Top 20 Online MBA Degrees, Location & Financial Times Ranking
- The Financial Times has released the list of top 201 online MBA degrees 2018 for aspirants who seek flexible education.
- These are a few degree programmes that have come at par with the regular MBA programmes with excellent ROI.
Like all other institutions, the demand for flexibility has increased in the education field, more so in the management sector. Nowadays,MBA aspirantsseek programmes they can pursue their goals in the corporate world. Some of thetopMBAcolleges in the worldoffer excellentonline MBA degreesthat are recognized by some of the most reputed employers in the world.
Following the examples of these globally renowned B-schools, some of thetop MBA colleges in Indiahave also started offeringshort-term management coursesonline. The MBA colleges offer excellent ROI and open upemploymentopportunities for students once they have completed their programmes.
TheFinancial Timesranks the top 20 online MBA degrees in the world on the basis of the performance of students in the market andReturn on Investment (ROI). Diversity of these online MBA degree programmes is also taken into account. The Financial Times has recently released thetop 20 Online MBA Degreesrank lists.
Top 20 Online MBA Degrees:
Name of the Institute | Course Name | Accreditation Body | Country | FT Ranking 2018 | FT Ranking 2017 |
Warwick Business School | Warwick MBA by Distance Learning | AACSB AMBA EQIS | UK | 1 | 2 |
IE Business School | Global MBA | AACSB AMBA EQIS | Spain | 2 | 1 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Isenberg | Isenberg Online MBA | AACSB International | US | 3 | 3 |
Indiana University: Kelley | Kelley Online MBA | AACSB | US | 4 | 7 |
Durham University Business School | Durhan Online MBA | AMBA AACSB EQIS | UK | 5 | 9 |
Babson College: Olin | Babson MBA Blended Learning | AACSB NEASC | US | 6 | 8 |
University of Florida: Hough | Hybrid Online MBA | AACSB | US | 7 | 5 |
AGSM at UNSW Business School | MBAx | AACSB EFMD | Australia | 8 | 4 |
Arizona State University: Carey | Carey Online MBA | AACSB | US | 9 | 11 |
George Washington University | Online MBA | AACSB | US | 10 | 6 |
Syracuse University: Whitman | MBA@Syracuse | AACSB | US | 11 | 10 |
Northeastern University: D'Amore-McKim | Online MBA | AACSB | US | 12 | 13 |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska–Lincoln Online MBA | AACSB | US | 13 | 15 |
University of Bradford School of Management | MBA Distance Learning | EQUIS AACSB AMBA | UK | 14 | 14 |
Colorado State University College of Business | Online MBA | AACSB | US | 15 | 19 |
Drexel University: LeBow | LeBow Online MBA | AACSB | US | 16 | 20 |
North Carolina State University: Poole | Jenkins Professional Online MBA | AACSB | US | 17 | 18 |
Florida International University: Chapman | Corporate MBA | AACSB | US | 18 | 16 |
Centrum Católica | Virtual International Managerial MBA | AMBA | Peru | 19 | 17 |
Washington State University: Carson | Carson Online MBA | AACSB | US | 20 | - |
According to the Financial Times, the average salary offered to theMBA graduatesof the colleges mentioned above was $ 147,000 per annum, bringing these online MBA degrees at par with thefull-time MBA degreesthat recorded anaverage packageof $ 146,000 per annum.
Admission to most of the universities abroad is done on the basis of GMAT. However, allGMAT accepting universities and institutesdo not offer online MBA programmes.
India also has various b-schools that offer online MBA degrees. Some of the most reputed of these institutes are theIndian Institutes of Managementthat have started offeringshort term online coursesfor working executives.