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Students Say
Standout features of the PLU MBA include an emphasis in technology and innovation management, mentioned by several students as the main draw to the school; PLU also offers areas of emphasis in entrepreneurship and closely-held enterprises, as well as in health care management. A general MBA without concentration is also available. All students must complete a “ten-day international trip requirement,” which grateful MBAs note is “included in the cost of tuition.” Recent destinations include France, Spain, China, Dubai, Taiwan, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and Peru. Students describe the experience as “amazing” and cite it as a major asset to the program.
Most agree, however, that the faculty and program administrators are PLU’s primary selling points. The “excellent professors” at the School of Business are “experienced, flexible, always available, and professional.” They go out of their way to utilize their students’ professional experiences in class. As one student explains, “Professors try very hard to learn about each student and cater lessons/lectures to our professional backgrounds.” Small classes mean lots of student participation. “As a student you are challenged to learn, and you are a part of the class. It’s expected that the students are active in the classes,” one MBA warns. The administration of PLU’s MBA program “is handled almost exclusively by the program administrator/director,” a great arrangement for students, who report that administrative services in their program are among the best on campus.
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Entrepreneurship
Healthcare Administration
Finance
Information Systems/Information Technology
Leadership/Management
Marketing
RN/MBA - Dual Degree
Supply Chain Management
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Business Administration
Data Analytics
Finance
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Finance
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Employers who most frequently hire Pacific Lutheran MBAs include Boeing, Microsoft, Weyerhaeuser, State Farm Insurance, Intel, and Starbucks.
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Students in the PLU MBA program bring “very diverse backgrounds and professional experiences” to the classroom. A great many are “hardworking, family-oriented profes- sionals with a lot going on in their lives,” ranging “from stay-at-home moms and dads to army surgeons and city managers.” One student reports that “when working together, I felt in all cases that we were peers, that never did one person’s experience make them better than another, that everyone was able to contribute.”
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Director, MBA and Undergraduate Programs
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
United States