Santa Clara University

Evening MBA named #14 by U.S. News & World Report

Graduate pay among the highest in nation

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - March 31, 2007. The MBA program at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business is ranked #14 among the top MBA part-time programs in the country, and its graduates command top salaries nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” issue that was released today.

Graduates of the 2006 Evening MBA program averaged $100,466 in base salary offers, making the program sixth in the nation among highest paid new graduates. Santa Clara University has been listed in the top 20 MBA programs every year since the part-time rankings began in 1995.

“Working professionals in the Silicon Valley know that our MBA program provides the Bay Area with leaders who are in touch with today’s challenges and tomorrow’s potential,” said Barry Z. Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business. “For the 12th consecutive year, our faculty, curriculum, and alumni are acknowledged to be among the best in the nation.”

The Evening MBA program was begun in 1959 and was in the first group of MBA programs to be accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International).

The graduate business program has expanded to include the Executive MBA program, launched in 1999 and first recognized nationally last year. In addition, the Leavey School of Business now offers a M.S. in Information Systems, and will begin a Weekend Accelerated MBA program this fall.

The magazine placed new Santa Clara MBA salaries among the top six, and its full-time graduate student body among the top 50 most diverse (21.6% minorities) among the 347 accredited MBA programs surveyed. In addition to SCU, the other California part-time programs that ranked in the top 10 are UCLA (#4), UC Berkeley (#5), and USC (#6).

About the Leavey School of Business
The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program was recently ranked #27 in the nation by Business Week, and its MBA program is ranked among the top 15 in the country among part-time graduate programs for working professionals. Approximately 80 percent of its 1,100 MBA student body are working professionals in the Bay Area. The business school has more than 20,000 living alumni in organizations around the world.