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The Isenberg Advantage

The UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management MBA Program is the optimum combination of credibilty, flexibility, and opportunity.  

 

Isenberg faculty are world renowned researches, teachers, and mentors who specialize in providing a top-tier business education.   What you learn today can be used immediately. 

 

An Isenberg MBA coupled with your JD allows you to combine skills to create greater opportunity - inside and outside of the every changing legal industry.

 

Credibility

The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is accredited at the highest standards by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the gold standard for business school accreditation.  We are one of the nation's largest and most well respected research institutions receiving some very prestigious industry recognition: 

 

  • #1 Public MBA Program in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report
  • #6 Best Part-Time MBA Program in the Northeast by BusinessWeek. 
  • #14 Nation for Top Graduate Programs for Physician Executives by Modern Physician.
  • 49% of students enrolled in the Part-Time MBA Program are employed by Fortune 100 companies.
  • 25% of students enrolled are physician executives.

In addition, the Isenberg MBA program is Preferred Educational Partners with many of the nation's top employers and associations such as: American Bankers Association, EMC Corporation, FDIC,  MassMutual, United Technologies Corporation, American College of Physician Executives, Oracle Application Users Group, just to name a few. 

 

Flexibility

The 37-credit program is offered when and where it's most convenient for you, giving you maximum flexibility to maintain a full-time career while obtaining your MBA.  Courses are offered:

 

  • Online every Spring, Summer, and Fall semester.  Courses are asynchronous so you don't need to be at your computer at a specific time of the day or week - giving you complete flexibility to complete coursework around your busy schedule. 
  • At three Massachusetts satellite campuses (Shrewsbury, Holyoke & Pittsfield)
  • The degree can be completed in as little as 11-months but most often completed in 2.5 years while working full-time.  The SOL is 4 years.
  • GMAT waived for J.D.

 

Opportunity

Career Options - You're smart, motivated, and ready for a new challenge or maybe you want to move up within your current organization - regardless of your motivation, an MBA is one of the world's most recognized degrees, and coupled with your JD, control of your future is within your reach.  

 

An Isenberg MBA will:

 

  • Expand your business knowledge - make yourself more credible with your clients, employers, peers.  Understanding core business functions and knowing the "language of Business" will make you a more effective lawyer.
  • Give yourself a competitive advantage -  in today's ever changing professional landscape, broadening your skill set with an MBA may be a key advantage - wouldn't it be nice to have "one-up" on the competition.
  • Increase your career options -  maybe law isn't the perfect match for you right now, maybe you're looking for a change.   An MBA can make career transitioning much easier.