Graduate School of Management

-My Marquette part-time MBA experience offers a great cohort program that keeps me on track of a 28-month program. However, there are flexible options to take some core or elective courses on campus, rather than with the cohort program in Waukesha, WI. With this flexibility, I was able to take an international business elective in which I traveled to the Czech republic to work on a project with students at the University of West Bohemia. This was the best experience of any of my formal education.

-Marquette MBA program gives a unique perspective of managing different business processes in an organization. It prepares students, aspiring managers and senior managers to think broadly and from different business functions before making decision.

-The “advising” process of current MBA candidates needs to be reviewed. Too often, I’ve heard stories about receiving a lack of sound advice and actually choosing to do the opposite of what is recommended to the candidate.

-I find the courses to be varied, practical, engaging, and valuable. The value of the courses goes beyond what I need for my career - they enable me to better understand world events, my own personal behavior, and group dynamics. As a student with an unrelated undergraduate major, I did not expect to find the degree terribly interesting. But, I was surprised to find that each class reframed my thought processes.

-I would have like to have been informed of the facilities available to part-time MBA students: gym, union, student discounts. More flexibility in choosing electives, as sometimes the choices were very limited to only the business school.

-I learned a lot, not only from professors, but also from the other students in class. Classes were very open to discussion while also structured on specific topics.

-Add additional investment courses. It was difficult to try and specialize in this area.

-I was surprised in the level of education that you were being taught. I thought it would be more in-depth and complicated. However, upon talking with MBA students from other programs, I found that this was pretty much the same case all around. The true experience is in the networking and relationship building with your fellow classmates.

-It was a great program. A minor improvement could have been around more networking in the cohort program, but we were a relatively small group.

-Marquette has the best MBA program in the area...I would encourage all friends and colleagues to enroll in their program, if they are considering going back.

-I feel like the program works perfect for the working man. Yes it is a little expensive, but you are getting your money's worth out of it. Like any other program you are going to have the professors that bother you but at Marquette I always felt like I gained something valuable out of each class. In addition, I have been able to apply what I have learned.

-Marquette's MBA program exceeded my expectations in that it has provided me with a well-rounded business education. I learned from top-notch professors and students alike. MU has a well-balanced, integrated approach to ethics.

-I really enjoyed the classes that helped shape my thought process instead of simply presenting the material. Although it's difficult to do that in some courses (math, for example), I would have liked even more of that.

-I had a good experience and felt that I learned new skills to complement my current skills. The program was fairly flexible and the input from fellow students made for an enriching experience. My goal was to complement and despecialize my current skill set as a chemical engineer. Marquette's program was the best fit for my work/life/family balance. I felt that I received a high quality education that I can use years down the road.

-I would have liked more flexibility in the classes you can take. Marquette has so many great classes, but the core MBA program only gives room to take two of them.

-The Marquette part-time program is the best game in town for those working and living in Milwaukee who want their classes to be in close proximity. However, for those who have the ability to do a full time program or travel to Chicago for part-time program classes, I would encourage that route.