Kent State University’s MBA Program Ranked in The Financial Engineer

Nov. 19, 2015 - PRLog -- Kent State’s MBA program was ranked 116^th in the nation for 2016 by The Financial Engineer, the leading online source of financial information who provides the most comprehensive rankings of MBA programs in the country. Kent State’s MBA program ranked 135^th  last year, jumping almost 20 spots in the ranking.

“This year’s increase in ranking is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Dean Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D. “The College of Business Administration continues to improve its programs and strive for excellence, and being recognized again by The Financial Engineer shows the hard work and dedication of our MBA faculty.”

The rankings are created using the following components:

·         30% Mean GMAT Scores
·         25% Mean Starting Salary and Bonus
·         15% Mean Undergraduate GPA
·         15% Acceptance Rate
·         10% Full-time Graduates Employed at Graduation
·         5% Full-time Graduates Employed Three Months after Graduation

The overall score is a weighted average of each of the components respective score, which are not rounded.

Other Ohio colleges ranked with Kent State include The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Cincinnati.

Kent State’s College of Business Administration is the second largest college of business in Ohio. The college has a wide range of top notch MBA programs, including full-time and part-time options, an MS in Accounting and an MA in Economics. The college also boasts an Executive MBA program with two tracks in corporate and healthcare. Plus, the college has five dual-MBA degrees including architecture, nursing, library science, communication studies and translation.

The MBA programs at Kent State are consistently recognized by Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report and CEO Magazine.

For more information on the College of Business Administration MBA programs, visit http://business.kent.edu/degrees/masters-programs

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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The college has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 89 full-time faculty from16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master’s degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to beendorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Media Contacts:

Michelle Parrish Manning, Director of Marketing Communications, (330) 672-2717, mparris3@Kent.edu

Ashley Cowles, Marketing Communications Specialist, (330) 672-1279, acowles1@kent.edu