The Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business

Despite being a part of a large sports and research university, the intentionally small size of Fisher College of Business allows the school to create a high quality and personalized program focused on results and excellence. Fisher offers an Executive MBA, an MBA for Working Professionals, and a full-time program, and boasts top-notch Operations and Logistics and Marketing programs that attract recruiters from top companies each year. Students in the Working Professional MBA program and the full-time MBA program can customize a specialized niche of study to complement their general MBA degree, and students from all programs can cull from more than 100 elective courses to create an individualized degree.

“Everyone is willing to support the student experience,” and “learning takes place on many levels, from in the class, to around the pizza box, to having a lunch appointment with a local business executive who serves as your mentor.” “The administration, professors, and academic experience exceed the high expectations I set,” says a student. “I have been blown away by the quality of the professors,” says another. Most come from top-rated business schools and offer “an outstanding mix of industry experience and academic integrity.” “I wake up every day excited to attend school,” says a student. The administration offers students many options for electives.

Most of the assignments are dynamic group projects which “equates to many hours with fellow students,” and “the pace is quick and often times we’ll have a VERY heavy case/ work load in a short period of time.” This “frustrates many students, but keeps them sharp.” The work load “strikes a good balance of class work with external networking events and social functions.”

“Career services are excellent” at Fisher, which attracts top national employers with ease and “will work hard to help you get a job with a company with whom they already have connections.” “They will help you land a job at your dream company, but they won’t do it for you.” The thorough business education provided by the school has given it a leading reputation across the country, and students are even able to take on “real consulting proj- ects with paying clients” during their program. “The mix of industry executives with high profile academics as well as the extraordinarily wide breadth of resources that comes with Ohio State and the Big Ten creates the perfect mixture for an MBA student to become a future industry executive,” says a student. “Although we technically compete for the same jobs everyone is extremely friendly and helpful,” says a student of the annual job hunt frenzy. “Fisher students can enjoy all the resources from Ohio State.”

Top employers of recent Fisher graduates include Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Nationwide Insurance, Emerson, and Amazon.

“We all know each other, and everyone is willing to help others out for the sake of individ- ual and group success,” says a student of this highly collaborative group, who are “around one another frequently.” Columbus is “a very lively city,” and is a “fun environment for married or single students.” There is a good community of people who regularly socialize outside of school at bars, restaurants, houses, or events, and, of course, everyone is “active- ly engaged in the Ohio State sports culture.” Students have a variety of associations to choose from, based on business focus area, service to the community, and other common interests, to connect with students.

As for the logistics of life, “off campus housing is outstanding,” there is an “excellent…day care” for those with kids, and “the best part is, you can live well on a student budget.”