New: A Thomas Edison State College MBA

[Jonathan Whatley]

New from TESC: A Master of Business Administration.

Areas of Study and Prior Learning Assessment:
• Areas of Study are available in Data Analytics or Marketing (12 sh), or Finance or Healthcare Management (9 sh).
• "Students have the option of satisfying area of study requirements through prior learning assessment."

Format:
• All courses are offered in 8-week terms.
• Minimum completion time, 18 months.
• "MBA students can earn credit for what they already know." I assume this refers to the PLA option for the area of study.
• I don't see information on graduate transfer credit.
• Delivered entirely online, with no on-campus requirements.

Prerequisites:
• Undergraduate Financial Accounting, Statistics and Microeconomics. Can be met entirely through credit-by-exam progrmas, albeit possibly at higher passing cut scores than required for undergraduate credit. Can be completed after application and provisional admission but must be
• RA Bachelor's degree, usual minimum GPA 3.0; a strong GRE or GMAT score may remedy a lower GPA.
• Two years' "professional, managerial or related experience," or a business bachelor's and some work experience.

Tuition:
• (And here's the rub.) USD 619 per credit. The program is 60 credits, which would make for a total of 37 140, but the site states "The program can be completed for approximately $31,000 (excluding books)." This would make sense if PLAs for the area of study were offered at no additional per-credit cost.

[ShotoJuku]

Tuition:
• (And here's the rub.) USD 619 per credit. The program is 60 credits, which would make for a total of 37 140, but the site states ...

Wow! Sounds like a "rub" with a sledge hammer!

[rebel100]

A 60 credit MBA?

I know it says 60 but I think its actually 36-39 credits. Tuition is still pretty high at $619/hour. MBA Tuition

[sanantone]

It looks like the program is 36-39 credits, which would bring the tuition to around $24k. I think TESC needs to make some corrections to its website.

[drewthedude]

I just don't know why someone would consider a TESC MBA when there are numerous prominent schools like UNC with distance MBA's costing much less in tuition. I can see completing a BA through TESC as a segway to grad school (echem, note my sig), but then paying astronomical amounts of cash for a TESC graduate degree just makes no sense.

[jam123]

I always thought TESC was missing the boat by not offering an MBA, but at that price?
The TESC Masters degrees in general are pretty bad as far as content.

Seems like they need a complete overhaul of their graduate programs.

[sanantone]

The latest issue of the TESC magazine says the MBA is 48 credits. TESC is so disorganized.

[emichele20]

I am so happy that they are finally offering this but it is just too expensive. I was shocked that it costs more than their other graduate courses.

[alleycat]

The latest issue of the TESC magazine says the MBA is 48 credits. TESC is so disorganized.

I saw the 48 credits in the TESC magazine also. They really should get there act together!

[alleycat]

I am so happy that they are finally offering this but it is just too expensive. I was shocked that it costs more than their other graduate courses.

I saw the pricing also and I could not believe it. There are so many MBA programs out there to chose from, you think they would price themselves alittle more competitively.