Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)

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Business School Overview

The E. Philip Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, health care administration, human resources management, international business, leadership, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, management information systems, production/operations management, public policy, supply chain management/logistics, quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $35,976 per year and part-time: $999 per credit. At graduation, 26.0 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Graduate students at the E. Phillip Saunders College of Business in Rochester, N.Y., can gain real-world experience—complete with a real-world paycheck—while completing their M.B.A.’s through the school’s Co-op program. The optional program places students in paid internships, allowing them to implement classroom knowledge while gaining on-the-job experience.

The Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology offers a traditional M.B.A. program that students can tackle on a full-time or part-time basis. Most courses are also offered online, giving M.B.A. students more flexibility as they complete their degrees. Saunders also offers a separate part-time track, with courses offered on weekday evenings, and an accelerated M.B.A., which allows students to waive core classes based on experience and complete their M.B.A. in one year. An executive M.B.A. program rounds out Saunders’s offerings, and allows working professionals to complete an E.M.B.A. in 15 months by attending classes on alternating weekends or online.

Students across all of Saunders’s M.B.A. programs choose a concentration area to study in depth. These areas range from accounting or digital marketing to global information technology or quality and applied statistics. For an immersive global experience, M.B.A. candidates at Saunders can complete their degrees at the school’s campus in Dubai.

No matter which track students take to complete their master’s, graduate from the E. Phillip Saunders College of Business join an alumni network that includes Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press; Frederick T. Tucker, former executive vice president of Motorola Inc.; and Michael Morley, former executive vice president of Eastman Kodak Company.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	July 26
Application deadline (international students)	July 26
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting manufacturing and technology management e-commerce marketing entrepreneurship management information systems finance production/operations management general management public policy health care administration supply chain management/logistics human resources management quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research international business technology leadership other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	169
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $35,976 per year Part-time: $999 per credit
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$240 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$59,922
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	26.0%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data