Accolades and Testimonials

Barrett Hollingsworth

“Obtaining my MBA has transformed my career trajectory and personal growth. The program provided valuable tools to enhance my visionary leadership, project management proficiency, and critical thinking skills. This experience has truly been invaluable in propelling me towards my professional aspirations.”

Amir Aria, PharmD, RPh.

"The MBA program's content matched the contemporary real-world business topics, and the program's structure, flexibility, and affordability facilitated an optimal work-study-life balance throughout the duration of the program."

Tochukwu Obinna

Jeffrey Devine

“My degrees have helped to provide skills to think differently and find solutions outside the box to Corporate issues.”

Joseph Ferrer

“Earning my MBA opened so many doors for me both personally and professionally.  The late nights, self-doubt, and struggles paid off in the end; now I have this advanced graduate degree with a great job and rewarding career. Best decision/investment I ever made.”

Minela Smajlovic

“My degree helped me transition to the America's Talent Team at EY, a Big 4 Accounting Firm supporting over 1,200 employees in the Financial Services Office, Business Consulting Sector. It has helped me find my purpose as I continue learning and growing both professionally and personally.”

Amanda Hardin

“Earning my MBA from USI gave me the knowledge to bring hands on job skills with business knowledge to empower me to grow in my profession.”

Jordan Whitledge

“The Romain College of Business set a strong foundation for my career in wealth management. They gave me all the tools and resources to succeed in business.”

Joe Boesing 

“A bachelor's helped me learn concepts and a masters helped me conceptualize my work experience into further learning.”

Sarah Howlett

“USI’s MBA program not only enhanced my ability to market myself as a professional, it gave me the confidence to advance within the healthcare industry.  Since obtaining my degree, I have progressed into administrative roles and now work for a company I hope to never leave!"

Alyssa Moore

“Earning my MBA at USI was a truly energizing and rewarding experience. The thought-provoking classes bolstered my love for learning and honed my critical thinking skills. The courses offered great flexibility and a warm and encouraging environment.”

Jenna Deisher

“The faculty were very engaging and allowed us to look at our own careers and what we were doing and relate that to the material.”

Joe Schaefer

“USI draws really high-quality professors. That was a huge motivating factor for me. I am able to have a more personal relationship with my professors. It’s easy to access them. I’ve gotten to know a lot of my professors, and I still keep in contact with a lot of them. They have helped me network and have recommended opportunities.”

Brian Hape

“The program is very flexible. You can work on it on your own time, whenever it’s available to you. They provide deadlines for you to get your work done, and you just have to plan accordingly. You can even get ahead a little bit. If you’re in a position to get ahead, there’s usually a couple of weeks of work posted for you, so you know where to go in and what to do.”

Joel Bohannon

“Everything I have learned has been applicable. Literally, if I learned it in class on Tuesday, I put it in practice on Wednesday. I told my teachers that it’s amazing how relevant the topics are. They have given me the ability to put words and actions to what I was already seeing and doing.”

Jon Hubers

“It is an opportunity to challenge yourself and make yourself better, not only in your work life but also your personal life.”

Andrea Herschelman

“The professors are great. It was daunting because when I first started the MBA without any business background, I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll probably take one class and quit.’ Now, I look forward to each class. They’re all different, but it’s not so hard that you can’t grasp the concept.”

Shawneis Jones

“It was cool because I was able to use my personal entrepreneurial goals, so everything was really relevant and put me ahead with my business plan.”

Stevie Lynch

“With the MBA, you can expect that you’re going to learn a lot about a lot of different disciplines, but it’s going to be at a higher level. It helps challenge some of your thinking and understand how all of the different functions relate across business. You’re able to get a little bit of accounting knowledge, a little bit of computer knowledge, a little bit of statistical knowledge — everything you need to know.”