The participants for this study were ninety-seven evening part-time MBA students from a large Midwestern urban university.
But with an improving global jobs market, many schools are now seeing a fall in full-time MBA applications.
In the recent Financial Times ranking of the top 100 full-time MBA schools, the Northeast had 13 schools, as did the South.
One of the reasons behind the diminished number of applications for full-time MBA programs from 2004 to 2009 was that jobs were plentiful.
This is one reason why, over the past two years, Canada has seen a bigger increase in applications for full-time MBA places than any other region.
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, for example, tops the latest full-time MBA rankings of BusinessWeek and the EIU, and heads the FT's executive education open programs.
The British Treasury has its own list of the top 50 full-time MBA programs from around the world, with Harvard, Columbia, Wharton and IMD leading the way.
The top 250 business schools in the United States account for about 50, 000 full-time MBA students, but almost 7, 000 of these are housed in just five schools.
The University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business has claimed top spot in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2007 ranking of full-time MBA programmes ( full report and methodology).
David Simmons, the director of the full-time MBA programme at Cranfield School of Management, says comments telling prospective students to forget about coming to Britain are rife on Indian MBA blogs.
Nyenrode (see profile), a Dutch school, has announced that it is postponing the start of this year's full-time MBA because it can no longer secure bank loans for its foreign students, blaming the recession.
In the interests of transparency, we can confirm that, had the data been included in the calculations, Temple's full-time MBA programme would have rated in the top 100 globally and the top 50 in America.
ECONOMIST: Which MBA? school profiles: Temple University��Fox School of Business | The
The Financial Times recently reported that women make up 37 percent of those who attend a full-time MBA programs in the US, an increase from 33 percent five years ago and 30 percent a decade ago.
"As reflected in the latest FT rankings, 84 percent of the participants in the HKUST full-time MBA program are international students and it is one of the most international programs in the world in terms of student diversity, " he said.
The full-time MBA ranking published last month by BusinessWeek brings the 2012 season of media rankings of business schools to a close, and the results were met with the usual mix of joy, despair and skepticism by the business school community.
FORBES: The Best Business Schools of 2012 - The Ranking of MBA Rankings
Some may need time as an MBA to prepare for the real worlds, others may be ready now.
Applications for part-time and executive MBA (EMBA) programs also reported increased demand, albeit not so strongly as before.
Are business schools having a hard time attracting the right MBA candidates?
FORBES: Sustainability Report Card: How Green Is Your College?
By the time I got my MBA, I did have a goal: I wanted to work on Wall Street.
FORBES: Breaking Away From Wall Street: Why I Became An Independent Financial Advisor
"Microsoft certainly does support employees who wish to study for an MBA by giving them time off for study, exams and some financial support, " he told CNN.
An important limitation of surveying MBA students at the time of graduation is that short-term annoyances such as a low grade or difficulty finding the right job can cause a few students to give the school a low rating, causing the student ratings of the school to plummet.
Chartered accountant Cary Walkin built the game during the spare time he had while studying for an MBA in Toronto.
When we had our first child, we decided that this would be the best time for my wife to pursue an MBA as it would allow her not to have a visible CV gap.
He also received an MBA online at Arizona State University during that time.
For those considering an MBA, now is a dynamic and exciting time to embark on the study of management and leadership in an increasingly globalized environment.
FORBES: The Responsibility Of Business Schools In Training Ethical Leaders
Drake is a Stanford MBA, former McKinsey consultant and a full-time primary care physician.
Vandemore most likely spent his time with PwC between his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame and his MBA at Northwestern University as an entry-level auditor in Chicago.
FORBES: Why Did IGT Hire John Vandemore? Quick Answer is PwC
My most successful clients at Stratus Prep are those who start early and take advantage of this time to work closely with their counselor and me long before the MBA deadlines are looming in the fall.
FORBES: 6 Steps to Take Now for a Successful MBA Application
Four years ago, the provost and business school dean at West Virginia University resigned after an investigation found an executive MBA was improperly awarded to Heather Bresch who, at the time, was chief operating officer at Mylan Laboratories.
FORBES: Abbott Board Should Probe Confusion Over Gonzalez Credentials
Warwick Business School, on the other hand, insists on the same rigorous academic entry criteria for all its MBA programmes, whether distance learning, full- or part-time.
应用推荐