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Originally Posted by Rain Man
An MBA is a great way to boost your earning power. However, I'm not sure that you get that boost if you do one of the "life experience" programs. Go to the absolute best-ranked school you can get. This isn't the time to be cheap.
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Funny this thread popped back up - I was just doing some research.
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/ft_mbasearch/index.asp
According to Business Week - the top two schools in the US are Kellogg at Northwestern and University of Chicago.
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Business Administration
Location Illinois
Full-Time Enrollment 252
Avg. GMAT 584
Avg. Work Experience (years) 4.4
Estimated total (not annual) program cost $63,520
Applicants Accepted (Selectivity) 43%
Concentrations
Accounting, E-commerce, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Health Care Administration, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, Real Estate, Statistics and Operations Research
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
Location Illinos
Full-Time Enrollment 1250
Avg. GMAT 700
Avg. Work Experience (years) 5.1
Estimated total (not annual) program cost $72,740
Applicants Accepted (Selectivity) 23%
Concentrations
Accounting, Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, E-commerce, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Health Care Administration, Industrial Management, International Business, Leadership, Manufacturing and Technology Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Public Administration, Real Estate, Strategy, Technology, Transportation