Find the Right College

According to data collected by my distance ed research firm, there are 168 distance MBA options: 62 of these offered by graduate business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The good news: if you seek a quality business degree online you need not attend a no-name school. About 30% of online graduate business school programs I surveyed in 2008 hold AACSB accreditation. This ratio is about the same for brick and mortar B-Schools.

Somebody can make up a fake accrediting action, and many diploma mills will have of accreditation from organizations that sound professional. However, not every accrediting action gets regard in the existent world. There are three modes of accreditation agencies that are necessaries to consider when earning an MBA online: regional accreditation, professional accreditation, and separate erudition accreditation.

Elite B-Schools on my personal list of distance MBAs include Babson College’s F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and Thunderbird Graduate School’s Garvin School of International Management.

If you’re looking to earn your MBA online, you’ll save thousands, perhaps tens of thousands by doing a thorough cost comparison. My 2008 survey of 62 AACSB options revealed online learners should be prepared to pay as little as $7,848 or as much as $106,400 for an AACSB accredited distance grad degree in business administration (MBA).

Accreditation can be puzzling. As you pursuit for the best online MBA program, here are the basics you’ll necessary to memorize: 1. Regional accreditation is your best bet. 2. AACSB accreditation will make your online MBA position out. 3. DETC accreditation may not be accepted everywhere. 4. Any other mode of accreditation will not be as important as the three scheduled above.

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