<p>Okay so I am an older student. 26 years old and considering transferring to Saint Josephs University here in Philly... I am currently a Legal Studies major and was considering switching my major to Business Administration...</p>
<p>Question is I qualify for their Program for Continuing Studies (for older students) and their tuition is basically cut in half. 15k per year versus the normal 37k. That being said they are known for their "Haub School of Business." But since I would be apart of their Adult Continuing Education program, it isn't considered part of Haub...</p>
<p>That is concerning and what impacts will it have on employment prospects?</p>
<p>Are you trying to get a job locally, and is the business school ACTUALLY reputable among local employers (just because you hear people talking about it and/or it is advertised or on the news a lot locally, doesn’t mean anything)? If not, then I would just take the lower tuition - a quick search of the school shows it has very little reputation in the first place. Just as long as the major still maintains its name…</p>
<p>St Joe’s is highly respected here in Philly. </p>
<p>Notable alumni from their Business School include:</p>
<p>Michael J. Hagan – Former CEO of NutriSystem, Inc.; Forbes magazine 2006 Entrenpreneur of the Year
Andrew von Eschenbach – Acting Chairman of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), former Director of the National Cancer Institute
Mary Lou Quinlan – Founder and CEO, Just Ask a Woman; author Just Ask a Woman: Cracking the Code of What Women Want and How They Buy
Sister Mary Scullion – Co-founder and executive director, Project H.O.M.E.
James J. Maguire – Chairman and founder of Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corporation, assets in excess of $2 billion
Brian Duperreault – CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies
John R. Post – Founder and president of Post Precision Castings
Denise Viola-Monahan – Senior vice-president, PNC Bank
Anthony A. Nichols, Sr. – Chairman emeritus of Brandywine Realty Trust
Robert D. Falese, Jr. – President of the Commercial and Investment Bank for Commerce Bank Corp.
Paul J. Hondros – Former President and CEO of the Gartmore Group
John W. Smithson – CEO of Pennsylvania Manufacturers Corp., Senior Vice President & Interim President of Saint Joseph’s University
Patrick D. Mahoney – CMO, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers [IEEE</a> - The world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology](<a href=“http://www.ieee.org%5DIEEE”>http://www.ieee.org)
John Bennett – CEO of Devon International Group
Francis J. Erbrick – EMS Technologies’ Board of Directors
Edward F. McCauley – Lead Audit Partner and Advisory Partner for a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies
Michael A. MacKenzie – Vice President, PNC Bank
Jim C. McGroddy – Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the Chairman[1]
John M. Finlayson – Chairman & CEO of Layered Technologies
Daniel J. Hilferty III – President and CEO of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
Edward W. Moneypenny – Former CFO 7-Eleven[2]
John J. Swanick – Partner at Grant Thornton, LLP; Insurance Practice
Dave Debusschere – Chief Financial Officer of the Philadelphia MLS franchise
Francis McDonnell – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Navigators Group
David Bishop – Worldwide President of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Thomas Nerney – Chairman, president and chief executive officer of United States Liability Insurance Group</p>
<p>But I’m saying my diploma technically won’t be from “The Haub School of Business.” It will be from the “College of Professional and Liberal Studies.” But will it really matter when I put it on my resume?</p>
<p>I could just say it was the Haub School of Business…Who would really ever know?</p>