- Jul 02, 2019
- 3 min read
Top One Year MBA Programs In The USA
More US business schools are offering shorter, more affordable one year MBA programs. Here's some of the best on offer
One-year MBA programs are on the rise in the USA ©JANIFEST via iStock*
One-year MBA programs are almost the standard at business schools in Europe and Asia. INSEAD’s 10-month MBA has been ranked in the top-five in the world by the Financial Times for five consecutive years.
But the traditional, two-year, full-time MBA is still the flagship program for most business schools in the United States.
The two-year MBA gives students more time to explore their career options. It’s usually made up of a less experienced class. And it typically incorporates an MBA internship—taken in the summer between first and second year—through which a high proportion of US-based MBA students land their post-MBA jobs.
However, the market is changing. MBA students demand more flexibility and taking two years out of work to go to business school has become increasingly onerous.
According to data from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), 47% of candidates considered one-year MBAs in 2018, compared to 45% who considered two-year MBAs—historically the dominant program. International applications to US business schools continue to fall.
In response to these shifts in demand, more US business schools now offer one-year MBA programs to complement two-year MBAs.
In the US, one-year MBAs tend to target more experienced students and are often focused on a particular specialty or industry, like the Tech MBA at NYU Stern.
Here, we round up some of the top one-year MBA programs on offer in the US, their cost, and their average GMAT scores:
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Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, California
Tuition Cost: $74,625 Average GMAT Score: 626
USC Marshall Business School, California
Tuition Cost: $112,000 Average GMAT Score: 630
Western Washington University College of Business and Economics
Tuition Cost: $18,682 Average GMAT Score: 590
Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Ohio
Tuition Costs: $28,796 Average GMAT Score: 655
Kellogg School of Management, Illinois
Tuition Cost: $95,156 Average GMAT Score: 732
Mendoza College of Business, Indiana
Tuition Cost: $75,768 Average GMAT Score: 683
Saint Louis University Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Missouri
Tuition Cost: $47,000 Average GMAT Score: 590
Babson College, Massachussettes
Tuition Costs: $82,496 Average GMAT Score: 599
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, New York
Tuition Cost: $107,530 Average GMAT Score: 690
Hult International Business School, Boston (also located in San Francisco and New York)
Tuition Cost: $74,000 Average GMAT Score: 610
University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Tuition Cost: $66,792 Average GMAT Score: 608
SMU Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Dallas
Tuition Cost: $78,430 Average GMAT Score: 636
TCU Neeley School of Business, Fort Worth
Tuition Cost: $69,480 Average GMAT Score: 640
Emory University Goizueta Business School, Georgia
Tuition Costs: $95,853 Average GMAT Score: 655
Florida International University Chapman Graduate School of Business, Miami
Tuition Costs: $47,000 Average GMAT Score: 540
Hough Graduate School of Business, Florida
Tuition Cost: $41,173 Average GMAT Score: 600
Mississippi College, Mississippi
Tuition Cost: $17,640 Average GMAT Score: 406
University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics
Tuition Cost: $32,906 / $38,426 (resident/non-resident) Average GMAT Score: 591
University of Miami Business School
Tuition Cost: $88,377 Average GMAT Score: 640
University of South Carolina Darla Moore
Tuition Cost: $35,702 / 40,790 (resident/non-resident) Average GMAT Score: 670
All tuition costs are for out-of-state residents.
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