Whitman School’s MBA@Syracuse Ranked #8 in the U.S. in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking

Newswise — The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University’s online MBA program, MBA@Syracuse, has been ranked #8 in the U.S. and #16 globally, in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking, improving from #25 globally in 2014. The full QS Distance Online MBA Ranking 2015 can be viewed on http://www.TopMBA.com/onlineMBA. The Whitman School recently launched MBA@Syracuse, its newly enhanced online MBA degree program delivered in partnership with 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU).  MBA@Syracuse allows students from anywhere in the world to take part in the highly regarded Whitman MBA program – without having to relocate or put their careers on hold. Classes take place on a live, online platform taught by Whitman's award-winning faculty, as well as multi-day domestic and international residencies connecting students with the comprehensive education and experience they need to succeed in today’s competitive business environment. “Today’s acknowledgement follows a history of recognition for Whitman’s distance education programs, which began with our first distance education program in 1977,” said Amy McHale, assistant dean for masters programs. “We continued to innovate in distance learning this year by further enhancing our program through integrating new technologies that are providing our students and faculty with live weekly classes for even more online interaction. The new online format has drawn interest among working professionals and we recently welcomed our largest MBA class, further expanding the Whitman network across the U.S and the world.” The QS Distance Online MBA Ranking evaluates accredited online and distance learning MBA programs. The ranking methodology assesses online MBA programs across six areas: employability, student quality, the program’s establishment in the online MBA market, faculty and teaching, class experience and diversity. A total of 25 schools are included in the ranking. For more information on MBA@Syracuse, visit http://onlinebusiness.syr.edu/mba. This July, the Syracuse Martin J. Whitman School of Management will begin classes for its first online Master of Science in Professional Accounting, for more information, please visit http://onlinebusiness.syr.edu/accounting. About the Whitman SchoolThe Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University was established as the College of Business Administration in 1919. In 1920, it was only the 16th collegiate business school in the nation to be accredited by the AACSB. Today, the Whitman School of Management includes programs in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing, real estate, retail management and supply chain management. In any given year, the Whitman School is home to nearly 2,000 doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students.