FLINT, MI --

University of Michigan-Flint’s part-time MBA program is ranked 46th nationally and 8th in the Midwest by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

“We are very pleased and gratified by this recognition and ranking by BusinessWeek. It confirms what we continually hear from both our alumni and the employers who hire them about the high quality of our MBA program,” said Scott D. Johnson, dean of the School of Management at UM-Flint.

Because students in part-time MBA programs are typically working professionals, they avoid travelling long distances to attend classes. As such, Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings are separated into geographic regions. With 19 ranked institutions, the Midwest is the most competitive of Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s six regions, according to a press release.

In the Midwest, only the programs at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, the University of Nebraska, and Indiana University, were ranked higher within the Big Ten than the UM-Flint program, the press release said.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek determines its rankings based on three major components: a survey of recent program graduates, an academic quality assessment combining six school-reported data points which include class size and the average GMAT score of incoming students, and calculated post-MBA outcomes.

The UM-Flint School of Management program also received the highest possible score of A+ for program curriculum, an A for caliber of classmates, and ranked 28th overall nationally in student satisfaction, according to a press release.

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