Jack Welch Management Institute Ranked as a Top Online MBA Program by Poets&Quants
October 15 2019 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Based on alumni evaluation data, the definitive
online publication for business education news designates the Jack
Welch Management Institute 1st overall in professor quality, 2nd in
course relevancy and 3rd in career advising in the 2020 Best Online
MBA Programs Ranking
Poets&Quants, “the definitive online publication for
business education news,” named the Jack Welch Management Institute
(JWMI) in its ranking of the top 35 online MBA programs for 2020.
Among the online MBA subcategories appraised by alumni, the school
ranked first in several faculty measurements, including “overall
quality of professors”, “accessibility and quality of faculty” and
“satisfaction with the opportunities to create connections with
faculty”. Within the same survey, JWMI also ranked second in
alumni’s ability to immediately apply what they learned to their
job and third in evaluation of coaching and career support.
“We’re thrilled to be included in Poets&Quants’ rankings for
the second year in a row alongside so many other highly-esteemed
institutions,” said Jack Welch, Executive Chairman and Founder of
JWMI. “Our goal is to provide our students with leadership and
business skills that will accelerate their career success and
create winning organizations. These rankings show our focus on
student outcomes is working.”
Results for the third annual Poets&Quants ranking of online
MBA programs are derived from self-reported school data and almost
1,600 alumni survey responses gathered between June and September
of 2019. Poets&Quants based its rankings on three core
dimensions of the programs, including: admissions standards, alumni
assessment of their MBA experience, and the career outcomes of the
graduates. The alumni survey also asked recent graduates’
impressions on a range of topics, such as whether the program
fulfilled their expectations and whether they would recommend it to
others.
Other schools’ online MBA programs included in the list were
Indiana University (Kelley), University of Southern California
(Marshall), Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business
and University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler).
Since becoming part of Strayer University in 2012, JWMI has
grown rapidly and graduated over 1,700 students. Welch designed
JWMI to provide students with opportunities to learn from business
leaders and propel their careers forward.
The Jack Welch MBA has also been ranked as a top online MBA
program by The Princeton Review and CEO Magazine. Serving as
mentors, JWMI faculty bring decades of professional experience to
the program from top companies including Merck and Co., Procter
& Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Stanley, Black & Decker
and more. JWMI currently enrolls a diverse population of
approximately 2,100 students, representing 47 U.S. states and 67
countries.
To learn more about JWMI , visit https://jackwelch.strayer.edu
or follow @JackWelchMBA on Twitter. To learn more about how
Poets&Quants calculated their rankings and their methodology,
please visit:
https://poetsandquants.com/2019/10/14/2020-online-mba-rankings-how-we-crunched-the-numbers/?pq-category=online-mba-news&pq-category-2=online-mba-rankings.
About The Jack Welch Management Institute: The core
mission of the Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer
University is to transform the lives of students by providing them
with the tools they need to become better leaders, build great
teams, and help their organizations win. For more information,
please visit http://www.jwmi.com.
About Strayer University: Founded in 1892, Strayer
University is an institution of higher learning for working adult
students. It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in
business administration, accounting, information technology,
education, health services administration, public administration,
and criminal justice. Strayer University is accredited by the
Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA, 19104 (267-284-5000, www.msche.org). The
Commission is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the
U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation. For more information, visit www.strayer.edu.
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Jack Welch Management Institute Elaine Kincel, 202-557-4920
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