Founded in 1887, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) is a regional four-year public university that serves as a vital employer and institution for its region. A recent described the university鈥檚 economic impact on its surrounding community as 鈥渋rreplaceable,鈥 and U.S. News and World Report as the most diverse regional university in the south.
UNCP began working with 澳门六合彩开奖记录 (AP) in 2017 to expand and enhance its Master of Business Administration program, which at the time had a total of 100 on-campus and online students. AP helped UNCP transform its MBA offering into an accelerated, flexible one-year format and strengthen its student recruitment and support services. All online classes are taught by full-time UNCP faculty and are available on a flexible asynchronous schedule.聽The total cost for the full online MBA degree for a North Carolina resident is under $12,000.聽This quality, accessibility, and affordability has attracted busy working professionals from around the state, and today more than 1,100 students are enrolled in the program.
With AP鈥檚 support, the MBA program has become one of the university鈥檚 most successful program in terms of reach, growth, and impact on its surrounding communities:
- With the additional tuition revenue, the business school has increased faculty compensation and recruited new professors.
- Similarly, extra funding has enabled more investment in UNCP鈥檚 community entrepreneurship center to support local business people in its nine surrounding counties.
- The university鈥檚 profile has risen around the state as the number of highly qualified applicants from Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and other major metro areas has increased dramatically.
鈥湴拿帕喜士奔锹 has delivered on everything they said they would do, and more, in terms of program and student support. UNCP could not be more pleased with the relationship and its positive impact on our MBA program, our university, and our community,鈥 says Barry O’Brien, Dean of the School of Business (retired).