I am considering certain schools for their online MBA program. They all sound pretty good but I was wanting some outside opinions. What is your opinion of the program and school? Is it reputable? Here is a list of the schools I am looking at: Colorado State University Ft Collins, Texas A&M Commerce, UMass Lowell, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and maybe Florida International...... Can you rank them best to worst in your opinion? Deciding on the right program is a big factor for me. Thanks for any help!
Looks like most of these schools are in the same league. As long as the school is AACSB accredited, you are good. You need to decide based on why you need MBA and how much you want/can spent. I finished my MBA are UMASS Amherst. Great school.
AACSB online MBA programs ranked by less in tuition costs: AACSB Online MBA Rankings | Best MBA Online AACSB Accredited Programs | Best Online Colleges | Best Online Universities | GetEducated.com In re to those programs the OP listed: All AACSB accredited; but with no real differentiation in brand recognition/s IMO.
I agree, so long as the school is RA or AACSB accrediated, it is a good school. You should look at each program's curriculum, format, concentrations, and cost to see which one best fits your needs. Moreover, do your due diligence and research student reviews on each program to see how well they are managed and administered.
Go for AACSB. Many AACSB schools won't transfer non-AACSB business credit into their programs, allow non-AACSB masters students into their doctorate programs or hire non-AACSB professors to teach their courses.
It’s my view that AACSB accreditation is fundamentally overrated (a hyped cartel). While most of the assumed top-tier B-school brands routinely hold such programmatic accreditation; yet, most ALL the other less notable AACSB B-schools (i.e., to generically list a few such as: a Dalton State College, Rollins College, Fort Lewis College, Sonoma State, Cleveland State, Coastal Carolina, Southeastern Louisiana, Ouachita Baptist, Murray State, or a University of Central Arkansas, etc.) are likely no better or worse than those accredited by ACBSP or the newest CHEA recognized IACBE and/or those merely RA institutional standalone colleges /universities. Seemingly, the very few assumed top tier [50] business school /university names who flaunt their AACSB’s actually help carry the myriad of nameless me-too schools /colleges /departments of business as well as the AACSB trademark … not the other way around. Consider too in that Stanford, HBS, Wharton, Booth, Tuck, Kelly, Kellogg, Darden, Anderson, Fuqua, Sloan, London Business School (LBS), Marshall, McCombs, Johnson, Owens, Grenoble, McMaster-DeGroote, AGSM, etc. are generally assumed as leading reputation BRANDS … AND not contingent on AACSB. For such schools –AACSB is a trivial surplus accreditation IMO; but awfully important to the glut of unrenowned AACSB B-schools vying to distinguish themselves within a crowded marketplace. Nonetheless, I do give AACSB due credit for its success in marketing the differentiation hype via subjective validation buy-in. simply my $0.02 …
