UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Online MBA@UNC Ranked No. 1 by Princeton Review
Chapel Hill, N.C. (PRWEB) September 21, 2016 -- The Princeton Review has ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s MBA@UNC program the No. 1 online MBA program for a second consecutive year.
UNC Kenan-Flagler launched the pioneering MBA@UNC program with 19 students on July 4, 2011, and today the program has 765 enrolled students who are in 46 states and 15 countries. MBA@UNC students and graduates report achieving career success, with 76 percent of reporting students receiving a promotion while enrolled in the program and graduates reporting an average $33,000 increase in salary from the time of enrollment to the time of graduation.
“As we mark the fifth anniversary of MBA@UNC’s launch, we are proud to serve working professionals who seek both a rigorous curriculum from our top-ranked business school and the flexibility of online learning,” said Sridhar Balasubramanian, senior associate dean of MBA programs and professor of marketing at UNC Kenan-Flagler.
MBA@UNC combines collaborative online classes, self-paced coursework and interactive learning in small virtual classes with a maximum of 15 students per live session. To deliver MBA@UNC, UNC Kenan-Flagler collaborates with 2U Inc., which provides cloud-based software-as-a-service technology and technology-enabled services to support faculty and students.
The Princeton Review chose the schools for its list based on surveys of 90 institutions offering online MBA programs, about 3,800 students enrolled in the online MBA programs, and graduates of the programs. Criteria focused on five areas: academics, selectivity, faculty, technical platforms and career outcomes.
About UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Consistently ranked one of the world's best business schools, UNC Kenan-Flagler is known for its collaborative culture that stems from its core values: excellence, leadership, integrity, community and teamwork. Professors excel at both teaching and research, and demonstrate unparalleled dedication to students. Graduates are effective, principled leaders who have the technical and managerial skills to deliver results in the global business environment. UNC Kenan-Flagler offers a rich portfolio of programs and extraordinary, real-life learning experiences: Undergraduate Business, full-time MBA, Executive MBA Programs (Evening, Weekend and global OneMBA®), online MBA@UNC, UNC-Tsinghua Dual-Degree EMBA, Master of Accounting, PhD, Executive Development, and UNC Business Essentials programs. It is home to the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
Allison Adams, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu, +1 9199627235, [email protected]
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