U.S. News Ranks Robinson College MBA among Nation's 10 Best – Tenth Consecutive Year
· 6th -- part-time MBA program in the nation
· 10th -- Management Information Systems program in the nation
April 1, 2005 (Atlanta) – For the tenth straight year the M.B.A. program at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business has been ranked by U.S.News & World Report as one of the top ten part-time programs in the nation. The college advances to the sixth position (second among public universities) on this list of top picks of business school deans and M.B.A. directors. Robinson is the only business school in the South to make the top 10.
In addition, Robinson's Information Systems program (MIS) ranked tenth (fifth among public universities) in the nation.
"We are extremely gratified to again be part of the elite group of business schools that make up the top ten U.S. News part-time list," said Dr. H. Fenwick Huss, dean of the Robinson College of Business. "The fact that this is our tenth consecutive year in the top ten is a ringing endorsement of the consistently high quality of programs, faculty and students found at the Robinson College."
The rankings are included in the magazine's annual special edition guidebook titled "America's Best Graduate Schools." The guidebook and the magazine (April 11 issue) containing excerpts from the guide will be available on newsstands Monday, April 4.The expanded online rankings are currently available at www.usnews.com.
Approximately 1300 students are enrolled in Robinson's Flex MBA program. The College's flexible program allows working professionals to finish their degrees in two to five years.
The top 10 list of Part-time* MBA Programs:
1. New York University (Stern)
2. University of Chicago
3. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
4. University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
5. University of Southern California (Marshall)
6. (tie) Georgia State University (Robinson)
University of California – Berkeley (Haas)
8. DePaul University (Kellstadt)
9. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ross)
10. University of Maryland- College Park (Smith)
* Part-time programs are fully-accredited MBA programs designed for working professionals who have the need for flexible class schedules.
Top 10 list of Information Systems Programs:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Texas – Austin (McCombs)
University of Arizona (Eller)
University of Maryland – College Park (Smith)
Stanford University
University of Minnesota – Twin Cites (Carlson)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
New York University (Stern)
Georgia State University (Robinson)
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past ten years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. Robinson's Executive MBA program is listed among the world's best by The Financial Times and BusinessWeek magazine. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of approximately 7,000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta.
For more information, contact:
Tammy DeMel
Associate Director, Communications and External Affairs
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
404/413-7078 (voice)
404/702-9743 |
