Making a difference: Students in the Foster Executive MBA program develop the knowledge, leadership skills and strategic thinking to enact meaningful change in their organizations and communites.

The Foster Difference

Simply put, graduates of the Michael G. Foster School of Business are leaders who think differently and make a difference in the face of complex, unstructured, real-world problems. It is a leadership empowered by strategic thinking and steeped in the geographic beauty and culture of Seattle and the Northwest, where highly competitive and collaborative entrepreneurs shape the future alongside historic powerhouses  Amazon.com, Boeing, Microsoft, PACCAR, Starbucks, and many more.

That’s the promise, now for the details:

Commanding Presence

  •  Our $95 million PACCAR Hall comes online in 2010 and will encompass more than 135,000 square feet of state-of-the-art classrooms, breakout rooms, offices, computer labs, community areas, a 250-seat auditorium, a café, and atrium.
  • Foster consistently ranks in the top 10% by U.S. News & World Report at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with student job placement rates among the very best in the nation. A recent BusinessWeek survey ranked Foster in the top 10 for most innovative curriculum. We were also ranked in the top 10 for most improved business school. See all the Rankings.
  • Confidence in the Foster Difference has inspired more than 13,000 alumni and friends to invest $100 million into Foster faculty and programs and another $80 million for our paradigm-shifting facilities. Read about the Campaign. Connect with Foster Alumni.

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