Academics
If you鈥檙e on the hunt for an MBA program with both great value and a great reputation, you might want to consider University of Central Florida. To begin with, the curriculum offered is geared to ensure that UCF MBAs are 鈥渃ompetitive in today鈥檚 work environment.鈥 UCF MBAs also have access to some 鈥渢remendous鈥 professors. Indeed, instructors here frequently prove themselves to be 鈥渂oth informative and engaging.鈥 And though their 鈥渓ectures are based on textbook topics鈥 they typically 鈥渞each much further than a textbook could go.鈥
Perhaps the greatest praise is reserved for the 鈥渙utstanding鈥 administration for the PMBA and EMBA. An appreciative and astonished first-year shares, 鈥淭hey send email[s] on a regular basis making us aware of events near business school that might affect parking. They provide snacks and drinks during breaks outside the classroom. They order in lunch when we have meetings during lunch. . . . They really make an effort to relieve as much of the stress as possible.鈥
Students here are also quick to note that the EMBA really 鈥渃ater[s] to working adults with a schedule of [three] Saturdays per month and one Friday.鈥 As a grateful second-year student explains, 鈥淭his [makes] the program manageable [to] attend without [worrying about] having to miss an excessive amount of work.鈥 In addition, the 鈥渃oncierge service for registration and materials . . . [allows] working professional[s] to concentrate on the course work and . . . [avoid the headache of administrative tasks].鈥 More importantly, since 鈥渢he program is cohort based,鈥 students are really able to interact with their peers and hear 鈥減erspectives from other executives in various industries and fields.鈥