Baker University is a member of the Kansas Independent College Association and is the oldest university in the state. It was founded by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and its alumni include four Rhodes Scholars and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Baker University serves nearly 4,000 students with seven campuses in Kansas and Missouri. Its School of Professional and Graduate Studies offers night, weekend and online courses, with physical locations in Overland Park, Lee's Summit, Kansas City Northland, Wichita and Topeka.
California Lutheran University was established in 1959 but is part of a 500-year-old history of Lutheran higher education. Within its diverse community, CLU strives to develop the student spiritually, physically, emotionally and intellectually. There are seven professional tracks from which to choose for CLU's School of Business M.B.A. program: entrepreneurship, finance, international business, IT management, management & organizational behavior, marketing, nonprofit & social enterprise, econometrics and macroeconomics. An online M.B.A. is available.
Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, is a comprehensive university with a Jesuit tradition. The Richard J. Wehle School of Business offers a one-year, full-time M.B.A. program as well as "M.B.A. Evening," a full or part-time program. Most of the faculty in the School of Business hold doctoral degrees.
Located in Arizona, Grand Canyon University is a private, Christian university. The Ken Blanchard College of Business offers a standard M.B.A. program as well as an executive M.B.A. program that is designed for established business leaders. The executive M.B.A. program consists of nine modules: leading self, customer focus, shareholder focus, employee focus, leading others, community focus, corporate strategy, organizational capabilities and leading organizations. These modules develop and refine business leaders' perspective and help them address issues within and outside of their organizations.