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Hi All, My sister has done Computer Science engineering Bachelor degree and has 5 years of work experience in India. She is applying for MBA at https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/full-time-mba/ and https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/full-time-mba/academics/majors-minors/marketing.html. Her overall goal is to get into Software Product management. Any suggestions if any of these MBA’s can open path in the desired space or if she is better of doing an MS in Comp engg. to further develop deeper Technology skills. Thanks
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Why would you want to break into product at this point in time? I am consulting for a product role and there is so much more supply than demand after all the layoffs.
This is also true
I'm not aware of any useful product certificates.
MBA from a top tier school
40k…. If only
Here are the yearly tuition fees for the top ten MBA programs for 2024:
1. **Stanford Graduate School of Business**: $76,950 per year [oai_citation:1,Poets&Quants | What It Costs To Attend A Top MBA Program](https://poetsandquants.com/2022/07/18/what-does-it-cost-to-attend-a-top-mba-program-here-are-all-the-latest-numbers-2/).
2. **Harvard Business School**: $73,440 per year [oai_citation:2,Top 10 MBA Programs in USA | Rankings, Tuition Fees 2024](https://scholarsme.com/top-mba-programs-in-usa/).
3. **University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)**: Approximately $81,378 per year [oai_citation:3,Poets&Quants | What It Costs To Attend A Top MBA Program](https://poetsandquants.com/2022/07/18/what-does-it-cost-to-attend-a-top-mba-program-here-are-all-the-latest-numbers-2/).
4. **MIT Sloan School of Management**: $80,400 per year [oai_citation:4,Top MBA Colleges in the World 2024: Fees, Deadlines and Score Required](https://collegedunia.com/study-abroad/article/top-mba-colleges-in-the-world).
5. **Columbia Business School**: $80,472 per year [oai_citation:5,Top MBA Colleges in the World 2024: Fees, Deadlines and Score Required](https://collegedunia.com/study-abroad/article/top-mba-colleges-in-the-world).
6. **University of Chicago (Booth)**: $77,841 per year [oai_citation:6,Poets&Quants | What It Costs To Attend A Top MBA Program](https://poetsandquants.com/2022/07/18/what-does-it-cost-to-attend-a-top-mba-program-here-are-all-the-latest-numbers-2/).
7. **Northwestern University (Kellogg)**: $78,276 per year [oai_citation:7,Top 10 MBA Programs in USA | Rankings, Tuition Fees 2024](https://scholarsme.com/top-mba-programs-in-usa/).
8. **University of California—Berkeley (Haas)**: $77,434 per year [oai_citation:8,Poets&Quants | What It Costs To Attend A Top MBA Program](https://poetsandquants.com/2022/07/18/what-does-it-cost-to-attend-a-top-mba-program-here-are-all-the-latest-numbers-2/).
9. **Dartmouth College (Tuck)**: $77,520 per year [oai_citation:9,Top 10 MBA Programs in USA | Rankings, Tuition Fees 2024](https://scholarsme.com/top-mba-programs-in-usa/).
10. **New York University (Stern)**: $82,326 per year [oai_citation:10,Top 10 MBA Programs in USA | Rankings, Tuition Fees 2024](https://scholarsme.com/top-mba-programs-in-usa/).
No certificates or postgrad degrees are especially helpful. Experience is what matters—having helped launch products from inception to delivery. Instead of going back to school, take a product management job that’s slightly junior and launch a couple of things. Some of the worst product managers I know have Ivy League degrees and a million random certs, and they end up reporting to people with none of that.
If you want to be a technical PM, free courses to learn Python, SQL, systems architecture, etc., (assuming you’re not an engineer now) are helpful. But these aren’t certs you put on a resume.
Agree. Also if you’re good, word of mouth matters more than certs. Build your network and do good work. You’ll likely have no shortage of interest even in tough times, such as now.