MBA and International Student

[sanantone]

Thank you for the summary! At further review, it looks like Hodges seems to be the next hot contender. The ACBSP/IACBE accreditation does seem to be a nice-to-have, but I do not have a set future path as of yet; just wanting to further education for prospective employers. However, the cost and overall glimpse at the university does seem to be quite promising.

Capella/Walden has had comparatively poor reviews, and I remember seeing posts of those going towards Patten having disappeared somewhere down the line.

Looks like I will start the feeling process out with Hodges in the meantime! WGU told me no

Edit: Upon closer inspection, it looks like Hodges does NOT offer the MBA via their Competency-Based System unlike their MPA. Though the website still does claim being able to finish in 1 year with a normal courseload, there is a restriction in place due to work that I cannot maintain consistent effort throughout the year which would not make this a good option for me.

I doubt there are many, if any, reviews for Walden and Capella's competency-based programs since those are relatively new. You're probably mostly reading reviews for their regular programs.

Those two are pretty well-known for-profits, so there will be a stigma attached to their names. Patten is also for-profit, but it's virtually unknown.

As for the MPA, that's why I mentioned that it's not interchangeable with an MBA . Hodges doesn't offer a Upower MBA program. MBAs work fine in the private and public sectors. MPAs are hard to sell outside of government and non-profit jobs.

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Adams State University offers a self-paced, correspondence MBA. Tuition is $350 per credit hour.

https://www.adams.edu/extended_studies/g...ce-mba.php