Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Ourso)

Business School Overview

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Rank Category Name #61 Best Business Schools

Specialties #136 in Part-time MBA

Business School Overview

The E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, consulting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, health care administration, human resources management, international business, marketing, management information systems, public administration, real estate, supply chain management/logistics, and quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research. Its tuition is full-time: $23,100 total program (in-state); full-time: $54,920 total program (out-of-state); part-time: $44,000 total program (in-state); part-time: $70,840 total program (out-of-state); executive: $48,239 total program (in-state); and executive: $73,759 total program (out-of-state). At graduation, 74.6 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Students in the E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge study in the eastern part of the state, just a mile or two from the Mississippi River. LSU students can join more than 350 student organizations, attend an LSU Tigers NCAA Division I sporting event, or check out the nearby 14-acre Hilltop Arboretum, which is free to visit.

Academically, students in the E.J. Ourso College of Business have about a dozen unique business institutes, centers, and initiatives to explore. The Modern Chinese Business and Culture initiative helps prepare students to work with Chinese businesspeople; the Securities Markets Analysis Research and Trading (SMART) Lab simulates a fast-paced market floor; and the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute works to improve the response systems to disasters.

In the classroom, graduate students can earn a full-time Flores M.B.A., or, if they already have significant work experience in the field, a professional or executive M.B.A. The professional M.B.A. is designed for students with at least three years of professional experience, and the classes can be completed either two evenings per week in 22 months, or one evening per week in 44 months.

The executive M.B.A. program is for people with at least five years of professional experience, and can be completed in 17 months by taking one class per month. Students can also earn an M.B.A. along with a J.D. from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Other master’s degree programs at the E.J. Ourso College of Business include public administration, economics, finance, accounting, and information systems and decision sciences.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	May 15
Application deadline (international students)	May 15
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting marketing consulting management information systems economics public administration entrepreneurship real estate finance supply chain management/logistics health care administration quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research human resources management other international business

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	93
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $23,100 total program (in-state) Full-time: $54,920 total program (out-of-state) Part-time: $44,000 total program (in-state) Part-time: $70,840 total program (out-of-state) Executive: $48,239 total program (in-state) Executive: $73,759 total program (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$3,650 per program
Required fees (executive degree program)	$3,210

Salary

Average base salary	$59,762
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	74.6%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data