MBA / Master's in Management with honors

A friend of mine is looking for an online DL MBA or master's in management program that awards 'honors' for completing requirements with a high GPA. I haven't checked out this aspect of the grad programs I've come across, except for Keller Graduate School of Management, which I know awards varying levels of honors based on GPA at the master's level. I believe I also read here many months ago that Touro does the same. Anyone know of other schools that also practice this? I suspect there would be only a small number since these awards seem to be common only at the undergraduate level. Thanks!

 

He would be far better served by forgetting the honors angle and simply pursuing the best online/DL MBA that he can fit within his budget. An MBA "summa cum laude" from Jimmy Bob's For-Profit School of Management and Small Equipment Repair will have far less utility than any old distance and/or online MBA from the University of Indiana-Kelley, ASU-Carey, Duke-Fuqua, Florida-Warrington, UMass-Isenberg, Nebraska, Auburn, Drexel, Suffolk, Florida State, et. al.

If he's that confident that he'll get stellar grades, he can always include his GPA on his resume. What's the difference in an employer's eyes between "MBA, G.P.A. 3.85" and M.B.A., G.P.A. 3.85, magna cum laude"?

Tell him to go to a good AACSB MBA program and let the honors take care of themselves.

Just my three cents. All the best to your friend.

 

Thanks. And my friend actually agrees. But he says that his employer provides incentives (in the form of a bonus, merit pay increase, or promotion) for work-related degrees earned with distinction, so he'd like to take advantage of it. Apparently, his employer doesn't make any distinctions between Ivy League U and For-Profit U as long as the school's accredited...