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Best Online Programs
One reputable source for business information is Bloomberg BusinessWeek at businessweek.com. According to the article “Where Are the Best Distance Learning MBA Courses?” at businessweek.com, the top MBA Programs are:- IE Business School (Spain)
- Warwick Business School (UK)
- Manchester Business School (UK)
- Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
- Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA)
- Tanaka Business School, Imperial College, London (UK)
- SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (USA)
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Top Ten Online Programs
Macquil.com has another view of the top online schools. In their article “Top Ten Online MBA Programs”, they list several of the same schools as above, and more. (Note: Financial Times or FT.com is a very reliable source.) Everyone ranks schools differently and here is the distillation from Macquil.com:- IE Business School Global MBA Program (Spain): This school is ranked #3 by Forbes, #1 by The Wall Street Journal, #6 by the Financial Times, #1 by The Economist.
- Thunderbird School of Global Management. (USA): Ranked #1 in International Business by Financial Times, ranked #1 in International Programs by US News & World Report.
- The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (USA): Their Cross-Continental MBA is ranked #8 by Business Week, #12 by US News & World Report, #20 by Financial Times.
- Manchester Business School (UK): Ranked #5 for Return on Investment by Forbes, #31 by Financial Times.
- Warwick Business School (UK): Warwick MBA Distance Learning is ranked #3 by The Economist, #36 by Financial Times.
- University of Florida (USA): Their Internet MBA is ranked #1 by The Economist, #6 by The Wall Street Journal, #37 by US News & World Report.
- Indiana University (USA): Their MBA (Kelley Direct) is ranked #19 by Business Week, #22 by US News & World Report, #57 by Financial Times.
- Pennsylvania State University (USA): Penn State’s Online MBA is ranked #58 by Financial Times, #40 by US News & World Report.
- Babson College (USA): Babson’s Fast Track MBA is ranked #1 in Entrepreneurship by Financial Times and US News & World Report. It is ranked #99 Overall by Financial Times.
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA): Their Online MBA is ranked #2 Best Overall Academic Experience and #4 for Best Professors by the Princeton Review.
- Arizona State University – Online MBA
- EuroMBA at euromba.org
- Florida State University College of Business – This program is accredited by AACSB
- Northeastern University’s Online MBA Program
- Spears School of Business MBA Distance Learning Option
- University of Texas at Dallas Global MBA Online
Kenan-Flagler Online MBA
The respected Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accepting applications for its first online MBA degree. It will start in July 2011. The first class will only accept 50 people and the admissions criteria is the same as their on-campus program.Brown University
There is no online university at Brown at this point. However, IE Business School in Madrid will start an EMBA program with Brown next year. Brown is one of the top Ivy League universities in the US.CalUniversity
California InterContinental University is an online school dedicated to the study of business administration and management. It is not on the top MBA list, but it is worthy of your attention if you are in South Asia or one of the other countries where CalUniversity may go.CalUniversity offers these business degrees:
- DBA – Global Business Leadership
- DBA – Entrepreneurship and Business Management
- MBA – Banking and Finance
- MBA – International Management and Marketing
- MBA – Organizational Management and HRM
- BBA – Marketing and Entrepreneurship
It has been argued that most good business schools will offer an online program in the future, however the trend is just starting.
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Resources:
Bradshaw, Delia. "Quality Programme to Go the Distance" FT.com (accessed November 19, 2010)
Gloeckler, Geoff. "Kenan-Flagler Announces Online MBA" businessweek.com (accessed November 19, 2010)
Krugman, Paul. “Where Are the Best Distance Learning MBA Courses?” at businessweek.com and at deanstalk.net (accessed November 19, 2010)
LeBow College of Business "Drexel Accreditations & National Rankings" drexel.com (accessed November 19, 2010)
Zander, Carly. "CalUniversity’s Successful Concept of Higher Education Goes Global" at businessweek.com. (accessed November 19, 2010)
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