Students enrolled in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, scored in the top 10 percent on the most recent ETS Major Field Test, a comprehensive national assessment for program evaluation.
MBA students in the Sam and Irene Black School of Business earned a mean test score that placed the college's MBA program in the 90th percentile of 230 institutions nationwide.
In total, 11 of the 46 Penn State Behrend MBA students who took the Major Field Test scored at or above the 90th percentile of the 24,785 students who took the exam. Penn State Behrend students’ scored an average of 262; total scores for the MBA test are reported on a scale of 220 to 300.
Administered by Educational Testing Service -- the same company that creates the SAT, GRE and AP exams -- Major Field Tests measure students' mastery of particular areas of study. The MBA Major Field Test consists of 124 multiple-choice questions, half of which are based on short case-study scenarios. Most of the questions require knowledge of specific information drawn from marketing, management, finance and managerial accounting, or a combination of these.
The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, offers one associate, 10 bachelor’s and two graduate degree programs, as well as two certificates in financial planning and SAP. The Black School of Business is accredited by AACSB International -- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, which is the leading accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. The Black School of Business and the School of Engineering are co-located in the college’s $30 million, 160,000-square-foot Research and Economic Development Center, making Penn State Behrend one of the first institutions of higher education in the country to house its business and engineering schools together in the same facility. For more information, visit http://behrend.psu.edu/ online.