Enrollment: 638
Average GMAT: 609.00
GMAT Range (25-75%): 560-650
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.30
Regular Application Deadline: 04/15
Rolling Admission: No
School Type: Private
Average Age: 27.00
Average Work Experience (months): 41
Student Faculty Ratio: 7:1

Part Time Program: Yes
Evening Program: Yes
Executive MBA Program Offered: Yes
Total Faculty: 148

Average Starting Salary: $74,310.00
Hired Consulting: 0%
Hired Finance: 38%
Hired Operations: 21%
Hired Marketing: 21%

In-State Tuition: $35,250.00
Financial Aid Deadline: 03/08
Students Receiving Some Aid: 79%
Average Annual Total Financial Aid: $26,608.00

School Says - Student Body
MBA student clubs provide many opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills and put the theories they learn in the classroom to the test. The MBA Connection, the umbrella organization, coordinates clubs focused on key business disciplines. They frequently host social and networking events and bring in high-profile speakersÂâ€"often Northeastern alumni. The clubs provide real-world experience. The Entrepreneurship Club, for example, runs a growth venture fund that provides early-stage funding to startup businesses. Students may also participate in business cases and business plan competitions throughout the year. In addition, students are active in the Communications and Leadership Club

School Says - Academics
The full-fime MBA curriculum at Northeastern University offers an integrated approach to business training. Throughout the first year students will work on developing content knowledge in key business disciplines and essential managerial skills in areas such as communications, negotiation and persuasion, project management and teamwork, and ethical decision-making. These skills are developed and reinforced through a series of modules and integrative exercises that occur in concert with specific core courses. MBA students will also fulfill a globalization requirement, which may be met by taking a course in global business and economics or by completing an overseas field experience. The six-month corporate residency work experience will run over the summer and fall following the first year and will give students the opportunity for full-time professional MBA-level employment with a corporate partner. These positions enable students to apply their newly acquired business skills, as well as to clarify and refine, or even redefine, career goals. In the second year, students will specialize in one of three career tracks by completing elective courses in an area of finance, marketing, or supply chain management/operations.

School Says - Admissions
Northeastern University seeks candidates with demonstrated ability to succeed academically and professionally. In evaluating applications, the Admissions Committee considers candidates' professional work experience, leadership, academic credentials, and standardized tests (GMAT and TOEFL). Interviews are held by invitation of the Admissions Committee.

School Says - Campus Life
Northeastern's campus includes nearly 40 research and education centers. The school's graduate business programs are housed in Dodge Hall, which offers wireless technology in its classrooms and throughout the building. In addition to case-study style classrooms, Dodge Hall features work-study rooms for students as well as a student lounge. Snell Library offers a cyber café with 24-hour computer access and wireless Internet. It houses over one million volumes and belongs to the Boston Library Consortium, a cooperative with the libraries of nineteen academic and research institutions. When students need to wind down, they can access first-class athletic and fitness facilities, including the state-of-the-art Marino Center, the Badger and Rosen SquashBusters building, and more.

Students Say - Academics
Northeastern University offers a broad range of full-time and part-time MBA options. The full-time program follows a 24-month curriculum that includes a cooperative work experience; specializations are available in finance, marketing, and operations and supply chain management. Part-time programs include a conventional Evening MBA, an Executive MBA, and a High Tech MBA.
For full-timers, the highlight of the program is the six-month Corporate Residency (often referred to simply as 'co-op'), during which students undertake a residency with a Boston-area business. One student puts it simply: "The six month co-op program is the best asset of the university. Through co-op I was able to affect changes at an international company and use that experience to earn a great job placement for after graduation. I wouldn't have landed my new job without the co-op experience." While can arise due to the six month co-op, because you are still working in the fall when every other MBA in the nation is interviewing at large companies, banks, and consulting firms for top jobs"-making it "difficult to work out a schedule to interview for the job of your future while committing to the internship of the present"-most students cite co-op as their primary reason for choosing Northeastern.
Part-time programs do not include a co-op component at Northeastern but have much to recommend them all the same. The High Tech MBA "provides a relevant and credible education" with a schedule that "allows the flexibility to keep a full-time job that requires significant travel." One participant explains that the program "has a full-time class load (three to four classes per semester: fall, spring, and summer) with part-time flexibility (classes meet every other week Tuesday night and all day Saturday), and students complete the program in 21 months. The curriculum is preset, covering the broad spectrum of business functions and no specific specialty." Likewise, students in the EMBA program say it "has the right combination of content and environment" with "a significant level of engagement and interaction among the cohort each year."
Students in all programs tell us, "The faculty, the network, and the location are the school's greatest strengths. Our professors have been world class and well connected. NU is located in the heart of Boston. That is tough to beat." Dual campuses mean access for many students. Classes in the satellite campus in downtown Boston are always filled with people who work in the financial district. Also, because NU has two campuses, it is more convenient for most people than going to Suffolk (only in downtown Boston) and Boston College (about an hour's commute on the subway from downtown Boston and most other points in Boston)." The school offers a variety of online MBA options.

Students Say - Admissions
All applicants to the Northeastern MBA program must provide the Admissions Office with the following: a completed online application; sealed copies of official transcripts for all post-secondary schools attended; a current resume; three essays; two professional letters of recommendation; and an official GMAT score report. In addition, international students whose first language is not English must submit TOEFL results. All international students must submit transcripts that have been translated with U.S. grade equivalents assigned for work completed, as well as a certified Declaration and Certification of Finances Statement. Neither an undergraduate degree in business nor previous work experience are required for admission to the program, although those lacking both are unlikely candidates for admission; the school advises such students to take college-level introductory business courses prior to or while applying to the school. The school prefers candidates with a minimum of two years' professional experience.

Students Say - Campus Life
The Northeastern campus "is a great place to be even when you're not in class." The Marino Center "is a superb gym and is one of the centers of campus life," and "Students participate in any number of activities and are encouraged to form their own groups" elsewhere on campus, creating "an environment that fosters learning, but it also fosters socializing and fun." Also, "Because of the sheer number of employers and outside experts visiting NU, there is always a worthwhile event going on." Students in part-time programs rarely have time for such diversions, however; they "come right from work and all are tired but power through the class." EMBA participants "attend classes all day on one day per week, on alternating Fridays and Saturdays. The support staff takes care of all of your needs: food, books, and travel are all arranged for you, so you just show-up and never have to focus on anything trivial."
The wide variety of programs available at NU draws a diverse student body that includes plenty of techies, mid-career professionals, business neophytes looking to fast track their careers, and internationals.

Students Say - Careers
Northeastern's six-month co-op program means that the school has "good relationships ...with a wide variety of employers" in the Boston area, and these relationships pay dividends for the efforts of the school's Career Center. Recent co-op employers included Carrier, Cyprus Tree Investment, GE Supply, Gilette, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hasbro, Kidde Fenwal, MasterFoods USA, Sovereign Bank, TD Securities, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UV Partners, and Wolfe Laboratories. Co-op definitely provides students with a leg up when it comes time for their co-op companies to hire new full-timers, students here agree.
Employers most likely to hire Northeastern MBAs after graduation include AC Nielsen, Amazon, Bayer Consumer Care, Citigroup, Dunkin' Brands, Fidelity, Kaiser Permanente, Liberty Mutual, Lindt & Sprungli, Mellon Financial Corporation, Proctor & Gamble/Gillette, Raytheon Corporation, and Washington Mutual.

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