The Fast-Track Professional MBA at a Glance
| Degree Granted: | Master of Business Administration | ||||||
| Accreditation: | AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | ||||||
| Location: | Gwinnett — Classes held at UGA’s Gwinnett Campus Buckhead — Classes held at Terry's Executive Education Center |
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| Length of Program: | The program is two years in length. | ||||||
| Start Date: | The program will only have one intake each year starting in August. | ||||||
| Term Length: | The classes will be either 6 or 13 weeks in length. | ||||||
| Credits/Term: | The program consists of 48 credit hours delivered in 16 three credit courses. Students will take one or two courses per module. | ||||||
| Class Schedule: | Classes are held in either 6- or 13-week modules. The 13-week modules involve two courses each meeting from 6-9 p.m. during the week followed by a week of distance learning. Each class will meet six times for a total of 12 evening classes over the course of each 13-week module. For the 6-week modules, classes meet three weeknights from 6-9 p.m. and three or four Saturdays (timeframe varies) in addition to alternating distance learning weeks. | ||||||
| Class Size: | Cohort groups will be limited to 40-45 students. Unique student cohort groups will enroll in Buckhead and Gwinnett and students will be expected to take all of their courses at the same location. | ||||||
| Outside Classroom Time: | Expect to spend 2-3 hours per week outside of class for each hour spent in class. Time may vary depending on student's background, amount of teamwork required, etc. | ||||||
| Tuition (AY 2009-10): | We expect to convey pricing information in early 2009. | ||||||
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| Information Sessions: | We have many regularly scheduled information sessions. Read more information on attending an information session. Sign up and get answers to all your questions! | ||||||
| Rankings: | Business Week ranked the Terry College's MBA program in the second tier of the Top 50 B-schools (31-50), called "The Next 20" (2000). The biennial rankings are based on a survey of graduates and corporate recruiters. US News & World Report ranked the Terry College's MBA program 34th among over 340 accredited MBA programs in the United States (2002). Among public universities, the MBA program ranked 13th overall and third among public programs in the Southeast (Virginia #1 and UNC-CH #2). Forbes magazine judged the Terry MBA program to have the 19th biggest return on investment among the nation's top regional business schools (2001). The Forbes formula defined regional schools as those where the cost was under $95,000 for two years of tuition and two years of foregone salary. Computerworld placed the Terry College in the Top 25 of its analysis of the "Top Techno-MBA Programs" (2001). The Financial Times of London ranked the Terry College's MBA program 73rd among global MBA programs (2002). The Terry MBA program was 23rd among public U.S. business schools making the list. |
