Saunders College honored for low tuition
RIT noted for keeping tuition and fees under $40,000 during 2012-2013 school year
A. Sue Weisler
Saunders College of Business graduate program at Rochester Institute of Technology was ranked one of the 10 least expensive private business schools by U.S. World & News Report The Short List: Grad School.
Saunders College of Business graduate program at Rochester Institute of Technology was ranked one of the 10 least expensive private business schools by U.S. News & World Report The Short List: Grad School.
For the 2012-2013 school year, Saunders College placed in the No. 9 slot with tuition and fees totaling $36,216. Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management topped the list at $21,900, while Alfred University earned No. 10 at $37,646.
“We at RIT have worked hard to make a business education affordable for our students,” says Saunders College Dean dt ogilvie. “In addition to keeping tuition as low as we could, we help our students obtain co-op positions, the earnings from which can be used to help pay for their education, giving our students immediate dividends in terms of education, experiential learning and affordability.
“We have a 94 percent placement rate for our graduate students and a 97.5 percent placement rate for our undergraduate students. Getting a degree from Saunders College of Business gives our students a great return on their investment.”
At least 12 private business schools had tuition and required fees less than $40,000 during the 2012-2013 school year, according to data reported by 140 ranked business schools in an annual survey by U.S. News.
The U.S. News Short List, separate from their overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which graduate program excel or have room to grow in certain areas.
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