25. Arizona State University
W.P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 874906
Tempe, AZ 85287
Admissions:480-965-3332
Email: wpcareymba@asu.edu
Website: http://wpcarey.asu.edu/mba/executive/index.cfm
Apply Online: http://wpcarey.asu.edu/mba/executive/admissions/online-application.cfm
The W. P. Carey Executive MBA offers a comprehensive general management curriculum for working professionals and executives who have 10 to 15 years experience managing people, projects, and budgets. Classes begin in the fall and meet twice monthly on Fridays and Saturdays. W.P. Carey’s core business courses are augmented by a series of lectures on thought leadership along with off-site learning programs, including the school’s Business and Public Policy course in Washington, D.C.
The Executive MBA offers a comprehensive curriculum spread over two academic years. The program operates on three 10-week trimesters during the academic year. Some courses in the second year of the curriculum meet for half of the trimester. Classes meet every other Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5p.m. at the Tempe, Arizona campus.
This is a fairly local program, drawing 85% of its students from within 45 miles of the campus.
Application Deadline: June 1 is final deadline
Latest Up-to-Date Executive MBA Rankings:
2012 Poets&Quants: 25
2011 U.S. News & World Report: NR
2010 The Wall Street Journal: 13
Rankings Analysis: The Carey School’s Executive MBA program slipped one spot in the PoetsandQuants’ 2012 analysis of the world’s best programs despite an eight place-rise in The Financial Times’ ranking. The FT puts Carey in 20th place worldwide, up from 28th in 2011. But because this new P&Q list is now global, as opposed to only North American, Carey lost some ground and is now tied for 25th place with the EMBA program at Notre Dame’s Mendoza School.
BusinessWeek, which ranks programs on the basis of graduate satisfaction surveys and a reputation poll of EMBA directors, still hasn’t put Carey on its radar screen. That’s somewhat surprising given the school’s very positive showing in both The Wall Street Journal’s 2010 ranking where it placed 13th as well as the enhanced standing the school is getting from The Financial Times.
