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Wharton's Big Gamble - Alpha - 08-30-2022
Someone will pay the price.
Poets&Quants - Wharton's Big Gamble: Why Would Anyone Pay A Quarter Of A Million For An Online MBA? (poetsandquants.com)
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - ThatBankDude - 08-31-2022
I would if I did not already have an MBA. Heck, I am paying $70K for a Master of Science from Duke. I find the synchronous components of these programs to be highly valuable and the on-campus components are phenomenal as well.
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - mohelena02 - 08-31-2022
If I had the money I would go for it too.
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - Pats20 - 08-31-2022
The average salary of $150k for new grads is about dbl the ave.
4 years it’s paid for.
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - smartdegree - 09-01-2022
(08-31-2022, 09:23 PM)Pats20 Wrote: The average salary of $150k for new grads is about dbl the ave.
4 years it’s paid for.
That's for the full-time MBA program. This is an online MBA.
According to GMAC's research:
"But GMAC’s data contains a major caveat. In the United States, MBAs and other degrees earned online are actually losing favor among recruiters, with only 29% of surveyed employers saying they view graduates of online and in-person MBA programs equally. That’s the lowest of any world region — and down from 33% of respondents from the 2021 poll. "
https://poetsandquants.com/2022/08/24/global-recruiters-are-warming-to-omba-grads-u-s-employers-are-getting-colder-why/
I and virtually everyone in this board are very pro-online, but facts are 71% of recruiters still aren't on the same page and will not value it the same as an on-campus degree. Not worth paying 200K for a Wharton degree that will impress only 29% of Wharton's target employers. Perhaps they should cut the tuition to 29% of the full-time tuition - that will probably make it worth it
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - Cowabunga Dude - 09-03-2022
They honestly should just offer online MS degrees to protect the value of their MBAs - it's honestly diluting it.
Also, nothing wrong with online MBAs. Just know what you're getting. Going the online route is not great if you want to switch industries as you are not getting on-campus recruiting and it is harder to network. With that said if you want an online MBA, go for a high value AACSB school like UIUC or Boston University.
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - Pats20 - 09-03-2022
(09-03-2022, 07:59 AM)Cowabunga Dude Wrote: They honestly should just offer online MS degrees to protect the value of their MBAs - it's honestly diluting it.Two very good values.
Also, nothing wrong with online MBAs. Just know what you're getting. Going the online route is not great if you want to switch industries as you are not getting on-campus recruiting and it is harder to network. With that said if you want an online MBA, go for a high value AACSB school like UIUC or Boston University.
(09-01-2022, 02:00 PM)Ok smartdegree Wrote:Not just exclusively online, but MBAs in general are losing their value. Employers are looking for applied skills. This doesn’t just pertain to mba but also bsba. Unless it’s applied skill like accounting ,finance , cis. Employers probably would favor a bs or ms economics degree. And ms analytics(08-31-2022, 09:23 PM)Pats20 Wrote: The average salary of $150k for new grads is about dbl the ave.
4 years it’s paid for.
That's for the full-time MBA program. This is an online MBA.
According to GMAC's research:
"But GMAC’s data contains a major caveat. In the United States, MBAs and other degrees earned online are actually losing favor among recruiters, with only 29% of surveyed employers saying they view graduates of online and in-person MBA programs equally. That’s the lowest of any world region — and down from 33% of respondents from the 2021 poll. "
https://poetsandquants.com/2022/08/24/global-recruiters-are-warming-to-omba-grads-u-s-employers-are-getting-colder-why/
I and virtually everyone in this board are very pro-online, but facts are 71% of recruiters still aren't on the same page and will not value it the same as an on-campus degree. Not worth paying 200K for a Wharton degree that will impress only 29% of Wharton's target employers. Perhaps they should cut the tuition to 29% of the full-time tuition - that will probably make it worth it
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - Pats20 - 09-03-2022
Like this
This top 60 school. $14k
https://online.missouri.edu/degrees-programs/mu/arts-and-sciences/economics/ma
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - ifomonay - 09-03-2022
If it were a Ph.D. in CS from MIT or Stanford I would. I would never pay that much for an MBA anywhere.
RE: Wharton's Big Gamble - Cowabunga Dude - 09-05-2022
(09-03-2022, 09:22 AM)Pats20 Wrote: Like this
This top 60 school. $14k
https://online.missouri.edu/degrees-programs/mu/arts-and-sciences/economics/ma
A top 60 business school? If so, I'd like to know what rankings out of curiosity.