1Walden University
Walden University's online MBA program offers students concentration choices and flexible learning formats. Accredited …
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What is an MBA and What Can It Do For You?
Featured Online MBA Schools
Although there are a number of online MBA programs offered to distance learners, this section features a few of our favorites. Click on any of the three schools to view more information about the institution, its MBA program, and learn why it was chosen as a featured school.
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Ashford University's online MBA helps students improve their professional confidence, project management, critical …
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Liberty University's online MBA program combines a Christian heritage with a solid understanding of business principles …
MBA Warrior Blog
Our blog provides informative resources for students considering an MBA, or those currently enrolled in a program. From financial aid advice to tips for taking the GMAT or GRE, we'll supply students with up-to-date information on things related to MBA programs.
Minute MBA
Minute MBA videos are informative, illustrative videos that address a variety of topics related to business. As the title suggests, each of these videos are only a minute long but provide a wealth of valuable information on subjects within the categories of technology, finances, and business.
How to Negotiate Like North Korea
North Korea’s leaders have been threatening the world with nuclear strikes and war for decades now, to the point that the international community has branded the small country as the Boy who Cried Wolf. While it’s doubtful any other world leaders want to take a page out of North Korea’s international mediation plan book, it’s essential for people to understand where North Korea is coming in an effort to move ahead peacefully.
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Why Getting a Job After Graduation is Going to be Harder Than Ever
The college graduates of 2013 are already sending out resumes, signing on for internships, and in general just trying to get their foot in the door to solid full-time employment. While the hiring rates may be up from last year – 13% to be exact – the numbers aren’t all roses.
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3 Ways to Reform the Patent System
By offering legal protection to inventors and encouraging the disclosure of new works into the public domain, patents were an essential element to the common good. However, the promise provided by patents is under attack.
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How to Fund a Startup
Most entrepreneurs will admit that innovation is merely one of the key factors behind launching a successful startup. Shrewd timing and sheer luck, particularly where venture capitalists and investors are concerned, are also crucial to new companies. Here are the general five phases of startup funding as far as venture capitalists are concerned.
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Online MBAs allow students to earn their degree from anywhere, but you may still want to choose a school close by. Search our database of online Master of Business Administration degree programs to find the school that's best for you in your area.
MBA Schools
MBA schools come in all shapes and sizes, even online. Some schools offer specializations designed to train you in your field of choice; others offer general business programs designed to give an overview of all facets of business. Learn more about what specific schools have to offer with their MBA programs.
Online MBA Guide »
Read our guide to learn all you need to know about getting an online MBA. See Chapters »
FAQs
Have a question? Any potential MBA student will have plenty of questions about the degree itself, as well as what career opportunities earning an MBA allows them to pursue. This FAQ section provides all of the answers to questions you might have, and perhaps questions you never thought you might need answered.
Will I Ever Meet My Online MBA Professors or Classmates?
Considering that as an online MBA student your classroom has a Web address and not a street address, you aren't likely to run[...]
Why Do Online MBA Applicants Need Work Experience?
Having some professional work experience on your resume is every bit as important as having high GMAT scores or a good under[...]
When Can I Enroll in an Online MBA Program?
Each business school has vastly different admissions deadlines for enrolling in an MBA program. Most have firm deadlines for [...]
Why an Online MBA?
With an online MBA, students can choose many different elements of a program that will allow it to be ideal for them. Students can choose from programs that allow them to take one class at a time for a few weeks, or to take several classes over the course of a few months. There are programs that follow a traditional academic calendar and ones that don’t, programs that allow for degree acceleration and programs that allow a slower pace. Students can choose from general programs or ones with specializations or concentrations — there are more than 30 to choose from, and new ones are frequently developed based on market needs.
Online MBAs are the same degrees students earn in a brick-and-mortar classroom, simply translated for online delivery. Courses are taught by the same professors, and the degrees and business schools hold the same accreditation as campus-based programs. But in an online MBA, students will watch lectures online, participate in discussion boards and chats, complete individual and group assignments, and take tests all online — and with the benefit of access to course materials and lectures 24 hours a day.
Geographic barriers no longer an issue, students can now earn an online MBA from any school anywhere, but choose the program that’s best for them based instead on goals, learning style, calendar, and budget. The obstacles that once prevented many from attending business school now no longer exist.