Category — Rankings

Here is another online MBA ranking called “Smart Choice” from the website SuperScholar. According to the site, here is the ranking methodology:

In developing our Smart Choice online MBA ranking only AACSB and regionally accredited programs in the United States were considered, ensuring each program had already met the highest institutional standards of quality and accountability even before being submitted to the scrutiny and evaluation of our editors. From there we evaluated each program based on market reputation, recognition & awards, selectivity, accreditation and cost. If a program is on this list, you can be confident that it offers the quality, reputation and value to make it a truly Smart Choice for your online MBA.

Having taken a look at these rankings, we believe that they are solid and represent a good, subjective analysis of where you should look when choosing an online MBA degree.

Top 10 “Smart Choice” Online MBA Programs

#1. University of Florida (Hough Graduate School of Business)
#2. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler School of Business)
#3. Indiana University (Kelley School of Business)
#4. Thunderbird School of Global Management
#5. Penn State World Campus (Smeal College of Business)
#6. Northeastern University
#7. Washington State University
#8. Florida International University (Chapman Graduate School of Business)
#9. Oklahoma State University (Spears School of Business)
#10. University of Massachusetts (Isenberg School of Management)

For the rest of the top 25 online MBA programs from SuperScholar’s Smart Choice awards, click here. The original article contains a description of each program as well as the costs of the program.

We expect many MBA school rankings to come out over the next month as we usher in the new year. The first of the bunch to come out is an online ranking of the top 10 online MBA programs from the site BusinessMBA.org. According to the site:

The programs on this list of top 10 online MBA programs are the cream of the crop, offering top rated highest-quality education from top professors, at well-respected and time-tested institutions. Their graduates are among the most sought-out MBAs on the planet. Some of the programs offer the flexibility to start or complete a degree on campus, and others require students to attend a mandatory on-site learning sessions a few times as part of the requirements for completing their degree.

Having taken a look at the rankings we have to agree that these are some of the best with schools like Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh University and Saint Joseph’s University appearing at the top. While these schools may be more selective than most, and thus not available to everyone, going to one of these schools would ensure you of a great MBA education from a reputable business school.

Here’s the top 5:

#1- Carnegie Mellon Distance Learning MBA
#2 – Lehigh University Online MBA Programs
#3 – Saint Joseph’s University Online Professional MBA
#4 – Thunderbird School of Global Management Distance Learning MBA
#5 – University of Michigan Online MBA

See the rest by clicking here.

An MBA is one of the most popular ways to pursue career advancement. And more and more people are earning their MBA degree online. There are more online MBA programs out there than we can count, but some are better than others, and it’s helpful to know which are the best programs when applying. Since location isn’t an issue with your online education, you can get a top quality MBA education from a top ranked program without having to relocate.

The website The Best Colleges recently unveiled their rankings for the 25 Best Online MBA Programs. We think they did an excellent job with their rankings and think the prospective MBA student will find it very useful.

Here are the top 10 programs according to their list:

#1. The University of Florida, Hough Graduate School of Business (Gainesville, FL)
#2. EI Business School (Madrid, Spain)
#3. The University of Indiana, Kelley School of Business (Bloomington, IN)
#4. Thunderbird School of Global Management (Glendale, AZ)
#5. The University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler School of Business (Chapel Hill, NC)
#6. The University of Maastricht, School of Business and Economics (Maastricht, Netherlands)
#7. Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (Babson Park, MA)
#8. Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (Durham, NC)
#9. Penn State World Campus (College Township, PA)
#10. Drexel University, Lebow College of Business (Philadelphia, PA)

Click here to see the rest of the list

All of these programs are top-tier and high quality, and you can be sure that by going to one of these schools you will get the best online MBA education available.

The Best Degrees have unveiled their 2010 rankings for the top ten accredited online business degree programs. The list consists of six undergraduate programs and four graduate programs (MBA). While we don’t thinking rankings are the be all, end all of choosing a school, we do think they are important, especially when choosing an online school because there are so many sub-par programs out there. If you’re going to go the online route, it’s very important to choose a regionally accredited business degree program – not just a nationally accredited program. While “national” might sound better than “regional” it turns out that regional accreditation is much more difficult to attain and says a lot more about the quality of education that you will receive.

Here are the top 10 online accredited business degree programs according to TBD:

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting (Southern New Hampshire University)
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (University of Nebraska at Kearney)
• Bachelor of Business Administration – Management (UMassOnline)
• Bachelor of Science in Marketing (Grand Canyon University)
• Bachelor of Science in Business – Human Resource Management (University of Phoenix)
• Bachelor of Business Administration – Organizational Management (Tiffin University)
• MBA (The University of Scranton)
• MBA (Sacred Heart University)
• MBA (Quinnipiac University)
• MBA (Arizona State University)

US News & World Report has unveiled their 2010 MBA & Business Graduate Degree rankings. We think the US News & World Report rankings are to be taken seriously as they are one of the most well researched and respected ranking systems out there.

If you are considering a graduate degree in business such as an MBA, it would be worth your time to check out the rankings here.

Below we’ve listed the top 10 Executive MBA programs according to US News & World Report:

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Philadelphia, PA
2. Northwestern University (Kellogg) Evanston, IL
3. University of Chicago (Booth) Chicago, IL
4. Duke University (Fuqua) Durham, NC
5. Columbia University New York, NY
6. New York University (Stern) New York, NY
7. University of California–Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA
8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross) Ann Arbor, MI
9. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson) Los Angeles, CA
10. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill, NC