This morning, I had the privilege of welcoming the MBA Class of 2021 to Notre Dame. It was a wonderful opportunity to share our vision of business and welcome a terrific group of graduate students who are joining our community. It’s a responsibility as well, as the students have made a considerable commitment to invest money and time to come to Notre Dame to pursue their various life and career plans and aspirations.
To give you an idea of the level of activity we can expect in the coming weeks, here is an overview of our graduate enrollment. (Next week, we’ll present the undergraduate numbers.)
| GRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAMS | EXECUTIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS | MASTER OF NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION | |||
| MBA | 268 | EMBA South Bend Class of 2021 | 53 | Executive MNA | |
| One-Year | 29 | EMBA South Bend Class of 2020 | 48 | Incoming cohort | 38 |
| Two-Year in First Year | 116 | EMBA Chicago Class of 2021 | 39 | Total students in the program | 61 |
| Two-Year in Second Year | 123 | EMBA Chicago Class of 2020 | 34 | MNA | 24 |
| MSA | 67 | MSF Chicago Class of 2020 | 32 | ||
| MSBA | 354 | ||||
| MSM | 45 |
Of particular note: We introduced two new graduate programs this fall — the residential MS in Business Analytics and the residential Master of Nonprofit Administration. The successful rollout was due to a great amount of effort on behalf of the Graduate Business Programs and Nonprofit Professional Development teams, for which I’m most grateful.
Finally, the EMNA enrollment is the largest cohort in the 65-year history of the program, so special kudos to Angela Logan and her team — Joan McClendon, Marc Hardy, Cindy Proffitt, Kim Brumbaugh, and Christopher Ditmar.
I hope you will avail yourself of every opportunity to get to know students, regardless of their program. Greet them, answer their questions, encourage them and help them be part of the Mendoza community.
Yours in Notre Dame,
Martijn