Fastest MA or MBA

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  1. backtoschoolnow

    backtoschoolnow New Member

    I can't seem to find this in a search. What are the fastest, least demanding Masters degrees out there. RA or NA but not outside the boarders of the US. 100% online only.

    Thanks.
    Beck
     
  2. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Least demanding...don't kill your self. :D
     
  3. italiansupernova

    italiansupernova New Member

    Grantham University
    www.grantham.edu

    They have open enrollment (i.e. you can start at any time) and they allow you to complete your degree as fast as you can. I took a few classes from them way back when and I was completing about a class a week.

    Demanding? Hardly. Just a decent amount of reading. All I did was sit my workbook on one side and my textbook on the other.

    Their business programs are now “The Mark Skousen School of Business" so it 'sounds' more elite. Aside from their business programs they offer master's in a few technical fields as well.

    They are accredited by the DETC.

    *Note: I mention this institution solely because it meets your criteria.
     
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  4. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Not sure that fastest and easiest are necessarily the same thing. There was a recent thread called "MBA in 1 Year?" to be found here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19704

    There was a way mass old post called "Easiest Master's Degree?" which, if I recall correctly, is probably living on around page 180, but maybe somebody who is even older than I am can correct me if I'm wrong about that.

    That said, American Military University/American Public University www.apus.edu master's degrees can be completed in a little over a year if you can handle taking three courses at a time (36 hours / 9 hours a semester = 4 semesters x 4 months a semester = 16 months).

    The other possibility with American Military University/American Public University is to start with just one 16-week course at a time and sign up for one new course at the top of every month, in which case you will have started course number 12 (36 hours/3 hours a course = 12 courses) at the top of month number 12 and finished course number 12 at the end of month number 15.
     
  5. Rivers

    Rivers New Member

  6. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I bet the CCU MBA could be done in less then a year. I took the TUI MS-ITM and I completed that in 15 months. I could have done it in a year. If the MBA follows the same format, it could be done in 12-15 months.

    The NCU classes could be done in 4-5 weeks each. The MBA requires 36 credits (12 classes)so you could enroll in a new class every month and complete it in a year.

    As far as easy, this would not be easy. It would require a lot of work and effort.
     
  7. DesElms

    DesElms New Member

    Ashworth College. Nationally-ccredited. A down payment of $99.00; interest-free monthly payments of $99.00 each month for 48 months; plus a final payment of $38.00 for a grand total of $4,889 -- includes all text books. 100% online, as you require; and on U.S. soil... in Altanta, GA. And unlike other institutions which say you can work at your own pace, with this one you really can... as fast or slow as you'd like.

    There are other nationally-accredited MA or MBA programs that are about the same cost, but they don't include the text books and other materials... so actually they cost a little bit more. Ashworth, for what it's worth, is about the chepeast and most flexible out there.

    I'm not in any way involved with Ashworth (not an agent of it, or a student or alum there, or a lecturer or prof or anything like that); nor do I necessarily think it's the best option for you (though it's better than many give it credit for being).

    But it fits your criteria -- to the letter -- as you wrote it.

    Ashworth, generally, is better than the purpose for which I'm about to suggest it, but I recommend Ashworth's MBA any time someone says they simply want the letters "MBA" (or "MA") after their name and on their business cards/resume; one that is accredited by an agency approved by the US Dept of Education (USDE) and/or its Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); one that they can use in states like Oregon with getting arrested; one where it's not all that important from where it came; and one that may or may not ever need to be used as requisite to a doctorate at a regionally-accredited institution.

    While an Ashworth masters actually me be acceptable to many RA doctoral programs, there will, no doubt, be many that won't take it because it's NA. Some employers might (and I stress the word "might") look down their noses at it because it's NA; or because it's not AACSB-accredited, etc... but who'd want to work for an employer like that anyway?

    Just my $.02 worth.
     
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  8. c.novick

    c.novick New Member

    I agree. My MBA at NCU took me about 13 months, however it was an arduous undertaking. I read, studied and worked on assignments just about every day. Often I would have three classes going at the same time so I had to maintain a disciplined study plan.

    It can be done, but it will take a diligent effort.
     
  9. PhD2B

    PhD2B Dazed and Confused

    From my experience with NCU, a degree can be accelerated, but it will be very demanding. You could conceivably complete one course a month but be ready to give up everything.

    If you really want least demanding, stay away from NCU.
     
  10. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

  11. backtoschoolnow

    backtoschoolnow New Member

    Thanks. I will look into it. However, cost was not on my list. I have some room in the $ dept. But I would like an MA or MBA that is most of all *not* demanding.

    Thanks to all for your support.
     
  12. bing

    bing New Member

    The perfect options

    http://diplomasforless.com/index.html

    and a roll your own at...

    http://www.fpd-4-fake-ids.com/

    There was a thread on the watering down of the MBA or something like that. This fits in my opinion. You want a fast, easy, and non-demanding MBA. May I ask what your goal in getting one is in the first place?

    I did the CSU-DH MBA program. I thought it was fast...15 months(if you had a business undergrad or the right classes). It was fairly demanding, though, to finish in that amount of time. Basically, not much going on in my off-time life for that 15 months except for school.
     
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  13. AhwaGirl

    AhwaGirl New Member

    I got my MBA in 9 months from NCU. I typically took 2-3 courses at a time and finished one course every 2-4 weeks. I worked on this virtually full-time and wrote papers until they were coming out my ears! It was a lot of work, but an enjoyable experience. It cost about $15K. Oh, and I liked the fact that I only had to take one finance type course in the program. The rest were business courses, which came a bit easier for me. They are regionally accredited.
     
  14. Rivers

    Rivers New Member

    I did say" A bit on the expensive side" although nothing was ever said about cost. I once had a colleague who said you must choose two out of three things: good, cheap, and fast..you can have something good and cheap but it will not be fast, you can have something fast and good but it's not going to be cheap or you can have fast and cheap, but it will not be good.

    Now back to the subject....

    Beck, if 18 months is due able it might not be a bad idea to look at Baker College(http://www.baker.edu/), they allow you to take one class every 6 weeks and this would meet your demanding requirement in that you could focus on one class. Also Baker is IACBE and RA accredited.

    (In the nature of full disclosure I have nothing to do with any of the schools I have posted about...I am not faculty, Alum or student)
     
  15. speedoflight

    speedoflight New Member

    Did you guys like North Central University? Is the quality of education good?
     
  16. Dennis

    Dennis New Member

    Re: The perfect options

    Hello Bing,

    How many assignments/exams does a typical CSU-DH MBA course contain?

    Thanks,

    Dennis
     
  17. bing

    bing New Member

    Re: Re: The perfect options

    Dennis,

    It's been a few years now. I graduated back in 1999. You might be able to get better up to date info from a current student on the forum.

    I can't recall the amount of assignments in each course. I do recall that the classes were about 3 months long and most definitely the class that seemed hardest for most was the core accounting class taught by Mohamed El Badawi. He still teaches it there.

    Some classes had a considerable writing component, though. Operations Management, Strategic Management, Marketing, and International Business had more writing assignments than the rest. I think I was doing a 5-6 page paper about every 4-5 days...along with the reading and regular assignments. The capstone MBA course was obviously the most writing and the most fun, though.

    I had some very good professors there and I keep in contact with many of my cohorts and professorsl. A few, like the accounting professor, always seemed to stick in people's craw and most likley due to the difficulty of the class. Finance was very similar. Most didn't like that one either for the mostly the same reason.

    We had a number of foreigners(English not being the native language) in the classes and their language skills were subpar to do that amount of writing and group work. I had one Russian guy in my group through 4 classes. He was great, though. If you had a good group it was great. However, we found that often the foreign students were carried in the classes because of a few group members. We've heard this complaint from UofPers. I had some that did not participate in the group work and still got through the classes. We complained but it sort of fell on deaf ears.

    All in all, I think that the experience was good. It was one where you definitely got out of it what you put into it. But...there were some who obviously made it that did not put the work into it. I imagine the same goes on at Michigian or Illinois Brick and Mortar schools, though.

    My RA choices at the time seemed to be CSUDH, Amberton/Amber(which was new at the time and I did not want to take a chance on them), Regis, Regents, Baker, Colorado State, and maybe Liberty. I think I researched all these to death and chose CSUDH because of the cost and the name. Cal State seemed a better name than the rest and I had worked in California, in the military, so I thought people might not really think anything about me having a California degree.



     
  18. Jack Tracey

    Jack Tracey New Member

    Hello Beck - The biggest problem with answering your question is that what is easy for one is difficult for another. You can go to Jonnies Distance Learning Page
    http://www.geocities.com/liu_jonathan/distance.html
    where he has compiled a listing of approximately 180 DL MBA programs. Based on your own knowledge of what is easy/hard (for you) you can make a choice. You may not want to work hard but you can at least do some preliminary research.
    Jack
     

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