Has anyone considered MBA at a state school ($25000/year) vs Stern or Columbia? Thinking of moving back in with my parents and attending Rutgers so I can afford the MBA. Thoughts?

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If the state school was Berkeley, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, or UCLA (plus once or two others I might be forgetting of the top of my head) you could make a case for this - otherwise, probably not worth going back

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An MBA is literally all about the prestige... It's not like a MD or something

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Echoing the sentiments here - you’ll go much further in your career if you’re a consultant already without getting an MBA from Rutgers (May downgrade your future profile tbh). An MBA isn’t a technical degree necessarily trying to teach you skills that you couldn’t learn on the job, it’s a network meant to serve you over the course of your career.

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UCLA is def not $25k/yr FT

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