Distance Learning MBA Survey 2004

Has anyone seend the latest distance learning MBA Survey put out by www.geteducated.com:

Top 10 Least Costly
Online MBA Degrees

GetEducated.com's
National Survey

GetEducated.com, LLC, has released the initial results of their biennial survey of tuition costs at accredited distance-learning MBA programs nationwide.
Results are based on the comparison of tuition costs at 120 accredited distance-learning MBAs available from accredited universities in the USA.

Distance Learning MBAs 2004
Fast Facts
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Source: GetEducated.com’s Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools,
Business & Management 2004, http://www.geteducated.com/bdlgs_bm.htm
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Most Expensive: Duke University ($107,000 Nationwide)

Least Expensive: Cameron University ($2,760.45 Oklahoma Residents)

Average Regionally Accredited:
$16,400

Average AACSB Accredited:
$26,300

Average DETC Accredited:
$11,200
Top 10 Least Expensive AACSB Accredited Distance-Learning MBAs:

Cameron University
$2,760.45 Oklahoma Residents; $6,357.45 Others

Western Illinois University
$4,743.75 Illinois Residents; $9,487.50 Others

Ball State University
$5,500 Indiana Residents; $9,700 Others

Florida Atlantic University
$6,885.60 Florida Residents; $23,173 Others

University of North Dakota
$6,955.63 North Dakota Residents

University of Nebraska Lincoln
$7,080 Nebraska Residents; $19,080 Others

East Tennessee State University
$8,931 Tennessee Residents; $22,347 Others

University of Arkansas Little Rock
$9,612 Arkansas; $19,308 Others

University of Texas System
$10,240 Nationwide

University System of Georgia
$10,500 Nationwide

Top 10 Least Expensive Regionally Accredited Distance-Learning MBAs:

East Carolina University
$3,578 North Carolina Residents; $13,212 Others

West Texas A&M
$3,730 Texas Residents;
$11,695.90 Others

Chadron State College
$3,960 Nebraska Residents;
$7,920 Others

University of Houston Victoria
$6,306 Texas Residents;
$12,668 Others

Amberton University
$7,200 Nationwide

Stephens College
$8,760.24 Nationwide

Morehead State University
$8,820 Kentucky Residents;
$12,960 Others

California State University ~ Dominguez Hills
$9,000 Nationwide

Park University
$9,720 Nationwide

Liberty University
$10,260 Nationwide

Note: Data is based on Fall 2003 survey of 120 accredited distance-learning MBAs undertaken by GetEducated.com, LLC.

"Clear trends were revealed in our Fall 2003 survey," notes GetEducated.com’s CEO Vicky Phillips, who has been tracking online degrees since 1989. "First, students have an amazing amount of choice when selecting an online MBA ~ 120 choices, in fact."

"The range students can expect to pay for an online MBA is also staggering," comments Phillips. "Among the least expensive are bargain buys from state universities, such as California State University Dominguez Hills and The University of Texas System."

Students can enroll in these state universities and earn a distance MBA at less than half the cost of newer, for-profit, brand name competitors such as the University of Phoenix.

"However," Phillips continues, "because many state university systems invest so little in advertising many consumers are simply not aware that schools like California State University offer bargain-priced, Internet-based degrees that can be earned from any state in the nation."

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I know at least one AACSB program that is missing - Shippensburg University.

$9210 for PA residents
$14730 for nonresidents

http://www.ship.edu/academic/busMBA.html

 

I cannot find...

the Western Illinois Distance MBA program. I can find an off-campus evening program but none by distance learning.

 

My MBA alma mater Morehead State University may be even more a bargain when an exciting announcement comes this late spring regarding accreditation.

 

I'm not sure what the author meant by "newer." UoP was established in the mid-1970's; UoP online in 1989. There weren't very many truly online programs anywhere in 1989.

BTW, UoP online enrolls in excess of 90,000 active students. UoP's classroom-based programs just went over 100,000.

 

I believe that the in-state tuition applies to the Nebraska-Lincoln online MBA program no matter what your residence. This would make it among the lowest priced AACSB-accredited online MBA programs nationwide.

 

Re: Re: Distance Learning MBA Survey 2004

I took "newer" to mean the age of the university, not necessarily the DL MBA program from that school. Also, the author is comparing schools like UoP to state universities. From the list, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (1869) and the University of North Dakota (1883) are examples of schools that definitely make UoP look like the new kid on the block.