
7 MBA, Master's of Project Management, Master's 3
of Human Resource Management, Master's of private
Accounting & Financial Management
8 accelerated part-time Saturday fully 1
employed MBA, evening MBA public
9 MBA, JD/MBA, MBA/MS Systems 1
Engineering, executive MBA private
10 MBA with concentrations in strategy, 1
finance, marketing, information systems, private
human resources, leadership
11 MBA with concentrations in finance, 1
human and organizational development, private
international business
12 MBA with concentration in information 1
systems, finance, management, public
management science, marketing
13 general management, 1
international business public
14 MBA, e-commerce specialization 1
private
15 MBA with concentrations in marketing, 2
e-business, health care administration, private
human resources, management
Rank Profile Top Local Administrator
* AACSB (3) * name
* year founded * title
(MBA program) * phone
* no. of faculty
1 yes Linda A. Livingstone
1969 dean
179 (310) 568-5555
2 yes Dennis W. Draper
1920 vice dean, graduate program
185 (213) 740-1843
3 yes David Lewin
1935 senior associate dean
119 (310) 825-6944
4 no Ibrahim Helou
1891 associate dean
67 (877) 558-4858
5 yes Eric J. McLaughlin
1968 director, grad.business programs
120 (909) 869-2363
6 yes Timothy Haight
1947 dean, College of Business & Econ.
16 (323) 343-2800
7 no Jacqueline Gullas-Weckman
1973 regional director of operations
75 (800) 865-0403
8 yes H. Michael Chung
1949 director, grad. program and exec. ed.
31 (562) 985-5565
9 yes Rachelle Katz
1974 director, associate dean
52 (310) 338-2848
10 yes Luanne Pangsund
1925 director
23 (909) 607-7811
11 no James T. Walz
1899 assoc, dean, grad. programs chairman
7 (626) 815-6000
12 no Deborah Cours
1958 director of graduate programs
25 (818) 677-2467
13 no Kenneth Poertner
1972 director
42 (310) 243-3465
14 no Sahuder Dhuman
1884 director
25 (818) 767-0888
15 no Thomas M. Green
1971 interim dean
3 (858) 642-8439
******
NA--Not Available
(1) The number of full-time equivalent students was calculated
by adding the number of full-time students at L.A.
County campuses to one half the number of part-time students.
(2) Figures are per unit costs, unless otherwise noted.
(3) AACSB International--The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business is an accrediting agency
for master's degree programs in business and accounting.
Schools that show a "no" in the accreditation column are
state accredited only.
(4) For full-time MBA program.
(5) Per academic year for full-time MBA program.
(6) In-state tuition per quarter for up to 16 units.
(7) Enrollment figures for 2003 revised due to misreporting
by the school.
(8) Per unit plus resident fees.
(9) Per course.
(10) Registration fee for full-time students,
(11) The school is unable to count full-time versus part-time students.
(12) Enrollment and graduation figures obtained from
California State University Statistical Reports for fall 2003.
(13) Per semester for full-time students.
(14) Per 4.5 quarter unit graduate level class.
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of the institutions themselves, unless otherwise noted.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate
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