University of California--Berkeley (Haas)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #7 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Accounting #6 in Entrepreneurship #10 in Executive MBA #8 in Finance Locked in Information Systems #9 in International #7 in Management #9 in Marketing #4 in Nonprofit #1 in Part-time MBA Locked in Production / Operations

Business School Overview

The Haas School of Business at University of California--Berkeley offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, consulting, e-commerce, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, health care administration, human resources management, international business, leadership, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, management information systems, not-for-profit management, production/operations management, organizational behavior, portfolio management, public administration, public policy, real estate, supply chain management/logistics, quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $51,422 per year (in-state); full-time: $53,969 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $2,657 per credit (in-state); part-time: $2,657 per credit (out-of-state); and executive: $149,000 total program (in-state). At graduation, 74.4 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Graduate students at the Haas School of Business benefit from the school’s location near San Francisco, a hotbed of major businesses like Google and Visa. It’s a convenient place to find internships and jobs to supplement a business education. Through the Haas@Work program, students are assigned to projects at both local and global companies. Students earn an M.B.A. in 21 months in the traditional program, or in three years if they attend part time in the evenings and on Saturdays. Electives make up more than half the M.B.A. curriculum, and students can select courses offered at Haas or at other academic divisions of UC-Berkeley. Seasoned business professionals can earn their MBA in 19 months via the Berkeley MBA for Executives program. Close to a third of MBA students at UC-Berkeley are international, and many business courses have a global focus. There are a few research centers on campus, including the Asia Business Center and the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. Notable alumni include A. W. “Tom” Clausen, a former Bank of America CEO and World Bank president; Howard Lester, former CEO of Williams-Sonoma Inc.; and Walter Haas, a former president of Levi Strauss & Co. and the namesake of the business school.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	March 12
Application deadline (international students)	March 12
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting management information systems consulting not-for-profit management e-commerce production/operations management economics organizational behavior entrepreneurship portfolio management finance public administration general management public policy health care administration real estate human resources management supply chain management/logistics international business quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research leadership technology manufacturing and technology management other marketing

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	490
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $51,422 per year (in-state) Full-time: $53,969 per year (out-of-state) Part-time: $2,657 per credit (in-state) Part-time: $2,657 per credit (out-of-state) Executive: $149,000 total program (in-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$2,306 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$116,045
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	74.4%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data