Full- and Part-Time MBA at TCU Neeley Shine in Bloomberg Business National Rankings

The recent release of Bloomberg Business rankings of full-time MBA programs reveal an improvement in the rank of TCU’s Neeley School of Business, jumping from #49 in 2014 to #38 in the 2015 nation-wide list.

In addition, the part-time MBA program at TCU Neeley made its debut this year in the Bloomberg Business National Rankings. Its first time on the list, the part-time MBA program for working professionals was ranked at #26 in the nation.

The ranking took a number of factors into consideration, such as survey of employers, alumni, and current students. Additional factors included the rate of job placement for graduates (how many MBAs looking for full-time jobs are hired within three months of graduating), and the starting salary of these students. TCU Neeley acheived particularly high scores for the Employer Survey portion, which seeks feedback from recruiters on the programs that seem to best prepare students for their postgraduate careers.

Interviews with graduates of the program made it clear how TCU Neeley could achieve such high scores both for the full- and part-time MBA program. “TCU sparked my interest because I kept hearing these glowing recommendations from both MBA grads and undergrads,” said Andrew Sweeney MBA ‘12, now a senior financial analyst at Weir Oil and Gas. “A lot of these people owned companies and were highly successful.”

James Stanley PMBA ‘13, is now manager of operations planning at control at BNSF Railway. “A main strength of the [part-time MBA] program is the high caliber of students that the TCU PMBA attracts,” he said of his experience at Neeley. “There was a great deal of exchange between students that allowed us to share our work experiences. These conversations helped me grow tremendously.”

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