How Online MBA Graduates Rated The Degree’s Career Impact In P&Q's 2024 Ranking

CREATING PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

An amazing 100% of graduates at 11 different OMBA programs reported that they were able to create a network of contacts as a result of their degree program. More than 90% of alumni at 13 additional programs said the same.

Were you able to create a network of contacts as a result of the program?
School	Percentage
Bryant University	100%
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	100%
Hofstra University (Zarb)	100%
Lehigh University	100%
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	100%
SUNY Oswego	100%
University of California, Davis	100%
University of Denver (Daniels)	100%
University of Southern California (Marshall)	100%
University of Texas at Dallas	100%
University of Washington (Foster)	100%
William & Mary (Mason)	97.50%
University of Michigan (Ross)	97.14%
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	97.01%
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	96.43%
Rice University (Jones)	95.83%
Indiana University (Kelley)	95.28%
Auburn University (Harbert)	95.24%
San Jose State University (Lucas)	93.75%
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	93.75%
University of Florida (Warrington)	92.98%
University of Nebraska	92.86%
Baylor University (Hankamer)	92.59%
Syracuse University (Whitman)	92.59%
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	89.29%
Villanova University	88.24%
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	88.10%
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	87.50%
Bowling Green	86.49%
Jack Welch Management Institute	86.05%
American University (Kogod)	85%
Washington State University	83.54%
University of South Florida (Muma)	83.33%
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	81.25%
University of Iowa (Tippie)	80.52%
University of Utah (Eccles)	78.57%
Creighton University (Heider)	77.78%
University of Delaware (Lerner)	75%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	75%
Florida International University	72.73%
Ohio University	71.43%
Rogers State University	71.43%
University of Maryland (Smith)	70.91%
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	68.89%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	66.67%
Drexel University (LeBow)	64.71%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	64.29%
University of North Texas	60.71%
Clemson University	60%
Kennesaw State University	58.33%
University of Michigan-Dearborn	50%

NETWORK SATISFACTION

In terms of satisfaction with those professional networks, graduates of University of Washington (Foster) rated their network higher than any other school – 9.74 on a 10-point scale.

Other schools earning top marks from 2023 graduates were Hofstra University Zarb School of Business, Auburn University Harbert College of Business, and University of Texas at Dallas (Naveen Jindal).

Rate your satisfaction with your new network in terms of how valuable it is to you for encouragement, support, and career opportunities.
School	Rating
University of Washington (Foster)	9.74
Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.33
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.29
University of Texas at Dallas	9.2
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.14
University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.08
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	8.94
University of Michigan (Ross)	8.94
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.89
Indiana University (Kelley)	8.88
University of California, Davis	8.72
Baylor University (Hankamer)	8.7
Rogers State University	8.7
Syracuse University (Whitman)	8.7
William & Mary (Mason)	8.65
Lehigh University	8.64
University of Denver (Daniels)	8.62
Jack Welch Management Institute	8.54
University of Nebraska	8.5
Rice University (Jones)	8.46
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	8.4
Florida International University	8.36
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.34
Ohio University	8.33
University of Florida (Warrington)	8.33
University of South Florida (Muma)	8.25
SUNY Oswego	8.2
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	8.07
University of Iowa (Tippie)	8.06
Bowling Green	7.91
American University (Kogod)	7.9
University of Utah (Eccles)	7.86
Bryant University	7.83
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	7.79
Washington State University	7.75
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	7.74
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	7.65
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	7.64
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	7.63
Creighton University (Heider)	7.5
Villanova University	7.47
San Jose State University (Lucas)	7.25
University of North Texas	7.22
Drexel University (LeBow)	6.88
Clemson University	6.8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6.75
Kennesaw State University	6.64
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	6.62
University of Michigan-Dearborn	6.33
University of Maryland (Smith)	6.24
University of Delaware (Lerner)	6