Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

More Graduates Using Online MBAs To Pivot Careers

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on November 27, 2023 | 2,453 Views

CAREER CHANGERS

When we averaged all three categories of job changes (employers, industries, and job functions), Rice University (Jones) had the highest overall average of 57%. American University (Kogod) followed with 55%.

In all three schools had half or more of their alumni report career changes as a result of their online MBA, and another 12 had 40% to 49% career switchers.

What this means for potential OMBA students is the degree is increasingly useful and valued by the market. Not only are schools increasingly pouring resources into career support for OMBA students, but the pandemic and shift to more virtual learning platforms has legitimized the online education space to a point it’s never been in history.

Simply put: The OMBA degree isn’t what it used to be. And that’s largely a good thing.

Average Career Changes At The Top OMBA Programs
School Changed Employers Changed Industries Changed Job Function Average
Rice University (Jones) 60% 40% 70.83% 57%
American University (Kogod) 60% 60.00% 45% 55%
University of Texas at Dallas 50% 20% 80% 50%
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 50% 38.89% 58.33% 49%
Rogers State University 42.86% 28.57% 71.43% 47.62%
University of Michigan (Ross) 48.57% 34.29% 60% 47.62%
Southern Methodist University (Cox) 48.15% 40.74% 51.85% 46.91%
SUNY Oswego 60% 40% 40% 47%
Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 41.38% 41.38% 55.17% 45.98%
University of Utah (Eccles) 42.86% 14.29% 71.43% 42.86%
University of Delaware (Lerner) 37.50% 12.50% 75% 41.67%
University of Southern California (Marshall) 50% 25% 50% 42%
Indiana University (Kelley) 35.43% 26.77% 59.84% 40.68%
University of Washington (Foster) 41.18% 20.59% 58.82% 40.20%
University of Maryland (Smith) 35.45% 28.36% 56.73% 40.18%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 33.33% 16.67% 66.67% 38.89%
University of California, Davis 41.67% 19.44% 50% 37.04%
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 43.94% 25.76% 40.91% 36.87%
Ohio University 31.43% 22.86% 54.29% 36.19%
Baylor University (Hankamer) 33.33% 24.07% 50% 35.80%
Florida International University 37.78% 15.56% 53.33% 35.56%
Clemson University 33.33% 20% 53.33% 35.55%
San Jose State University (Lucas) 31.25% 31.25% 43.75% 35.42%
University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 29.41% 29.41% 47.06% 35.29%
Bryant University 50% 16.67% 33.33% 33%
William & Mary (Mason) 30% 14.63% 53.66% 33%
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 31.25% 18.75% 43.75% 31.25%
University of North Texas 25% 21.43% 46.43% 31%
Bowling Green 36.11% 13.89% 41.67% 30.56%
University of South Florida (Muma) 41.67% 8.33% 41.67% 30.56%
Auburn University (Harbert) 23.81% 9.52% 57.14% 30.16%
Creighton University (Heider) 27.78% 27.78% 33.33% 29.63%
Louisiana State University (Ourso) 30.95% 21.43% 35.71% 29.36%
University of Florida (Warrington) 27.59% 18.97% 41.38% 29.31%
North Carolina State University (Jenkins) 25% 25% 37.50% 29%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 35.71% 7.14% 42.86% 28.57%
Washington State University 24.05% 17.72% 41.77% 27.85%
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 23.91% 13.04% 43.48% 26.81%
Jack Welch Management Institute 22.99% 11.49% 44.83% 26.44%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell 25.86% 8.62% 39.66% 24.71%
University of Nebraska 21.43% 7.14% 42.86% 23.81%
University of Iowa (Tippie) 22.08% 12.99% 35.06% 23.38%
University of Michigan-Dearborn 20% 20% 30% 23%
University of Denver (Daniels) 15.38% 15.38% 38.46% 23.07%
Santa Clara University (Leavey) 25% 12.50% 25% 21%
Syracuse University (Whitman) 22.22% 0% 37.04% 19.75%
Villanova University 11.76% 5.88% 41.18% 19.61%
Lehigh University 9.09% 0% 45.45% 18.18%
Drexel University (LeBow) 11.76% 11.76% 29.41% 17.64%
Kennesaw State University 16.67% 8.33% 25% 16.67%
Hofstra University (Zarb) 11.11% 11.11% 22.22% 14.81%

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