MBA without a Bachelor's

I was just wondering if anyone out there has ever come across any known and accredited, distance learning universities that offer the MBA (or equivalent) to someone missing a bahcelor's degree.

I did come across a few of them that will substitute a bachelor's for years of work and a good GMAT score but am interested in finding more.

So far I found that the University of London, Manchester School of Business and the Edinburgh School of Business all offer this type of flexibility.

Please let me know if you know of any others (preferably close to the Americas)

Greatly appreciated,

HigherLearner.

 

Northcentral (NCU) allows learners to enroll in their MBA program if they have a Bachelors or equivalent. The "equivalent" to NCU means "120 semester credits of college level coursework from an accredited or approved institution."

Most of the DL programs I've run across are similar.

 

If you have 15 years of work experience, then try Aspen University:

http://www.aspen.edu/requirements.htm

DETC accredited.

 

Good stuff

Would you say that a DETC accreditation is good enough or should one look for something a bit higher (eg. NEASC, AACSB etc.)

Thanks for your guys help.

 

Re: Good stuff

That depends on what you want to do with the degree, once you earn it.

 

Re: Good stuff

A DETC-accredited MBA is good enough to get your resume laughed at.
Do yourself a big favor and ignore all DETC MBAs. If you want an MBA, and you want yourself to be taken seriously, make sure the MBA program is AACSB-accredited. If you need to, you can find a DL program.
(All this assuming you live in the USA. Elsewhere there are equivalents to AACSB)

 

Most of the Universities in the UK allow an experienced manager to pursue an MBA. I know that the University of Liverpool admits people with managerial experience into their online MBA program. UoL is highly ranked in the UK and considered a good school in Europe.

 

It really depends on what you want to do, if you using it to actually learn something its great. Some goverment jobs may require regional but most are fine with NA.

There are a few threads on the main page talking about RA v. NA that you could read. You will find a few posters who have a constant bad attitude about NA. In truth the business world normally accepts DETC just fine, the sad truth is they often accept degree mills and don't understand much about accredidation at all - but that is another issue.

Even if you go RA you may raise more concerns in the US without a undergrad listed. Many schools will allow you in without the undergrad, they just don't advertise it.

In the end its more how the top part of your resume looks and what you have accomplished professionally with that knowledge.