Jindal School of Management

-UT-Dallas's MBA has excellent professors and curricula available to students at a significantly lower upfront investment in comparison to our local competitor, Southern Methodist University. My financial investment in the program was less than the difference in the base salaries of my new job and my old job. Clearly, this was a great decision.

-UT Dallas PMBA is a great program for people who live in DFW area, the school is widely recognized in DFW area. The university has outstanding professors. However, the only drawback is lack of national reputation i.e UT Dallas is not known outside the Texas.

-More networking and career services opportunities for the part-time MBA students would go a long way in improving the overall perception of the UTD MBA program. Since many of the part-time MBA students are experienced professionals, creating opportunities for career expansion and growth would allow UTD to better infuse their graduates into higher levels of management in local business organizations.

-I enjoyed the flexibility of the program and the opportunities I had (ie. study abroad trip to India.) It was affordable and has access to a lot of companies in the DFW area.

-Some professors could be made more passionate about their teaching. Also, a little more guidance on selecting courses with clear career paths would be helpful.

-It is a good education, at a fair price, and convenient location. I enrolled in online and in-class courses and they were both challenging and engaging.

-There was a lot of theoretical emphasis, so maybe more of a hands-on emphasis would have been great.

-UT Dallas has a very impressive staff, a fantastic variety of interesting business courses, and is very affordable. Additionally, they have connections with businesses all over the DFW area, so their career fairs are also a great way to meet with employers.

-All career services within the campus are passive and rely on students that are unfamiliar with them to show up and take advantage of their services. With little knowledge of what these services are many students do not seem to know if/how they should use the career services center. Some proactive efforts from the career center to explain what it is they can do (newsletters, seminars, etc) and maybe offer suggestions and opportunities to students pursuing certain coursework clusters would be useful.

-The quality of professorship at UT Dallas is outstanding. My Intro to Econ professor studied with Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago. I recently read about my Intro to Accounting professor in the Wall Street Journal. He had served as a financial officer for Citi Group around 2008 and regularly rejected risky home loans only to have his decisions overturned by top management. The WSJ reported that he testified against Citi to the US Congress.

-I've been searching for a new job since last year while finishing up my MBA. Even though I just finished the program officially, I've only been able to get 3 interviews, not being able to succeed. I know part of it is the tough job market, but also the fact that UTD is just beginning to be recognized nationally. I feel the education is valuable because I now have additional education in fields I didn't before, so I believe it will eventually pay off.

-Faculty at UTD is one of the best of in my opinion. Faculty and infrastructure is placed strategically to support both academic research and industry exposure. Flexibility in the class schedules, wide variety if the courses offered and motivated classmates make the whole MBA experience even more enriching.

-There are many positive aspects to the program including quality of the instructors, networking opportunities, flexibility of schedules, and breadth of available electives. Also, the program is more affordable than most others in the area. Finally, the school has excellent relationships with area companies, providing enhanced employment opportunities.

-Some of the course work duplicates what I did for my undergrad degree. I could have opted out of taking some of the classes, but not all. Also the number of hours of core courses were more than most schools. I believe the elective courses are more critical to finding work in a specific field.

-I specifically wanted to change industries within the same field (marketing) and was able to find a great fitting job through one of my mentors provided through the program. As an older MBA student, I found the schedule very flexible, the tuition affordable, and the professors top quality.