Any reason why I shouldn't attend AJU's for their MBA degree?

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The only sticking point for me is NA, but that's an issue you are already aware of. My husband is considering AJU too. For the price, you can't beat it.

Possible pitfalls specific to NA:
1. You decide to transfer out- expect limits or restrictions going in elsewhere.
2. You want to teach at a community college- not possible with NA*
3. You later want an RA degree- master classes require a lot of time, and you will have lost that work as you start over.
4. Some state licenses don't allow NA credit (CPA, K-12 education,etc)
5. Narrow/expensive options for NA DBA programs, RA DBA programs are off the table.

All of that should be taken with a grain of salt. MANY MANY MANY people work in fields that people don't give a flying hoot about the kind of accreditation- only that the college is accredited. Let's be honest, most people don't even KNOW what kind of accreditation their own college has. It's usually only something that comes up on boards like this. Like I said, my husband is strongly considering his MBA from AJU.

*business transfer programs/courses at regionally accredited schools require RA master's degrees, but career programs at RA schools are not [I]required for teachers to have RA degrees of any kind- so in that case, your MBA neither helps or hurts you- but schools can have any requirement they want as long as it meets or exceeds regional accreditation rules...so even in some cases where an RA MBA is not "required" it is actually "required" by the college.[/I]

The reason why I was thinking of not worrying about it being a NA is because I ran across a couple of transferring options. Either taking 15 credits of their MBA and transferring it towards the APU's MBA degree (since they are a NA & RA college). Or completing the whole degree to implement those credits into one of the Capella's doctorate degrees (since the elective courses could be any type of graduate course). They also are an RA college who said that since AJU was with CHEA that their course would be accepted. However, after reading your statement I must admit it will take a bit of time to complete the PHD if I chose that route. Which would make me have to go by the MBA credentials for a while. I just thought about the end picture. Figuring that once a PHD was obtained no-one would care about the MBA, so that's why I figured it could just be used as a stepping stone. The problem with all of that is that I really could care less about having an MBA. I don't know where any of my degrees will take me. I've always wanted to have them and it's taken me too many years to finally get them and I don't want to stop acquiring them until I have to. I really just want to be prepared for whatever comes my way once I get back out in the work place by having them... I actually probably won't even use them, it will make me happy just to have accomplished getting them... but just in case... I want to be ready!!!