UMASS Lowell MBA

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  1. major56

    major56 Active Member

    Purely from a tuition based comparison (Amherst v. Lowell or vice versa):

    UMass-Amherst ISM MBA: $750 /hr. x 37 hrs. = $27750
    MBA: Isenberg School of Management - UMassOnline.net

    UMass-Lowell MBA: $560 /hr. x 42 hrs. (Max.) = $23520
    MBA: College of Management - UMassOnline.net

    Tuition differences: $4230

    Note: Re Lowell MBA— "For students who have taken undergraduate courses in Financial Accounting, Business Financial Analysis, Marketing Fundamentals, Operations Fundamentals, Organization Behavior, Global Enterprise and Competition and who have completed those courses with a grade of "B" or better within the past five years (this must be evidenced on your official transcript which you will submit along with your application into the program), the Online MBA program consists of a total of 10 courses (30 credits)."

    The Lowell 30 credits v. 42, reduces the program tuition from $23520 to $16800 ($6720); a difference of $10950 between the two (Amherst / Lowell) AACSB programs.
     
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  2. ITJD

    ITJD Active Member

    So here's the basic skinny:

    1. The DOE in Massachusetts is not going to involve itself in graduate studies as deeply as anyone would imagine they would. Yes, they have oversight, but they're more heavily focused in primary and secondary education where there's far more risk to a larger number of people.

    2. The UMass Amherst MBA is taught from and issued from the flagship business school in the system. (Isenberg) and as you can imagine it's got more of a generic, academic feel to the course materials, but you get the name recognition and it's more widely appreciated if you're planning on future doctoral work. You can build on the foundation by taking electives, but you're not getting the value of a concentration.

    Also, regardless of the UMA MBA being labeled a "professional" program it's really just your standard academic MBA. The online program is heavily marketed towards people who already have a JD or MD and you'll find a lot of people with those credentials in this program.

    3. The other UMass MBA programs are true professional MBA programs, cost a little less, and you can actually get properly reported concentrations (IT, PM, etc). In my opinion, these programs are better for someone in a field and getting a complementary MBA. They're also better for anyone who wants to occasionally take a face to face course living in the civilized areas of Massachusetts. (Amherst is a 2.5 hour drive one way from Boston whereas Lowell can be 35 minutes on a good day and Boston is Boston).

    My big issue with the MBA programs at UMass is this. Say I'm a guy that wants to do doctoral work and I need recommendations. First, I need to go to Amherst because I want to have that supposed advantage, but second, if I don't live in the boondocks I have to drive to get to know the instructors. Giant pain in the ass.

    Whoever made the decision to put the flagship campus of UMass out where no one can get to it, was an idiot. Probably had something to do with property value or development back in the day. As it stands its only real value in Amherst is during elections.. putting a firmly blue dot in a sea of red reporting districts :)
     
  3. Allenh20

    Allenh20 New Member

    Just curious if you completed the program. I have a business undergrad degree and I am thinking about Umass- Lowell for my MBA. Did you have any more proctored exams? The reason I ask is because I travel quite frequently for work and it would be slightly more difficult for me.
     
  4. Allenh20

    Allenh20 New Member

    Any more proctored exams in the program? If so what were the options given for acceptable proctors? I have seen that each school has different proctoring guidelines.
     

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