Thunderbird Graduate School

I am a T-bird graduate. I have never worked harder in my life to earn something as important to me as my M.B.A. from Thunderbird. I met outstanding, life-long friends from all over the world and the academic staff is outstanding. I had to learn German along with rigorous graduate-level coursework and maintain a minimum of a B average- or be expelled from the program. I am very happy that I chose Thunderbird for my graduate business education.

First, anyone who says Thunderbird is terrible doesn't know anything, and probably only went to community college. Terrible doesn't make it to the top of rankings lists. Second, this school is pioneering, and involved the global perspective, even before other schools were paying any attention. You'd ask other people who graduated from an MBA program, "what is globalization?", and they'd have these dumbfounded looks on their faces. Obviously, globalization is important. duh!

Diploma mill, this school is worse than a bad community college, what a joke.

Absolutly a great MBA program for the money. Thunderbird has to work on spreading the word of how great the program is. The only thing I dislkie is that I've heard is too easy to get in.

Minkeydude obviously has the type of narrow, uncreative closed mind that would exclude him from being considered for acceptance in the #1 international business school in America. The school sits on the donated site of the famous Thunderbird Army Air Corps of WWII fame, west of Phoenix, thus the name. The student center/cafe sits in the old control tower, and one of the old large hangars has been converted into a large assembly hall. The old runways are gone and replaced with lush Sonoran Desert landscaping- pretty unique and good-looking campus today. And you can now relax, Minkey, because T-Bird is now called Thunderbird, the Garvin School of Management - a married couple of grads started a business out of their garage and made hundreds of millions, donating a mere $60 million to T-Bird. So it is Thunderbird (Garvin School of Management) now. As a T-Bird grad who attended before and after the major changes of 1990 (Many new buildings and services in Glendale, doubling of student ... Read more

Absolutely wonderful. The recent $60 million gift (largest ever for a business school) will push Thunderbird into the Top 15.

The MBA program is the best. Create international and functional focus plus the individual attention given is well worth it.

Good international exposure and curriculum, but neeed to work on student selectivity

A top choice if you have a global mind-set/international experience! That's what on-campus recruiters look for... You can land incredible jobs. Becoming stronger academically, esp. in finance.

T-bird is great for someone who wants a tailored, international business program. By attending Thunderbird's overseas campuses, I was able to get real-life international experience while obtaining a graduate business degree. However, I, too, was worried that employers would not take an MIM as seriously as an MBA, but that has not been the case at all. Quite the opposite - I was offered a salary and signing bonus that is equivalent to a Harvard grad's. You may not be recruited by the companies looking for a cookie-cutter MBA grad, but you'll never regret that decision - I'm sure of it.

If you want non-conventional, this is the place. This school places emphasis on the global perspective -- a nice & necessary change in today's economy from the other US-only focused b-schools.

It's highly and really internatonalized school with studens who have diverse professional work experiences. It also offers strong language oriented programs and worldwide alumni network.

I came very close to attending this school, but the wildly different perceptions I got from people about the school's academic reputation made me nervous. A professor at Wharton described the school as a "slight cut above a correspondence school," while others called it the most respected International Business Program in the world. I was also a little thrown off by the degree which you get from this place - an MIM (Masters in International Management) as opposed to the more traditional MBA.

Thunderbird certainly provides a vibrant international community, but it is way overpriced for the value received. There are better alternatives elsewhere.

A mixed review. The students create a vibrant international community. The curriculum is improving (or so I am told).