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Questions & Answers About Online Education >
Online MBA
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
Question:
I have an established career in sales. I want to focus on executive sales training and coaching. Would a masters degree online in leadership or an online MBA be the best career masters degree for me?
—Devon, Modesto, CA
Answer:
Given your goal to move up in sales management, a masters degree online in leadership may be the best online degree choice for you.
Questions & Answers About Online Education >
Online MBA
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
Question:
I’m looking for an online MBA (Master of Business Administration). I’ve found several that fit my budget but none of these are accredited by the AACSB. What is the AACSB? Do I really need a distance MBA degree that is accredited by them?
—Roberta Gary, IN Answer:
The AACSB is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. It is a voluntary, non-governmental accrediting agency that oversees the standardization of collegiate schools of business and accounting nationwide.{{ad106}}
Yet every elite residential b-school has opted for an online hybrid MBA format. An online hybrid MBA delivers all courses on the web, but require spats of time on campus for what educators call “immersion experiences.”
UNC Kenan-Flagler, for example, offers an online hybrid MBA program where all required courses are offered on the web, but online students are required to attend three-day immersion weekends at the beginning of each quarter of enrollment. (Attendance is required at two of these immersion experiences each enrollment year.)
Attending an online hybrid MBA program that requires face-time can add up to $5,000 — travel, room and board, meals, time off work — to the sticker price of a distance degree.{{ad103}}
Another possible hybrid bummer: You probably won’t be allowed to tap the company coffers to pay for that additional airfare and room and board required for those immersion experiences. Most corporate tuition assistance programs only reimburse for tuition.
The big question: is b-school face time really worth that extra wad of cash?
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Online MBA
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
Question:
I’ve been shopping for an online master program in business. Everyone talks about the distance MBA. I’ve looked at several online MBA degree programs, but they don’t seem to fit. I’m head of human resources at a mid-sized manufacturing company. My job requires a lot of soft skills: managing, leading, inspiring, with a little budgeting on the side. I’m thinking an online masters in management may be better suited to my career needs. Will I be making a mistake if I don’t earn an MBA?
—Julee Omaha, NE
Answer:
The MBA is the most popular online degree in America. In fact, GetEducated.com’s National Survey of Online MBAs reveals that students can select from more than 406 accredited distance MBAs offered by 172 accredited business schools.
MBA mania has definitely hit the academic halls of America.
But the online MBA, while extremely popular, is not the only online masters program available for managers, nor is it the best online business degree for all executives.
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Online MBA
By Vicky Phillips, Chief Education Analyst
Question:
I’m considering earning an online MBA instead of earning a traditional classroom MBA. I live in rural Wyoming—not a lot of universities close to my home. None, in fact. To continue my education, I have to move or go online. My last business degree was earned the traditional way. I’m skeptical that an online MBA could ever be as good as my old-fashioned classroom experience. Can you cite objective research that “proves” that an online MBA might be anywhere near as good as a traditional classroom degree?
—Tammy, Wyoming
Answer:
Lots of educators have asked—and answered—this same question. The answer: YES. The Online MBA has scientifically been shown to be as effective—if not more so—than the old-time, traditional classroom MBA.
