University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #20 Best Business Schools

Specialties #9 in Accounting Locked in Entrepreneurship #9 in Executive MBA Locked in Finance Locked in Management Locked in Marketing

Business School Overview

The Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, leadership, marketing, production/operations management, organizational behavior, portfolio management, real estate, and supply chain management/logistics. Its tuition is full-time: $27,400 per year (in-state) and full-time: $48,681 per year (out-of-state). At graduation, 72.2 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill stresses the importance of developing leadership skills through hands-on experience and teaching business strategy that creates profit but does little damage to the planet. The school has campuses in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Bangkok, Thailand; Hong Kong; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; São Paulo, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico. Kenan-Flagler offers students a full-time M.B.A., evening M.B.A., weekend M.B.A., an online M.B.A., and a Global M.B.A, along with a Ph.D. program. The Global M.B.A., known as OneMBA, allows students to learn from five accredited universities on four continents, and more than half of the executives in OneMBA live and work outside the United States.

The full-time M.B.A. program features flexible classes that place an emphasis on global perspectives and the business process model, which organizes the first year of study to simulate the cycle of running a business. Students have the option to join M.B.A. student clubs and organizations, including the Consulting Club and the Investment Club, among many others. Students enroll in elective courses beginning in their first year to prepare for summer internships, and roughly 20 percent of the elective courses are new each year.

There are more than 30,000 alumni worldwide, and some of the most notable graduates are Paul Clayton, CEO of Jamba Juice; Helen Ding, senior vice president for Citigroup; and Brad Sparks, director of KPMG International’s Global Green Initiative.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	March 15
Application deadline (international students)	March 15
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)	N/A

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting production/operations management consulting organizational behavior entrepreneurship portfolio management finance real estate general management supply chain management/logistics leadership other marketing

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	580
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $27,400 per year (in-state) Full-time: $48,681 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$3,393 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$102,170
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	72.2%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data