Cardinal Stritch University
www.stritch.edu
Full-time MBA
Locations: Appleton, Beloit, Brookfield, Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison and Milwaukee, Wis.; and Edina, Plymouth, Rochester and Woodbury, Minn.
Focus: generalist degree
Program length: 2.4 years
Classes offered: one night per week
Accreditation: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
Cost: $450 per credit
Typical class size: 15 to 22
Unique attributes: first non-traditional program in the country to receive accreditation under ACBSP’s Option B (Baldrige Quality Criteria).
Carthage College/Loyola University
www.loyolamba.com
Executive MBA from Loyola University
Location: Kenosha
Focus: general management with international, ethics and leadership components
Program length: 18 months
Classes offered: every other Friday and Saturday, three one-week in-residence classroom sessions and a eight-day international study trip
Accreditation: International Association for Management Education and the North Central Association for Colleges and Secondary Schools, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: $65,000
Typical class size: 28
Unique attributes: The Loyola program is consistently ranked among the top 10 percent of all MBA programs in the country and is listed as the 16th best part-time MBA program by U.S. News and World Report. The program combines a large university’s curriculum and professors with small college personal service. The Loyola EMBA Program aims to meet the needs of mid-career executives preparing for senior management by enhancing their business skills and sharpening their analytical abilities by combining course work with day-to-day professional experiences. Tuition includes housing and meal during Carthage residency, meals and snacks on class days, books and materials, an international trip and new IBM laptop computer.
Concordia University Wisconsin
www.cuw.edu/mba
Full-time or part-time MBA
Locations: Appleton, Beloit, Green Bay, Hales Corners, Kenosha, Madison, Mequon, Milwaukee
Focus: corporate communication, finance, health care administration, human resource management, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, public administration, risk management
Program length: 20-22 months part-time, 14 months full-time
Classes offered: evenings, one night per week
Accreditation: Assembly for Collegiate Business Education and Higher Learning Commission; member of the North Central Association
Cost: $480 per credit
Typical class size: 17:1 student-teacher ratio
Unique attributes: Christian institution, flexible accelerated class schedule, non-cohort structured and no mandatory group study, distance learning classes always an option, no thesis required for graduation.
Concordia University Wisconsin distance learning MBA
Focus: corporate communication, finance, health care administration, human resource management, international business management (also taught in Chinese), management information systems, marketing, public administration, risk management
Program length: 26 to 36 months
Classes offered: evenings, one night per week
Accreditation: International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education and Higher Learning Commission; member of the North Central Association
Cost: $440 per credit
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
www.keller.edu
Full-time, part-time, online
Locations: Milwaukee, Waukesha
Focus: Business Administration, Accounting and Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Information Systems Management, Network and Communications Management, Project Management, Public Administration
Program length: 1.5 to 2.5 years
Classes offered: Eight-week terms, classes meet one evening per week or Saturday morning, online option available for all courses.
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association
Total cost: $1,835 per course, varies by location, no application fee
Typical class size: 15 to 20 students
Unique attributes: With a practitioner-oriented approach, Keller Graduate School of Management makes its educational programs as convenient as possible for today’s adult professionals, no matter where they live and work, without sacrificing the academic quality required to prepare students to work at the leading edge of business. KGSM believes any qualified adult who wants an MBA can design a workable program with flexible scheduling options.
Lakeland College
www.lakeland.edu
Part-time MBA with online option
Locations: Central Wisconsin (Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield), Chippewa Valley, Fox Cities, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Sheboygan and online
Focus: accounting, finance, international business and total quality management
Program length: 2 to 5 years
Classes offered: evenings, one day per week, online, BlendEd
Accreditation: North Central Association
Cost: $350 per credit
Typical class size: 16
Unique attributes: Students can take courses to try the program before going through the admission process. Students can take classes onsite, online or BlendEd, which allows students to choose on a week-to-week basis to attend class onsite or complete the coursework online.
Marquette University
www.marquette.edu/business
Part-time, full-time or Executive MBA; MU part-time MBA
Locations: Kohler, Milwaukee, Waukesha
Focus: e-business, economics, finance, international business, marketing and supply chain management
Program length: 33 months
Classes offered: Evenings or Saturdays
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – International
Cost: $800 per credit
Typical class size: 26, off-site 35 to 40
Unique attributes: regular, tenured faculty reach at off-campus sites, small class sizes, ranked in the top 20 by U.S. News and World Report
MU’s full-time MBA
Location: Milwaukee
Focus: e-business, economics, finance, international business, marketing and supply chain management
Program length: 18 months
Classes offered: Evenings and/or Saturdays
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – International
Cost: $800 per credit
Typical class size: 26
MU’s executive MBA
Location: Milwaukee
Focus: international business
Program length: 17 months
Classes offered: all day Friday and Saturday, every other week
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – International
Cost: $45,000
Typical class size: 20 to 30
Unique attributes: Tuition includes books, food, laptop computer, and international trip.
Mount Mary College
www.mtmary.edu
Location: Milwaukee
Focus: accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management and information technology
Classes offered: classes meet once a week for eight weeks
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
Cost: $515 per credit
Typical class size: 14
Unique attributes: The program places particular emphasis on ethics and leadership development with a global perspective and addresses personal development as well as professional skills.
University of Phoenix-Milwaukee
www.phoenix.edu
Concentrated MBA
Location: Brookfield
Focus: accounting, e-business, global management, human resources management, marketing, public administration
Program length: 18 months to 2 years
Classes offered: one evening or Saturday morning per week
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association
Cost: $489 per credit hour
Typical class size: 15 to 20
Unique attributes: Students must be working adults and be able to apply what they do for a living in the classroom.
Phoenix’s distance/online MBA
Focus: accounting, e-business, general management, global management, health care management and technology management
Program length: 18 months to 2 years
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association
Cost: $612 per credit hour
Unique attributes: With one of the most recognized online programs in the country, it’s easy to complete course work from anywhere.
Upper Iowa University
www.uiu.edu
Distance/Online MBA
Location: Madison
Focus: accounting, corporate financial management, global business, human resources management, organizational development and quality management
Program length: Just over two years
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
Cost: $369 per credit hour
Unique attributes: program is completely online, no residential requirements, asynchronous using Outlook Express, program is user-friendly
UW-Madison
Full-time MBA
Location: Madison
Focus: arts administration, entrepreneurial management, finance—applied corporate finance, finance—applied security analysis, information systems, brand and product management, marketing research, operations and technology management, real estate, risk management and insurance, strategic human resource management, strategic management in the life and engineering sciences, supply chain management
Program length: four semesters
Classes offered: Monday to Thursday during the day
Accreditation: AACSB-International The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: per semester, Wisconsin resident: $5,320; non-resident: $13,039
Typical class size: 121 incoming students in the fall
Unique attributes: The cohort structure allows students to draw from the experiences of a diverse student group while gaining hands-on experience and expert focus in their career specialization.
UW-Madison’s Executive MBA
Location: Madison
Focus: general management
Program length: two years
Classes offered: one week, then Friday and Saturday every other week
Accreditation: AACSB-International
Cost: $30,974 per year
Typical class size: 30 to 35
Unique attributes: small size, top faculty-virtually no attrition, international trip second year.
UW-Madison’s Evening MBA for working professionals
Location: Madison
Focus: strategic management
Program length: three years, including a portion of each summer
Classes offered: Monday and Thursday evenings
Accreditation: AACSB-International
Cost: $15,308 per year
Typical class size: 50 to 60
Unique attributes: lock-step cohort program, over 200 regional employers represented in student body, international trip second year.
UW-Milwaukee
www.uwm.edu
UWM’s full- or part-time MBA
Locations: Milwaukee and Waukesha
Focus: career focus concentrations in health care management, international business, managing change and supply chain management; specialized elective tracks in cost management and enterprise resource planning, e-business, entrepreneurship, financial strategy, global strategy, information technology management, investment management, leadership, management of human resources, managing innovations and new products, manufacturing and service operations management, marketing strategies, and non-profit management
Program length: 16 months full-time, 36 months part-time
Classes offered: evenings
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: $1,885 per three-credit course, based on a six-credit load per semester
Typical class size: 27
Unique attributes: career-focused concentrations and specialized elective tracks available, state-of-the art technology, study abroad opportunities.
UWM’s Executive MBA Program
Location: Milwaukee campus
Focus: senior general management skills
Program length: 2 years
Classes offered: one full day per week on alternating Fridays and Saturdays
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Typical class size: 25 to 30
Unique attributes: one of the oldest EMBA programs in the country
(began in 1974), required week-long international residency (recently
visited locations include Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Hong Kong, U.K., Czech Republic).
UW-Parkside
www.uwp.edu keyword: MBA
Full-time or part-time MBA with distance learning option
Location: Kenosha
Program length: four semesters
Classes offered: evenings or online
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: $400 per credit
Typical class size: 25 to 30
Unique attributes: eight-week courses allow students to accumulate more credits per semester and finish the program sooner.
MBA Consortium, UW-Parkside
www.learn.wisconsin.edu/mba
In an effort to offer the foundation’s courses more frequently, an MBA consortium was developed. The participating universities are UW-Parkside, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh. The program offers all of the foundation courses (except Algebra and BUS 772) every semester via the Web. Some elective courses will also be offered. An online MBA is also offered through the consortium.
UW-Whitewater
www.uww.edu
UW-W’s full- or part-time MBA
Location: Whitewater
Focus: finance, human resource management, international business, IT management, management, marketing, operations and supply chain management, technology and training
Program length: full-time, two years; part-time, three to four years
Classes offered: evenings, one night per week, days
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: $261.60 per credit (resident), $758.60 per credit (non-resident) for the 2006 to 2007 term.
Typical class size: 28
Unique attributes: The program is endorsed online so that a student is not required to come to campus.
UW-W’s distance/Online MBA
www.uww.edu/onlinemba
Focus: finance, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, operations and supply chain management, technology and training
Program length: full-time, two years; part-time, three to four years
Classes offered: online/Internet
Accreditation: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Cost: $550 per credit
Typical class size: 41
