I am looking for a budget online MBA program ranked among the top 50 in USA

[LevelUP]

For online MBAs with great prestige relative to cost, also check out Boston University Questrom and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gies.

I'm currently enrolled at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Gies) and it's been a great experience so far.

Great to hear!

You should start a thread to share your experience at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Gies).

[ss20ts]

At 50 years old, why is an MBA in some publication's top 50 list important? Why at 50 are you wanting to spend $35K on an MBA? Your years of experience should go much further than the diploma. If you have 25 years of experience, an MBA is a checkbox. Seems like you'd be better off spending $10K on WGU or Amberton os LSU and putting the other $25K in your retirement!

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Thank you all for the valuable feedback, you all got me re-thinking. I am back to drawing board, to pick a ~$15k MBA with an AACSB accreditation offering one of the below specializations:
1. Leadership or Strategic Leadership
2. Organizational Leadership
3. Project Management
*** Some programs offer good core/elective courses, so General MBA might still be on the cards.

I may be able to take the wife on an EU vacation with the savings LoL!!! ;-)

If you're still on the hunt, Amberton University is an option. And you'd be able spend months in Europe! They have numerous MBA programs with the specializations you mention.

[SophiaPrincess]

Thank you all for the valuable feedback, you all got me re-thinking. I am back to drawing board, to pick a ~$15k MBA with an AACSB accreditation offering one of the below specializations:
1. Leadership or Strategic Leadership
2. Organizational Leadership
3. Project Management
*** Some programs offer good core/elective courses, so General MBA might still be on the cards.

I may be able to take the wife on an EU vacation with the savings LoL!!! ;-)

For prestige, take graduate certificates at Ivy League business schools. Harvard's CORe is cheap and useful. MIT has an inexpensive Supply Chain credential.  The HAU online MBA is regionally accredited and only $3000 for the whole degree. They are not AACSB accredited but I'm not sure you need it.