Hello everybody, I need your help to find my way through the jungle of MBAs available in the USA! I am located in the UK but would like to explore the possibilities to study in America. Basically I am looking for the following: No GMAT or GRE or offering the chance to waive it when fullfilling some requirements Acceptance of “alternative” qualifications for entrance (I possess a German 3-year undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a major in Financial Management, but it is not a Bachelor, in June I will also hold a postgraduate certificate in International Accounting & Finance from the University of Liverpool, 10 years of working experience) Either “block" residencies, eg. twice a year a fortnight or once a year for a whole month, so I could complete the residencies throughout my annual holidays, or none at all Costs around 25,000 USD for international students Does such a program exist?
So, I digged a little bit deeper at Get Educated - 14 AACSB - Accredited MBAs that do not require a GRE or GMAT and came up with the following that were within my price range: Clarion University of Pennsylvania - $15,000 Colorado State University - $24,800 University System of Georgia - $20,100 Texas A&M - $22,655 - $36,000 Should I disregard any of them right away or can they be seen as equal?
As you already have a postgraduate certificate, the cheapest thing to do would be to get a "top up" MBA from a british University and just pay for the dissertation process. An American MBA won't transfer too many credits (at the most 6 credits) and many would require a 4 year bachelors to enter. 25K is plenty for a good MBA. Look at the ones with AACSB accreditation. Check Colorado State that costs around that sum.
I already did some research, but that post did not show up yet... I am less concerned with credit transfer, but more with generall admission to the programs. So basically I narrowed it down to 2 programs: Georgia WebMBA (Georgia WebMBA® : Home) - AACSB, GMAT waiver available with a 2 day residency at the beginning for $20,100 Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Part-time Online MBA) - AACSB, GMAT waiver available without any residencies for $18,000 CSU is for international students $31,800, so over my budget. Texas A&M would be just within my budget if I get all possible transfers, I believe this is rather unlikely to happen. Special case would be Webster, as they are just RA but have a campus in London, so I could take some courses part-time and then change to online modus if necessary. So far Georgia is my favourite, dropped them an email, lets see what they answer. But so far Georgia would be my favourite.
