Texas Tech University

This program uses real world examples to learn from and expose your mind to new thought processes. This helps to apply the knowledge and put it to work immediately. I feel that I am prepared at a higher level for business with each class that I complete in the program. I am half way through the program and have already grown considerably as a leader and manager. The only con would be navigating the constraints of a full time Working Professional MBA program. It is a different format than that of... Read More the traditional program, but you know that going into it. If I had it to do again, I would choose the Rawls School of Business at TTU again due to the value.

This has been my first semester in the WP-MBA. There has been 1 online (distance) course and 3 courses (4 actually because 1 course is divided into 2 subject matters). The online course has kept me busy every week and several days a week. I work full-time and I feel that the course load (especially if you count the number of hours of the courses) adds up to be like a full-time student. Being out of academia for 7 years has kick started my adrenaline but sometimes I wonder if the course load is appropriate... Read More for students who are employed full time.

You get what you put into it, which is probably true of all programs, but especially true of the M.Ed programs at Tech, since most of the focus is on the PhD students. You really need to advocate for yourself in this program, but if you do reach out, and pursue your interests aggressively, the faculty and administration will support you. Education (at the time) had the second largest graduate student population on campus, so there is an element of having to fight to make yourself noticed. Overall,... Read More it was a really useful program, and I'm glad I went. I'm starting a second masters program in the spring at a different university, in a tangential field, so it will interesting to see how the two schools compare.

I am in the inaugural STEM MBA program. I really do like that it is a one-year program because it lets me move ahead in my career faster than if I had done a standard MBA. The staff and faculty support is incredible and I truly feel that everyone wants me to succeed. The content is fairly demanding given our time restraint but overall the professors view our work favorably and take into account the other responsibilities we have in our lives. Lubbock is definitely a college town so anything having... Read More to do with Tech is usually fun and exciting, but other than that it is a pretty boring town. Very affordable to live here, though.

Texas Tech is an innovative college that has professors and staff that strive to reach each student at their level. Pregnant with my first child, I was unwilling to leave my husband for the first year of my Ph.D. program and Texas Tech was the only university willing to Skype me in during that critical first year. Now I live here on campus and am thrilled with the experience. The biggest pro is the utter brilliance of the staff and the biggest con is the lack of time to learn it all. I highly recommend... Read More this University.

Texas Tech is a beautiful campus in an extremely affordable city. Specifically, the FCSE program is well laid out and efficient. The program easily allows you to take classes online or on campus. It is a program that non traditional students can make work, especially if they are also working full time. The only con I have is that because it is such a specialized degree there are not many class time options if you do choose to attend class on campus. Since there is smaller involvement there is usually... Read More only one or two classes to choose from. Overall it is an excellent program with genuine faculty and advisors.