Published: March 27, 2024

UT’s MBA Program Placed in the Top Tier by CEO Magazine; EMBA Program Ranked 32nd

In a ranking of MBA programs that stressed “fact-based criteria,” The University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business was placed in “Tier One” of global business schools. Additionally, UT’s Executive MBA ( EMBA) program was ranked 32nd out of 139 schools in the Global EMBA rankings.

In a ranking of MBA programs that stressed “fact-based criteria,” The University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business was placed in “Tier One” of global business schools.

The ranking was compiled by CEO Magazine to “cut through the noise and provide potential students with a performance benchmark for those schools under review.” The factors (and percentage weighting) for rankings included quality of faculty (34.95), international diversity (9.71), class size (9.71), accreditation (8.74), faculty-to-student ratio (7.76), price (5.83), international exposure (4.85), work experience (4.85), professional development (4.85), gender parity (4.85) and delivery methods (3.8).

UT’s MBA program, within the Sykes College of Business, is one of the largest, most established and most exclusive in Florida. The MBA is offered in four formats:

• The full-time/day program is designed for accelerated completion with a group of peer students.
• The part-time/evening program is designed for students who work full-time jobs and need to complete the program at their own pace.
• The Professional MBA program is designed to help professionals with at least five years of work experience take their careers to the next level.
• The Executive MBA program is designed for professionals with seven or more years of work experience.

Students can take additional courses in nine concentrations, including accounting, business analytics, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, finance, information management systems, international business, marketing and nonprofit management.

Frank Ghannadian, dean of the Sykes College of Business, said the Sykes College of Business attracts students from around the globe and is renowned for graduating students who make immediate impact in the business community and within their countries.

“This ranking validates the increasing worldwide reputation and prestige of the Sykes College of Business and its MBA program,” Ghannadian said. “Our program is proven to help students develop the sophisticated strategic mindset demonstrated by successful executives.”

Within an 80,000-square-foot facility, the College of Business offers state-of-the-art resources such as the Huizenga Family Foundation Trading Center, the Center for Ethics, TECO Energy Center for Leadership, Naimoli Institute for Business Strategy, Institute for Sales Excellence, the Center for Cybersecurity and the award-winning Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.

The Sykes College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and is one of the few business schools in the Southeast accredited at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

To view the rankings, see http://bit.ly/CEOMagRankings2024.