Florida Gulf Coast University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
Being in the working world with a family, mortgage, etc. I really had no other options regarding a school to pursue my MBA. Not only that but my employer has paid 100% of the cost - tuition, books, etc. Would I have gotten in and preferred to study at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg etc? Sure, but short of selling my house, uprooting my family and quitting my job it ain't happening. So this being said, FGCU suffices.

Not bragging, but having obtained my undergraduate and one other masters at top-rated, old, pretigious universities and beign admitted to Mensa at age 13, I find the academic climate at FGCU to be not exactly challenging. The classes, quality of students, and workload are not what I'm used to. But again, as I noted above - any ship in a storm.

Main issue with the MBA program at FGCU is that it focuses too much on the mechanics of business (accounting, finance, management, marketing, etc) and not enough (actually almost none) on the art of business (leadership, decision-making, public speaking, negotiation, business writing, etc). Unfortunately the art of business is what top executives really need to know. Of course you need to understand the mechanics but do I REALLY need two semesters of graduate-level statistics? I think a class in negotiation or business writing would be a better choice for the second semester.

In the end, if you live in the area and have no other options available to you, then FGCU is just fine. However, I wouldn't move to Ft Myers to pursue my MBA at FGCU.