North Carolina State University (Jenkins)

Business School Overview

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Rank Category Name #88 Best Business Schools

Specialties #73 in Part-time MBA

Business School Overview

The Jenkins Graduate School of Management at North Carolina State University--Raleigh offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, production/operations management, supply chain management/logistics, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $33,216 total program (in-state); full-time: $58,282 total program (out-of-state); part-time: $38,892 total program (in-state); and part-time: $57,437 total program (out-of-state). At graduation, 55.0 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

The Jenkins Graduate School of Management is part of the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, located in Raleigh. Business students can connect with the greater university by attending one of the Division I NC State Wolfpack sports games, and explore the Raleigh community by attending annual events such as the North Carolina State Fair and Winterfest. Conveniently, Jenkins Graduate School of Management students are also about 20 miles from Research Triangle Park, which is home to more than 170 global companies, such as IBM and Cisco Systems.

In the classroom, students in the Jenkins Graduate School of Management have many ways to earn an AACSB-accredited M.B.A. The full-time M.B.A. program is about 21 months long, and it generally takes 28 to 33 months to complete the part-time M.B.A. program, which is comprised of evening classes and is designed for working students.

At NC State, Jenkins graduate students can also earn an M.B.A. online in about 24 months through many technologies such as podcasts, blogs, videos, discussion boards, and online presentations. M.B.A. students can choose from seven concentrations, such as entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. Jenkins Graduate School of Management students interested in a dual degree can combine an M.B.A. with one of about seven degrees, including a J.D. from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University.

Graduates of the Jenkins Graduates School of Business can join the M.B.A. Alumni Database to network with past classmates and to take advantage of the school’s resources for cover letters and résumés, among other things.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	rolling
Application deadline (international students)	N/A
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

consulting production/operations management entrepreneurship supply chain management/logistics finance technology manufacturing and technology management other marketing

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	92
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $33,216 total program (in-state) Full-time: $58,282 total program (out-of-state) Part-time: $38,892 total program (in-state) Part-time: $57,437 total program (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$4,101 per program
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$70,474
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	55.0%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data