University of Washington (Foster)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #37 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Accounting Locked in Entrepreneurship Locked in Executive M.B.A. Locked in Part-time M.B.A.

Business School Overview

Situated in the city of Seattle—home to global firms such as Amazon.com, Inc., Starbucks Corp., and Microsoft Corp.—is the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business. The graduate program focuses on the dynamics of leadership in business organizations and learning best practices while making business decisions. Students enrolled in the full-time M.B.A. program are introduced to and immersed in the program through LEAD Week. Students meet and work with a core study team, which are groups of four or five students that work together to accomplish projects and initiatives. Collaborative learning is a fixture of the full-time program, where students will learn team dynamics whether it’s through study teams or through a guided climb of Mount Rainier.

Along with a full-time program, the school also offers work-compatible options such as an evening M.B.A., executive M.B.A., and a Technology Management M.B.A. for technology professionals interested in business management careers. A one-year accelerated global executive M.B.A. is available for professionals invested in learning global strategies. A Ph.D. program as well as graduate degrees in Professional Accounting and Information Systems is also available at the business school.

There are more than 45,000 Foster graduates working across the globe, and some of the notable alumni include William S. Ayer, president and CEO of Alaska Airlines; Andrew Brimmer, the first African American to serve as governor of the Federal Reserve System; and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman and CEO of Japanese financial services group ORIX Corp.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	March 15
Application deadline (international students)	January 20
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

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

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	226
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $25,101 per year (in-state) Full-time: $37,419 per year (out-of-state) Part-time: $19,104 per year (in-state) Part-time: $19,104 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees	$579 per year

Salary

Average base salary	$84,123
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	64.5% - Medium

* Business School Overview details based on 2010 data