Daytime graduate programs MBA/MPA

[Anonymous]

Hey DCUMs. I am going back to school now that my kids are in school all day. But I cannot seem to find any NON web based MPA/MBA type programs that have daytime classes. They all seem to be structured for working professionals. I am looking for the opposite (day classes so I can be home for dinner with the kids). Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Georgetown? GMU?

[Anonymous]

Is the issue that you are looking at part-time programs rather than full-time? My DH is currently looking at part-time law school (which is at night) but all of those schools also offer full-time programs during the day. You might see if you could do a part-time schedule but use the full-time classes. Just take fewer a semester.

[Anonymous]

OP Here- I am actually looking for a full-time day program for an MPA. I literally cannot find one. American has one, but the classes are all at 5:30 PM. Maryland doesn't appear to have one but UMUC does, however it is web based. GW same thing- from what I can tell of course schedules, the MPA courses are all offered at night. I'm open to an MPA with a public/nonprofit focus if anyonw knows of one.

[Anonymous]

Try George Mason?

[Anonymous]

9:29 here - Would a MPP (Master of public policy) or an MPM (Master Public/Policy Management) work as well? Both Georgetown and Maryland have public policy schools that offer both

http://gppi.georgetown.edu/
http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/

[Anonymous]

yes, I know at G'town you can do a joint degree of MPP/MBA in 2.5/3 years, full-time with daytime classes. It is a tough schedule though. (Any good fulltime MBA program is tough though. I did my fulltime MBA there pre-kids and it kicked my butt. But I managed to do the same thing--do 90% day classes cuz I wanted to spend time with daytime-working hubby in the evening (many of the students were young and not married, and most were guys anyway.)

[Anonymous]

OP...Did you ever find a program that allowed you to take classes during the day? I'm also interested in taking MPA/MBA classes during the day while my daughter is at school.

[Anonymous]

Grad programs are really geared toward working professionals. I used to work at AU and attended grad school there, and I can recall a few programs that had classes in the morning or afternoon - some of the classes in the Communications department, but the vast majority are in the evening.

At AU anyway, even the kids fresh out of college who were not professionals yet, were interested in doing internships during the day and taking classes at night. Especially in MBA programs - they are really geared toward folks who work and are getting the degree through work..

If that is not an option I would consider online.

[Anonymous]

George Mason?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grad programs are really geared toward working professionals. I used to work at AU and attended grad school there, and I can recall a few programs that had classes in the morning or afternoon - some of the classes in the Communications department, but the vast majority are in the evening.

At AU anyway, even the kids fresh out of college who were not professionals yet, were interested in doing internships during the day and taking classes at night. Especially in MBA programs - they are really geared toward folks who work and are getting the degree through work..

If that is not an option I would consider online.

Do you think this is more true in the DC area than other areas? I went to college in Pittsburgh, and daytime full-time graduate study was the norm...Definately more family friendly, since you could treat it like a job and be done at 5:00 daily. I should probably just move back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grad programs are really geared toward working professionals. I used to work at AU and attended grad school there, and I can recall a few programs that had classes in the morning or afternoon - some of the classes in the Communications department, but the vast majority are in the evening.

At AU anyway, even the kids fresh out of college who were not professionals yet, were interested in doing internships during the day and taking classes at night. Especially in MBA programs - they are really geared toward folks who work and are getting the degree through work..

If that is not an option I would consider online.

Do you think this is more true in the DC area than other areas? I went to college in Pittsburgh, and daytime full-time graduate study was the norm...Definately more family friendly, since you could treat it like a job and be done at 5:00 daily. I should probably just move back.

You know this is a good point. At AU when I worked there, the students were really into being in DC - interning on the Hill or at NIH or one of the big advocacy organizations here, etc. So that might be why. Also cost of living is really expensive here and most of the schools, including Georgetown, George Washington, and American are prohibitively expensive - very few could afford to not work AND pay the $1,000 per credit. The only way I was able to fund grad school was that AU paid for my classes while I worked there. Otherwise I would have been out $40,000 for my grad program.

So possibly in smaller less urban areas the programs can cater to people who don't have daytime jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grad programs are really geared toward working professionals. I used to work at AU and attended grad school there, and I can recall a few programs that had classes in the morning or afternoon - some of the classes in the Communications department, but the vast majority are in the evening.

At AU anyway, even the kids fresh out of college who were not professionals yet, were interested in doing internships during the day and taking classes at night. Especially in MBA programs - they are really geared toward folks who work and are getting the degree through work..

If that is not an option I would consider online.

Do you think this is more true in the DC area than other areas? I went to college in Pittsburgh, and daytime full-time graduate study was the norm...Definately more family friendly, since you could treat it like a job and be done at 5:00 daily. I should probably just move back.

OT - but cool I did my degrees in Pittsburgh too. My husband did his grad degrees during the day. My master's classes were geared towards professionals, so our classes were at night but I remember other MBA classes being held during the day.

[Anonymous]

Whatever you do, avoid GWU MPA like the plague it is. AU MPA has a much better reputation, even out fo the area. From personal experience, and someone who paid for their education themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grad programs are really geared toward working professionals. I used to work at AU and attended grad school there, and I can recall a few programs that had classes in the morning or afternoon - some of the classes in the Communications department, but the vast majority are in the evening.

At AU anyway, even the kids fresh out of college who were not professionals yet, were interested in doing internships during the day and taking classes at night. Especially in MBA programs - they are really geared toward folks who work and are getting the degree through work..

If that is not an option I would consider online.

Do you think this is more true in the DC area than other areas? I went to college in Pittsburgh, and daytime full-time graduate study was the norm...Definately more family friendly, since you could treat it like a job and be done at 5:00 daily. I should probably just move back.

OT - but cool I did my degrees in Pittsburgh too. My husband did his grad degrees during the day. My master's classes were geared towards professionals, so our classes were at night but I remember other MBA classes being held during the day.

I thought that grad program times were partially dependent on program rankings, ie highly rated grad programs with higher admissions criteria cater to full time day students.