Cost Of An MBA Degree

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A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounting, applied statistics, human resources, business communication, business ethics, business law, strategic management, business strategy, finance, managerial economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply-chain management, and operations management in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy. It originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized and companies sought scientific management. Some programs also include elective courses and concentrations for further study in a particular area, for example, accounting, finance, marketing, and human resources, but an MBA is intended to be a generalized program. MBA programs in the United States typically require completing about forty to sixty credits (sixty to ninety in a quarter system), much higher than the thirty credits (thirty-six to forty-five in a quarter system) typically required for degrees that cover some of the same material such as the Master of Economics, Master of Finance, Master of Accountancy, Master of Science in Marketing and Master of Science in Management. The MBA is a professional and terminal degree. Accreditation bodies specifically for MBA programs ensure consistency and quality of education. Business schools in many countries offer programs tailored to full-time, part-time, executive (abridged coursework typically occurring on nights or weekends) and distance learning students, many with specialized concentrations. An "Executive MBA", or EMBA, is a degree program similar to an MBA program that is specifically structured for and targeted towards corporate executives and senior managers who are already in the workforce.

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One might say that you cannot put a price on knowledge, but MBA grads know that is not entirely true. Business schools can be seen as a feeder system, connecting potential managers, marketers, and executives with organizations on the lookout for the crème de la crème of graduating classes. This month's release of The MBA Guidebook explores how the cost of an MBA degree can vary, knowing that the average tuition for a two-year MBA program exceeds $60,000. If you attend one of the top business schools, you can expect to pay as much as $100,000 or more in tuition and fees. An MBA is often seen as an investment in your future, so it’s no surprise students shell out tens of thousands for the privilege. Although costly, there’s a number of reasons why an MBA works for some: it’s widely recognized, there’s better earning potential, you can expand networking resources, it’s open for all, you can start your own venture, and learn and choose specializations to fit your needs.

MBA expenses: What to watch out for

Of course, it’s not just the MBA program that has students shelling out their hard-earned cash, there are other expenses too. Before starting the course there will be some pre-MBA expenses, including taking the TOEFL (originally known as the Test of English as a Foreign Language). The TOEFL is a standardized test that measures a test-taker’s understanding of the English language to see if they’re good enough to take a course at university/graduate school in English-speaking countries. The TOEFL costs around $170, but there may be other charges including, $35 for late registration and $20 to reinstate a cancelled score. Whether you need to take the TOEFL or not, everyone will need to take the GMAT (or GRE) exam which measures higher-order reasoning skills; these reasoning skills involve complex judgments, critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving. The cost to take the GMAT exam is $250 globally. Application fees are one of the highest sources of revenue for business schools; applicants can expect to pay anything from $100 to $275 per application to each business school. Top MBA programs like Harvard and Stanford are said to receive anything from eight to 10,000 MBA applications each year for roughly 1,800 slots. Stanford Graduate School of Business has the highest application fee of the top US business schools at $275, which means the business school could make over $2.2 million if more than 8,000 applicants apply.

MBA costs in Europe, India & the USA

Depending on where in the world you choose to study your MBA, the cost of the program may vary. For example, tuition at the top business schools in the US is over US$120,000: Harvard Business School (24-month program); Stanford (24 months); The Wharton School (21 months). Other b-schools in the US will be slightly cheaper, including Kelley School of Business which costs around $51,182 for Indiana residents or $74,084 for non-residents/international students per year. Tuck School of Business’ MBA (21 months) is around US$70,000-$80,000. Some North American programs have one-year and two-year tracks, but most students opt for the longer version, which lasts on average 21 months. By comparison, Europe’s plentiful MBA courses may offer more value for money thanks to the course length. Typically, full MBA courses in Europe are around one-year, even 10 months at QS’ highest-ranked European MBA program INSEAD. However, INSEAD's accelerated 10-month MBA program still costs between US$100,000-$110,000, so it’s hardly cheap. In India, the cost of acquiring an MBA degree is comparatively less than overseas. Several Indian institutions boast collaborations with international universities, allowing MBA students to earn a high-quality education at home. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad is ranked seventh in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2018: Asia, Australia & New Zealand. The 22-month program costs between US$20,000 and $30,000, with an average salary three months after graduation of US$44,457. Similarly, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore ranks ninth in the Asia-Pacific region. This 22-month program costs slightly more at US$30,000-$40,000 with an average salary after three months of US$36,660. It’s worth noting that Indian business schools are more open to potential students with little to no work experience than most US universities, which prefer candidates with a minimum of two to three years of work experience. However, full-time Indian Executive Management programs (e.g., PGPX / PGPM) at top schools accept only candidates with substantial work experience.

How to make your MBA pocket friendly

A full-time program at one of the top b-schools will set a student back just under US$200,000 on average. This large sum includes tuition, accommodation and day-to-day costs totalling $112,000, and an opportunity cost of $106,000. The price tag may seem daunting, but help is available for students if needed. Financial assistance for MBA students comes in many shapes and sizes, but one of the most common forms are sponsorships. These are usually paid for by your employer. Scholarships and grants are also available via the school. More than half of MBA students receive financial help. To find out more on how to fund your MBA, you can read our ‘10 Financial Aid Tips for MBAs’ story.

Executive and online options

If a student decides to study an executive MBA, usually their employer pays most, if not all, tuition costs. This can benefit a student greatly as, not only is someone else covering your tuition, but you’ll also receive a full salary. However, most companies require a few years’ commitment after you finish your program, so you need to be sure you’re happy to commit to sticking at your workplace a little while longer. The average cost of a top-ranking online MBA is approximately US$39,000, among the 40 programs listed in the QS Distance Online MBA Rankings 2017. As one might expect, some programs cost more than others, and this often relates to the country or market in which they are offered. Prospective students are often left to decide whether a low-cost option is of overriding importance or whether a substantial price would reassure them about the quality of a program. The online program offered by India’s Amity Directorate of Distance and Online Education was the cheapest among the prices listed in the 2017 rankings at US$5,000. A further nine were priced at US$25,000 or less, including the programs available at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University in the UK and the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium in the US, which operates under a partnership of four schools within the University of Wisconsin System. There were 10 programs priced over US$50,000 (accurate to the time at which the data for the rankings was taken) all of which are offered by schools based in the US. The most expensive program of all is offered by the George Washington University School of Business. There, total tuition is over US$90,000 and isn’t far off the cost of its full-time, on-campus degree in Washington DC.

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Purdue University Krannert School of Management

The UCLA Anderson School of Management is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of eleven professional schools. The school offers MBA (full-time, part-time, executive), PGPX, Financial Engineering and Ph.D. degrees. The school is consistently ranked among the top tier business school programs in the country, based on rankings published by US News & World Report, Businessweek and other leading publications. The range of programs offered by Anderson includes: Accounting minor for undergraduates Full Time MBA program Ph.D. Fully Employed MBA Executive MBA Master of Financial Engineering Master of Science in Business Analytics Global EMBA for Asia Pacific Global EMBA for the Americas Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (UCLA PGPX) Post Graduate Program in Management for Professionals (UCLA PGP PRO)

Some history

The School of Management at UCLA was founded in 1935, and the MBA degree was authorized by the UC Regents four years later. In its early years the school was primarily an undergraduate institution, although this began to change in the 1950s after the appointment of Neil H. Jacoby as dean; the last undergraduate degree was awarded in 1969. UCLA is rare among public universities in the U.S. for not offering undergraduate business administration degrees. Undergraduate degrees in business economics are offered. In 1950, the school was renamed the School of Business Administration. Five years later it became the Graduate School of Business Administration; in the 1970s the school's name was changed again to the Graduate School of Management. In 1987, John E. Anderson (1917-2011), class of 1940, donated $15 million to the school and prompted the construction of a new complex at the north end of UCLA's campus. He later donated additional $25 million. The 6-building, 285,000-square-foot (26,500 m2) facility, was designed by Henry N. Cobb of the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Executive Architects Leidenfrost/Horowitz & Associates. It cost $75 million to construct and opened officially in 1995. On May 13, 2015, Marion Anderson, widow of the late John Anderson, announced a $100 million donation (4th single-largest donation to a business school in the United States) to the school for fellowships and research, along with $40 million earmarked for initiating development of what is now known as the Marion Anderson Hall. Recently, the school has been mostly self-funded, with only $6 million of government funding out of its $96 million budget in 2010-11. In fall 2010, the school proposed "financial self-sufficiency": Giving up all state funding, in return for freedom from some state rules and freedom to raise tuition.[6] Critics called this proposal "privatization", but the school rejected this description, with former Dean Judy Olian saying, "This is not privatization.... We will continue to be part of UCLA and part of the state." The proposal met objections in the UCLA Academic Senate (faculty members from all UCLA departments), and is still pending. Update: This decision was approved by the University of California President Mark Yudof in June 2013. In July 2018, Judy D. Olian, who served as dean of UCLA's Anderson School of Management, became Quinnipiac's first female president when she took over for John Lahey, who retired in June 2018. Alfred Osborne, associate senior dean of external affairs and a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, began serving as the school's interim dean on July 1, 2018. Antonio Bernardo, a member of the finance faculty since 1994, was appointed UCLA Anderson's ninth dean, effective July 1, 2019.

The campus

The school is located on north part of the UCLA campus. The four main buildings, Mullin, Cornell, Entrepreneurs, and Gold, form an inner circle at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Westwood Plaza, which is the extension of Westwood Boulevard. Connected to the Gold building is the Collins building, which is named for alumnus James A. Collins, who is the chairman emeritus of Sizzler International, Inc. and who funded the John R. Wooden statue in front of Pauley Pavilion.
On October 19, 2017, the new Marion Anderson Hall addition broke ground. The 64,000 square-foot campus addition is estimated to cost $80 million and is one hundred percent donor-funded. Marion Anderson Hall is designed by the same architectural firm that designed the original Anderson complex: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Scheduled to open at the end of 2019, the new building features four floors, interactive work spaces, LEED Gold certification, and will serve as the prominent entrance to the Anderson complex.

MBA programs

As of 2011, UCLA Anderson enrolls 70 executive MBA, 90 global MBA, 280 fully employed MBA, and 360 full-time MBA students every year. UCLA Anderson's teaching model combines case study, experiential learning, lecture and team projects. UCLA Anderson's curriculum consists of ten core classes (required courses which cover a broad range of business fundamentals) and twelve (minimum) elective courses. Students are assigned to cohorts, called sections, of 65 students throughout the core curriculum. The cohort system is almost entirely student run, with each cohort electing 17 different leadership positions ranging from President to Ethics chair. In addition, there is the student-led Anderson Student Association (ASA) which deals with all issues of student life including company recruiting, social clubs and academic issues. Students may choose (but are not required) to focus in one or more of the following areas: Accounting Decisions, Operations, and Technology Management Communications, Media, and Entertainment Management Entrepreneurial Studies Finance Global Economics and Management Human Resources and Organizational Behavior Information Systems Marketing Policy Real Estate Anderson also offers an Applied Management Research Program (AMR), consisting of a two-quarter team-based strategic consulting field study project required during the second year of study in lieu of the comprehensive exam for the master's degree. Students complete strategic projects for companies partnering with the school, ultimately presenting recommendations to senior management. The program has been around since the late 1960s and is presently led by Professor Gonzalo Freixes, its Faculty Director. In 2004, two alternatives to the field study were introduced: a Business Creation Option, and a research study option.

Executive education

Since 1954, UCLA Anderson has been providing executive education to both organizations and individuals. According to the school the learning is not confined to just campus. The faculty goes out to train leaders across the globe.
The School also offers a PGPX programme for executives. According to Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management, the PGPX program has general management curriculum. UCLA PGPX is a comprehensive programme of one year primarily conducted by senior faculty members from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as well as industry experts. Besides this UCLA Anderson School of Management also offers executive programs on corporate governance, creativity & innovation, women leadership and media.

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