UTPB - MBA, cheap, AACSB, Accelerated

[Thorne]

AACSB accreditation is almost meaningless to students. There are three exceptions. First, it tends to correlate with school rankings--most (but not all) highly regarded B-schools are also accredited by AACSB.

Second, having a bachelor's from an AACSB-accredited school can make admission to an AACSB-accredited MBA easier. You might avoid some pre-requisite work and the admissions process will look upon you more favorably.

Finally, if one wished to pursue an academic career in this subject, getting one's doctorate from an AACSB-accredited program is the way to go. You'll be hard-pressed to teach at one with a degree from one.

Of course, with all such thing your personal experience might differ. And there are exceptions to just about every norm.

In many cases, ACBSP-accreditation can make admission to an AACSB MBA easier too. For illustration, I found a fairly inexpensive (yet moderately-ranked) AACSB MBA (on-campus only, unfortunately) that would waive the same pre-reqs as long as your school had programmatic business school accreditation.