Students in the MBA for Professionals program represent a wide range of professional experiences and work for businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies from throughout the Portland-metro area and Mid-Willamette Valley. Most students choose to pursue their Willamette MBA while working full time and many balance professional affiliations, community service, civic responsibilities and families while in the program.
Number of students currently enrolled (Portland and Salem cohorts): 107
Average Age: 33
Average Work Experience: 5 years
Percentage Men: 60%
Percentage Women: 40%
Graduates since inaugural cohort: 300+
Number of organizations represented by students: 221
Sectors Represented:
Private Sector: 77%
Not-for-Profit Sector: 12%
Public Sector: 11%
Past and Present Employers
- 1000 Friends of Oregon
- A&I Distributors of Portland
- Acumed
- adidas
- Adventist Health
- AirBP Aviation
- Apple, Inc.
- AT&T
- ATI Wah Chang
- Bank of America
- Bank of the West
- Barrett Business Services
- Bayer Healthcare
- BEJED, Inc.
- Bimart Federal Credit Union
- Bonfire Snowboarding Company
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Boyd Coffee Company
- Boys and Girls Aid Society
- bright.md
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cadbury Schweppes Americas
- Cambia Health Solutions
- Capital Pacific Bank
- Carrier
- Cascade Microtech, Inc
- CBRE
- CenturyLink
- CherryWood Village Retirement
- City of Albany
- City of Salem
- City of Portland
- ClearEdge Power, Inc.
- Collins Aerospace
- Columbia Bank
- Columbia Sportswear
- County City Insurance
- Coyote Logistics
- Daimler Trucks North America
- Encompass Health Services
- Energy Trust of Oregon
- ESCO Corporation
- Evanta, a Gartner Company
- Evraz Oregon Steel
- Facebook
- Fairchild Semiconductor
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FedEx
- FEI Fios, Inc.
- Fisher Investments
- FLIR Systems
- Flour Fluid Market Strategies
- Frazier Hunnicutt Financial
- French American School
- Frito Lay
- Garmin AT
- Garten Services
- Genentech
- General Electric
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Grassmueck Group
- HDR Engineering Inc.
- Heritage Seedlings
- Hewlett Packard
- Holliday Retirement
- Iberdrola US
- Icon Motorsports
- Insitu
- Integra Telecom
- Intel Corp
- International Game Technologies (IGT)
- Jacent Retail Services
- Johnson Controls
- Kaiser Permanente
- KeyBank Kinetic
- KEEN Footwear
- Kerr Concentrates
- Khoros
- Knowledge Learning Center
- Lam Research
- Lattice Semiconductor
- Legacy Health
- M Benefit Solutions
- MAPS Insurance
- McGinty Belcher & Hamilton LLP
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- Mercy Corps
- Metro
- Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
- Moda Health
- Multnomah County Library
- Nike
- Nobel Biocare
- Northwest Pump & Equipment
- NuVasive, Inc.
- NW Natural
- ODS Health Plans
- OpenSesame
- Optum
- Opus Creative
- Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners
- Oregon Department of Administrative Services
- Oregon Department of Corrections
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oregon Department of Justice
- Oregon Department of Revenue
- Oregon Department of Transportation
- Oregon Employment Department
- Oregon Health Authority
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Oregon Iron Works, Inc.
- Oregon Legislature
- Oregon School Activities Association
- Oregon Sports Authority
- Oregon State Hospital
- Pacific Foods of Oregon
- Pacific Service Center
- Pacific West Bank
- PCC Structurals
- Pfizer
- Polk County
- Portland & Western Railroad
- Portland Business Alliance
- Portland Impact, Inc.
- Portland Japanese Garden
- Precision Cast Parts
- Providence Health Care
- R&H Construction
- Recreational Equipment Inc (REI)
- Reed College
- Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Reser's Fine Foods
- Root Whole Body
- Salem Orchestra
- Salem Health
- Serena Software
- Signature Graphics
- Sierra Club
- Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc.
- Springfield Utility Board
- The Standard
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Symantec Corporation
- Target
- Terra Vina Wines
- Tektronix
- Tillamook
- Tokyo Electron America
- Trio Realty Group
- Tyco Electronics/Precision Interconnect
- Umpqua Bank
- United Behavioral Health
- US Bank
- US Department of the Interior
- Vestas
- Waggener Edstrom
- Waste Management
- Wells Fargo
- Weyerhaeuser
- Wieden + Kennedy
- Wilbur Ellis Company
- Wilco Farm Stores
- Willamette University
- XEROX
- YUM Brands
- ZGF Architects
- ZoomInfo
