University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #14 Best Business Schools

Specialties #5 in Accounting #7 in Entrepreneurship #8 in Executive MBA #11 in Finance Locked in Information Systems #4 in International #6 in Management #8 in Marketing #8 in Nonprofit #6 in Part-time MBA #5 in Production / Operations #9 in Supply Chain / Logistics

Business School Overview

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 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, tax, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $50,000 per year (in-state); full-time: $55,000 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $1,638 per credit (in-state); part-time: $1,805 per credit (out-of-state); executive: $52,400 per year (in-state); and executive: $54,400 per year (out-of-state). At graduation, 74.3 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

The University of Michigan Ross School of Business stresses action-based learning, a program designed to alert students to ask pertinent questions, identify important problems, and become an effective leader. Students can complete a full-time M.B.A., part-time M.B.A., or Executive M.B.A. Part-time degrees can be completed in the evenings or on weekends, and the E.M.B.A. courses only meet one weekend a month. There are also degree programs for a Master of Accounting and Master of Supply Chain Management, as well as a Ph.D. Program.

Students can get involved in a handful of centers and institutes at the business school, including the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. There are more than 70 student-run clubs and organizations, as well as a Women’s Initiative that offers counseling and programming to females at the Ross School of Business. Students can find housing on and off campus in Ann Arbor, Mich. using school tools such as Arbor Web and the UM Housing Office.

Notable alumni of the Ross School of Business include billionaire businessman Sam Wyly, author of 1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire, and Roger Frock, former General Manager of FedEx.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	March 4
Application deadline (international students)	March 4
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 tax manufacturing and technology management technology marketing other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	992
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $50,000 per year (in-state) Full-time: $55,000 per year (out-of-state) Part-time: $1,638 per credit (in-state) Part-time: $1,805 per credit (out-of-state) Executive: $52,400 per year (in-state) Executive: $54,400 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$194 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	$194

Salary

Average base salary	$111,047
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	74.3%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data