Brigham Young University offers MBA students more bang for the buck than any other regional school. The Marriott School of Management's MBA program was ranked number one among regional business schools in the 15 October issue of Forbes. The magazine surveyed 20,000 graduates from 104 top national and international business schools.
"BYU grads saw their salaries rise over 250% from the year before they came to school to 2000," according to Forbes. The magazine based its rankings on students' salaries before they entered the MBA program, the cost of the program, post-MBA starting salaries and salaries five years after graduation.
"We're grateful to be able to offer a competitive education at a low cost while also preparing students to give back to their church, community and professions," said James D. Stice, assistant MBA program director.
BYU graduates averaged the shortest debt-payoff period, at only 2.5 years, of any regional business school—edging out graduates from other top schools, such as University of Texas at Austin, Purdue, Ohio State and Michigan State.
The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally and internationally ranked programs in accountancy, business management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The mission of the Marriott School is to educate men and women of faith, character and professional ability who will become outstanding managers and leaders throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School's graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Writer: S. Wade Hansen