Graduate School and MBA - Advice? - Page 2

WisChief · 09-22-2005, 11:19 AM

I've reached a point in my life and career where I'm strongly considering working on my MBA. I'm looking for advice on a number of things.

Is the MBA worth the expense, time and effort over a BS - in monetary reward?
Full time vs Part time
On line vs On campus
In general thoughts, what does an MBA "really" provide?
Any additional thoughts or ideas?

I'm considering DePaul, Univ of Chicago, Loyola, Kellogg and possibly Notre Dame (satelite campus in Chicago??) as "on campus" schools and I'm not too sure about on line schools.

Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

WisChief · 09-25-2005, 04:04 PM

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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.

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

Demonpenz · 09-25-2005, 04:04 PM

i started to try to work on my masters but there was books and waiting in line and stuff like that.

**Rain Man** · 09-25-2005, 04:18 PM

My wife is distraught. She got an MBA from the University of Texas, which was ranked about 15th at the time. They had dropped a bit to about 20th, and this year the Wall Street Journal dropped them dramatically to 35th and said that they're "a regional school, not a national school," and that the reason for the drop is that the graduates are (paraphrased) "arrogant, and expect success without working for it." Ouch.

It'll be interesting to see where Businessweek ranks them. This was quite a shock to the school.

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