Northeastern University

Business School Overview

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Rank Category Name #61 Best Business Schools

Specialties #105 in Part-time MBA

Business School Overview

The College of Business Administration at Northeastern University offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: entrepreneurship, finance, general management, international business, marketing, production/operations management, supply chain management/logistics, and tax. Its tuition is full-time: $1,345 per credit; part-time: $1,345 per credit; and executive: $88,496 total program. At graduation, 59.0 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Graduate students at Boston’s Northeastern University have multiple tracks to choose from when pursuing their master’s degrees from the College of Business Administration. The school offers a standard full-time M.B.A. program, along with part-time evening and online programs, and an executive M.B.A. for students with extensive professional experience.

Tech-savvy individuals hoping to increase their business prowess can pursue in the school’s High Tech M.B.A., a 21-month, part-time program geared toward sparking innovation in industry. In addition to the M.B.A. options at the College of Business Administration, Northeastern University also has M.S. tracks in accounting, taxation, finance, international business, and technological entrepreneurship. The school also offers dual-degree programs with the School of Nursing, School of Law, and within the College of Business Administration.

Northeastern M.B.A. students focus on specialized career tracks, and cut their teeth in the business world via a paid six-month corporate residency with employers such as GM Aviation and IBM. To sharpen their global business skills, M.B.A. students are also able to complete an international field study during their first year. During the global component, students travel to Russia, India, China, or Brazil and Argentina, take classes, and meet with business leaders in the region.

Outside of the classroom, M.B.A. students can take advantage of Northeastern University’s location in the heart of Beantown by catching a Red Sox game, exploring the harbor, or touring historical sites. Graduates from the College of Business join an esteemed alumni base that includes Nikesh Arora, senior vice president and chief business officer for Google, Inc. Napster founder Shawn Fanning and Twitter cofounder Christopher ‘Biz” Stone also attended Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	April 15
Application deadline (international students)	February 1
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

entrepreneurship production/operations management finance supply chain management/logistics general management tax international business other marketing

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	219
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $1,345 per credit Part-time: $1,345 per credit Executive: $88,496 total program
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$634 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	$0

Salary

Average base salary	$72,191
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	59.0%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data