The Top 10 Part-Time MBA Programs

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• The top-ranked Worcester Polytechnic Institute's part-time MBA program allows students business scholarships in a number of areas including, process design, technology marketing and information security management. Students also have the flexibility to complete their part-time MBA online or in the classroom.

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Part-Time MBA Program
  100 Institute Road
  Worcester, MA 01609
  508-831-5218
  wpi.edu

UCLA

• Bloomberg Business Week ranks UCLA's MBA program for fully employed professionals second in the nation. The program features five scheduling options with classes held for 3.5 hours 2 days a week either in the evenings or weekends. Although part-time, the program does allow for the credit requirements to be finished within 27 months if needed.

  University of California, Los Angeles
  Anderson School of Management
  110 Westwood Plaza
  Suite B201
  Los Angeles, CA 90095
  310-825-2632
  ucla.edu

University of California, Berkeley

• Students need three years to complete the part-time MBA program at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The program ranks third in the country according to Bloomberg Business Week and features core classes in the first year followed by two years of electives.

  University of California, Berkeley
  Haas School of Business
  545 Student Services Bldg. #1900
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-0292
  berkeley.edu

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

• The fourth ranked part-time MBA program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln provides students with on-campus classwork that fits around professional work schedules. The program lasts 48 credit hours and part-time students without business work experience must complete an internship before graduation.

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  College of Business Administration
  12th and R Streets
  Lincoln, NE 68588
  unl.edu

University of Michigan

• The University of Michigan's part-time MBA program ranks fifth in the country according to Bloomberg Business Week and offers both evening or weekend-only tracks. The evening track provides classes after regular business hours or on the weekends. The weekend-only track is more intensive with students taking two weekends of classes per month for two years.

  University of Michigan
  Stephen M. Ross School of Business
  701 Tappan Street
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  umich.edu

Elon University

• The MBA program at Elon University offers a part-time study option where students take one class at a time for 33 months. The scheduling includes one class in each of the two summer sessions and one class over the winter session. The university's part-time MBA ranks sixth in the country according to Bloomberg Business Week.

  Elon University
  Martha & Spencer Love School of Business
  2750 Campus Box
  Elon, NC 27244
  elon.edu

Carnegie Mellon University

• Established in 1985, Carnegie Mellon University's FlexTime MBA program allows professionals and full-time workers to complete their MBA by attending classes on a part-time basis. This program extends the usual 2-year program to a third year. Bloomberg Business Week lists CMU's part-time program as seventh in the country.

  Carnegie Mellon University
  Tepper School of Business
  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  cmu.edu

Rice University

• Rice University offers a weekend and evening MBA program that lasts 54 credit hours and gives students the freedom to finish in as little as 22 months. Nine of the 54 credits incorporate business electives. The program ranks eighth in the country according to Bloomberg Business Week.

  Rice University
  Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
  McNair Hall
  Houston, TX 77252
  713-348-4918
  rice.edu

Indiana University, Southeast

• The ninth-ranked MBA program at Indiana University's Southeast campus specifically caters to part-time students. The program lasts 36 hours and requires students to have a 3.0 grade point average to be considered for enrollment. Although attending part-time, students must take classes at least every other semester to remain in the program.

  Indiana University, Southeast
  Graduate Business Programs
  4201 Grant Line Road
  New Albany, IN 47150
  ius.edu

Drexel University

• Drexel University's professional MBA program rounds out Bloomberg Business Week's top-10 list of part-time MBA schools. The program allows for flexibility around work schedules and focuses on six core business areas such as accounting, financial management and operations management.

  Drexel University
  LeBow College of Business
  3141 Chestnut Street
  Matheson Hall 207
  Philadelphia, PA 19103
  lebow.drexel.edu