MBA Program Named One of the Best
The Princeton Review ranks the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology in the top U.S. business schools
Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology (WCBT) has yet again earned a place among the nation’s outstanding business schools for a master’s degree in business administration, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles SHU in its recently reported list, “Best Business Schools 2021: On-Campus MBA Programs.”
The Princeton Review compiled its list of the 244 top business schools using institutional and student survey data. The profiles also have five categories of ratings that The Princeton Review tallies based on data from its administrator and/or student surveys. Rating categories encompass academic experience, admissions selectivity, career and professors who are interesting and accessible. The ratings are scores on a scale of 60 to 99. Among the ratings in SHU’s profile are scores of 95 for professors who are interesting, and 95 for professors who are accessible.
“We are delighted that The Princeton Review continues to recognize the value of our MBA program,” said Martha J. Crawford, dean of the WCBT. “Our faculty and staff are dedicated to ensuring students receive a meaningful and relevant business education. Our MBA program prepares students to thrive in a business world that is being transformed by digital innovation. Our program is unique for its emphasis on experiential learning and technology literacy. It also helps students develop an international perspective, through digital integration of our Fairfield and Luxembourg campuses.”
The WCBT is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and its faculty are recognized scholars and experienced practitioners in the business world. Under their guidance, students complete required coursework and a capstone project, working with their peers to help local businesses develop a product or service. Students hone their management skills, apply the business concepts they’ve learned and make presentations to business professionals, nonprofit executives and faculty on the new product or service they developed. Students gain first-hand experiences and a glimpse of what business success entails.
The WCBT operates out of SHU’s West Campus, formerly General Electric’s global headquarters. The facility offers technology-enhanced classrooms and includes labs for financial computing and modeling, a trading floor, labs for artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, a makerspace, a student start-up incubator, a co-working area which houses numerous start-ups, and other educational facilities.