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Graduate School of Business
University of Bridgeport
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University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business History
University of Bridgeport, founded in 1927, is a private, coeducational institution. The 50-acre campus is located in an urban area adjacent to the Long Island Sound. Total undergraduate and graduate enrollment is approximately 3200. Figures given in the above capsule are approximate.
The Graduate School of Business was founded in 1957 and is located on the main campus, in its own building. Courses also are offered at Riverbend Center, Stamford (MBA, EMBA). The basic educational approach is to emphasize management skills through a mix of lecture, case study, and experiential learning in developing leaders in business, industry, and government with an international focus. It taps the resources of the corporate laboratory in which the school is located through cooperative education placements and internships.
University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business Academics
The Graduate School of Business offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA (EMBA) as well as a joint degree in management engineering, offered through the Engineering School. Other programs include work-study programs in accounting, computer laboratories, finance, and management; internships with local and worldwide companies; and a cooperative education program with area firms. The strongest areas of study are finance, international business, accounting, and computer and information sciences. The most popular courses are Finance and Computer Information Sciences. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus, including the Walter Levine Lecture Series and CEO Nights.
Fifty-four total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 18 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Management Information Systems
- Statistical Decision Theory
- Economic Analysis
- Financial Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Production/Operations Management
- Marketing Concepts
- Financial Accounting Concepts and Analysis
- Business (Law) and Society
- International Issues
- Business Policy (Capstone)
- Business Games or Experiential Learning Internship
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements using core course equivalents with grades of B or higher.
The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full-time is 1 1/2 years; maximum, 2 1/2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 3 years; maximum, 5 years.
There are 12 total full-time graduate business faculty, of whom 85% hold a doctorate; there are 13 part-time faculty, of whom 50% hold a doctorate. Faculty salaries are rated average for Category IIA institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 4; average business class size is 15.
University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business Unique Programs
Library
The university’s main library houses a collection of more than 275,000 volumes, and subscribes to 2117 periodicals. The business library is particularly strong in accounting, management, marketing, and finance. Students have access to such databases and networks as ABI/INFORM, Predicasts, and Lexis/Nexis. Other opportunities for research consist of computer laboratories and interlibrary loans.
Computers
Graduate business students need not have their own PCs. There are many terminals available throughout campus, including the business school. Standard Windows programs with multiple advanced applications are available.
Career and Job Placement
Average starting salary of a recent graduating class was $45,000. Placement services for alumni include job testing, interest surveys, on-campus recruiting, and counseling. Placement is available through the university placement office.
International Students
International students must take the TOEFL, the University of Michigan Language Test, the Comprehensive English Language Test, or the college’s own test. English language training is available on campus. They also must submit a translation of their transcripts, proof of health consisting of a physical exam and 2 MMR shots, and proof of adequate funds to cover 1 year of study. Financial aid is available for these students and consists of assistantships with work-study and co-op opportunities. The application deadline for fall entry is July 1.
Calendar
The school operates on a traditional semester basis. Semesters are 15 weeks long; summer sessions, 5 weeks. Graduate programs are offered during the day and evening and weekends.
University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business Admissions
A bachelor’s degree is required, along with a GPA of 2.5 and a GMAT score of 400 or 3 years of professional experience. Most important admissions factors are academic accomplishments and ability, grades in upper-level courses, and GMAT results. A strong mathematics background is not required.
The number of applicants for a recent class was 213; 148 were accepted; 78 enrolled. The average GPA was 3.2. Transfers are accepted. Minority students are actively recruited.
Students may begin the MBA program in the fall, spring, and summer. To apply, students must submit an application form, a transcript, GMAT scores, a nonrefundable application fee, 2 letters of recommendation, and a personal statement. Students are notified of the admissions decision on a rolling basis. Once accepted, students may defer admission for up to 1 year. Check with the school for current application deadlines and fees.
University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business Financial Aid
The GAPSFAS or FAFSA, the school’s own financial statement, and the previous year’s tax return are required. Check with the school for current application deadlines.
Tuition for all students is approximately $9500 per year. On-campus room and board costs approximately $7800; books and supplies, $600; personal expenses, $550; and other fees, $150, for an estimated annual total of $18,600. Graduate student housing consists of 600 rooms in dormitory housing. There is a referral service to help procure off-campus housing.
University of Bridgeport, Graduate School of Business Students
Fifty-two percent of the current graduate business school class are enrolled full time; 60% had an average of 5 years of full-time work experience prior to entering graduate school. The greatest percentage of students were from foreign countries (74%). Thirty-nine percent were women, 11% were minorities, and 74% were foreign nationals. The average age at entrance was 29; ages ranged from 22 to 50. Twenty-nine percent entered directly from undergraduate school; 2% already have a graduate degree. Students’ undergraduate majors were as follows: 55%, business; 30%, engineering; 5%, economics; 3%, liberal arts; 3%, math and science; and 3%, social sciences. About 5% of entering students leave by the end of the first year due to academic or personal reasons; 80% remain to receive their degree.
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I almost never express my opinion in public or on the Internet, but when I saw this story about the University of Bridgeport on the web, I felt compelled, as a graduate of the University's MBA program in 1983, to respond to it and to the subsequent comments written about it. But, before I start, I must provide a disclaimer. Although, most see me as an educated person of average or above average intelligence, I am not an exceptionally good writer, and am most certainly capable of making spelling and even more egregious writing errors. I am completely aware that within the realm of debate, on and off the Internet, there exists a well worn debate strategy of attempting to disqualify an opposing person's augment by impeaching the person's speaking or writing ability that has nothing to do with the central point being made. My lack of writing excellence is not, and should not, be viewed as reason to disqualify the validity of my statements and opinions. As an impoverished child growing up on welfare in the inner city of some of the worst slums in America I dreamed. I dreamed of one day of escaping the inner city poverty, condemnation, and crippling low expectations that others of better circumstances of life were forcing on me. What I dared to dream, as a young child, was so much like that of the dreams of millions of other young idealist Americans that passionately believed in what the United States stood for. What I dared to dream was simply the American dream; of success through diligence, determination, integrity, and hard work. Throughout American history, this dream that was responsible, in large measure, for building America, was motivated out of desperation and a passion to succeed. This dream, I believe, is so basic to American existence that it is one of the most cherished and sacredly held values in America. Unfortunately, there are plenty of greedy, unscrupulous opportunistic individuals and organizations that attempt to exploit this sacred American dream by making false promises and selling false hopes, at exorbitantly high prices, to the poorest and most desperate of the American poor. Long before the faculty at the University of Bridgeport went out of strike, there were indications of questionable practices at the university. UB's willingness to exploit the hopes and dreams of young, vulnerable, and innocent people was reminiscent of the worst practices of many "for profit" proprietary schools that exploited the poorest of the poor in their quest for private profits. Back in the early 1980s, the University of Bridgeport engage in a high glitz ad campaign, taking out full page advertisements in the New York Times and other nationally know newspapers, comparing the education received at the University of Bridgeport to the quality of educational available at Ivy League Universities in the United States. It falsely exaggerated the earning power and career success of its graduates. Although, clearly hubris, false and misleading to the more knowledgeable, to the likes of this young person (at the time) and many like me, these very sophisticated and expensive advertisements were stunningly impressive. The photos and physical description of supposedly the school's campus were equally false and misleading at the time. By looking at the photos used in their advertisement, one was left with the impression that the school was located at a beautiful pristine beach front community that was completely surrounded by a lush forested park. Little, if anything, of the school's advertising and recruiting literature was remotely close to reality. While I was a student in the early 1980s at the University of Bridgeport, the incident of crime, including violent crime was intolerably high. I was personally attacked three times on, or near the campus by residents from the low income housing projects that surround the perimeter of the school. During my second year at the school, a man was found shot dead about three blocks from the university campus. It was simply not safe to walk on, or near the campus most of the day. The fear was omnipresent. Adding insult to injury, the career marketability and opportunities claimed to exist for graduates of the school by the university was in, large measure, false. The career planning and placement office at the school was a joke and pitiful. I remember frequently walking into the office and finding no staff at all in the office. After completing my first year at the university, reality about my career prospects began to set in. Things really began to get scary. I remember walking down town Bridgeport and a passerby asking me what university I was attending, and me telling him I was a UB student and his dreadful response. He told me that he had graduated from the University of Bridgeport more than a year earlier and was completely unable to find work. This was unfortunately to be an omen in regards to my own future career prospects as a MBA graduate of good academic standings from the University of Bridgeport. I, like many other graduates of UB have graduated to unemployment and perpetual under employment. I had spent years on my career search after graduating from the University of Bridgeport, sending out many hundreds of resumes to no avail. Only after about twenty years was I able to finally pay off my more than $45,000 student loan used to pay for my education at UB. I feel that, as a young innocent and vulnerable person, my American dream was deliberately violated and exploited for the revenue seeking needs of the University of Bridgeport. The school is nothing more than a highly questionable diploma mill.