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The W. P. Carey School of Business’s campus is in Phoenix, Arizona. As the fifth-largest city in the US, Phoenix is an ideal location for business students, offering incredible opportunities for personal and professional growth. Additionally, Phoenix has year-round sunny weather and is just a short ride from a world-class skiing location and the Grand Canyon. Students will have no shortage of places to eat, hang out, and enjoy the outdoors.
The W. P. Carey School of Business offers six MBA programs. The Full-time MBA is a 21-month program for business professionals with three to five years of work experience. The Evening MBA is a part-time, 24-48 month program designed for working professionals. The Online MBA is a flexible, hybrid program for busy working professionals with five to ten years of work experience. The Executive MBA is a 21-month program designed for seasoned managers with over ten years of work experience. The Fast-track MBA is a 12-month accelerated program for business professionals with a previous master’s degree in business and a few years of work experience. Finally, the EGADE — W. P. Carey Executive MBA, offered in partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE), is a 15-month program designed to prepare candidates for C-suit leadership.
W. P. Carey School of Business is accredited by AACSB. The AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
W. P. Carey awards a very limited number of scholarships based on academic performance, leadership activities, community involvement, and future goals. These scholarships are extremely competitive and applicants must contact the school’s financial department for details.
The Intellectual Fusion Learning Lab pairs MBA students and non-business master’s students across Arizona State University to collaborate on action-learning projects, gain cross-functional skills, and solve real problems for real businesses. Previous projects have included MBA students working on Biomedical engineering projects to collaborate on the development, marketing, or adoption of biomedical devices; Mechanical engineering projects to tackle a clean-energy plan and present it to the Tempe City Council; Social work projects, which presented ideas for improving the Department of Child Safety’s (DCS); and School financing projects, analyzing the Arizona Department of Education data and proposing the improved distribution of $34 million to the state’s 1,900 schools.
