Santa Clara University's Business School Ranks in Top 15 for Best Part-Time MBA Program

Business Wire, March 31, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The MBA program at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business was ranked among the top 15 part-time MBA programs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate Schools" publication that was released today and available online at www.usnews.com.

Of the 347 MBA programs that responded to the survey, SCU's Leavey School of Business' part-time MBA program ranked fourth in California and twelfth in the nation, up two spots from last year. In addition to SCU, the other California part-time programs that ranked in the top 15 are at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and University of California, Berkeley.

"Since its inception in 1963, Santa Clara University's MBA program has provided working professionals with real-world, real-time business education that enables our alumni to lead with confidence, as well as compassion. We're pleased that once again our fellow deans and MBA directors recognize the exceptional qualities of our faculty, curriculum, and graduates," said Barry Z. Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business.

In addition, graduates of the MBA program at SCU earned an average starting salary and bonus of $90,207. The business school part-time rankings were based on a reputation survey of business school deans and MBA program directors.

About the Leavey School of Business

The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program is recognized as one of the best in California, and its MBA program is ranked among the top 15 in the country among part-time graduate programs for working professionals. Approximately 80 percent of its 1,100 MBA student body are working professionals in the Bay Area.

About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the third-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu.