I live in the Midwest and for me there isn’t really any good MBA programs in the area where I could attend in person and work while I do it, so I’m looking at online programs. For some reason I’m only looking at online programs in the Midwest (Kelley & university of Iowa). Is it like a thing to attend online MBA’s in your region or am I just being weird and I can look all over the place

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Don’t do online. Relocate if you need to. Many hiring pipelines / application portals are not available to online MBAs, and you miss all the on-campus networking and recruiting as well.

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?? Kellogg and Booth EMBA are perhaps the best options anywhere in the country and it’s right there and checks both boxes.

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Umich Ross is also pretty solid if you can’t swing Booth/Kellogg

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Uchicago has a part time mba program

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Most top MBA schools in the Midwest offer part-time / weekend programs, so I'd definitely consider that before going with online options.
But if you insist on going online, than there's absolutely no point on you limiting to programs from a certain region.
In this case you should strive to get into the best possible school. Keep in mind that getting an online degree from a lower ranked school may not be as helpful to your career as you may hope.

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I’ll take a look into some of those programs that offer weekend MBA’s. But yeah I know online might not give me the same value as in person which is why I was looking at Kelley which from what I seen is typically highly rated and wanted to see what else was out there for top rated online outside the Midwest. I know Iowa isn’t one though

I would strongly advise to do weekend or executive MBA that dont meet as often, upon acceptance you can have your employer approve you to be on campus when needed. U of M Ross EMBA, wayne state has something similar too etc. You’re more likely to get more value out of the in person / hybrid model than full online model, all the best!

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If you’re considering a top mba, at least do a part time one. Not sure if the value is there for top online programs.

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Notre Dame-Mendoza. Exec MBA now becoming global. Highly reccomend!

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I’m guessing I’m just being weird lol but I appreciate the advice!

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Marquette University has an online MBA program.

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What will be your concentration?

Most likely finance, my undergrad is in Accounting and Management and I’m currently in public accounting but want to move more to the finance side of things.

Check out Aspen. Most reasonable I could find at this time of life. 100% online. But not for the feint if you don’t like writing. Easily 1500-3000 wds/wk. English was my first degree so ok for me.

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