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
Harvard | Ms. Social Infrastructure
GRE 328, GPA 6
IE Business School | Mr. Indian Tech
GRE 333, GPA 3.38
Duke Fuqua | Mr. Never Too Late
GMAT 710, GPA 3.77
Columbia | Mr. Coast Guard Officer
GRE 327, GPA 3.1
Columbia | Mr. Wannabe Fintech
GMAT 725, GPA 8.4
Rice Business | Mr. Doesn’t Know When To Quit
GRE 331, GPA 3

Online MBA Ranking | How Graduates Rate Their Programs For Learning Experience

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on December 16, 2024 | 2,249 Views

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Experiential learning is a tangible way to bring an online program into the real world. Programs often add this through in-person classes and trips, having students work on consulting projects for real companies, and working on presentations that mimic those in the work place.

Alumni from seven programs rated their satisfaction as the highest possible on the scale for in-person experiences, as you can see in the table below. Thirty six schools also had in-person programming rated a 9 or higher.

Rate your satisfaction with the in-person sessions and/or class trips.
Question Rank
School
In-person Satisfaction
1 Clemson University 10.0
1 Creighton University (Heider) 10.0
1 University of Denver (Daniels) 10.0
1 University of North Texas (Ryan) 10.0
1 University of Utah (Eccles) 10.0
1 University of Washington (Foster) 10.0
1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 10.0
8 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.9
8 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.9
8 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.9
11 Lehigh University 9.8
11 Rice University (Jones) 9.8
11 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.8
11 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.8
11 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.8
11 Villanova University 9.8
17 George Mason University (Costello) 9.7
17 University of Connecticut School of Business 9.7
17 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.7
17 Wake Forest University 9.7
21 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.6
21 William & Mary (Mason) 9.6
23 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 9.5
23 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.5
25 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.3
27 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.2
27 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 9.2
27 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.2
30 American University (Kogod) 9.1
30 University of California, Davis 9.1
30 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.1
33 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 9.0
33 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.0
33 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 9.0
33 University of Delaware (Lerner) 9.0
37 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.9
38 Fairfield University (Dolan) 8.8
38 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.8
38 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 8.8
41 Jack Welch Management Institute 8.7
42 Florida International University 8.3
42 Ohio University 8.3
44 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 8.1
44 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8.1
46 University of Michigan-Dearborn 8.0
47 Texas Tech (Rawls) 7.3
48 Baylor University (Hankamer) 7.0
48 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 7.0
50 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 6.3
51 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 6.0
52 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 5.3
53 SUNY Oswego 5.0
54 Bryant University 0.0
54 Rogers State University 0.0
54 Seattle University (Albers) 0.0
54 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 0.0

Of schools who offered alumni the chance to complete a substantial consulting project during their programs, eight programs scored 10 on our 10-point scale.

If you did participate in a consulting project, rate your satisfaction.
Question Rank
School
Project Satisfaction
1 Clemson University 10.0
1 Creighton University (Heider) 10.0
1 Hofstra University (Zarb) 10.0
1 University of Delaware (Lerner) 10.0
1 University of Denver (Daniels) 10.0
1 University of Michigan-Dearborn 10.0
1 University of North Texas (Ryan) 10.0
1 Wake Forest University 10.0
9 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.8
10 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.7
10 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.7
12 University of Washington (Foster) 9.6
13 Drexel University (LeBow) 9.5
13 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.5
15 Rice University (Jones) 9.4
15 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.4
17 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.3
17 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.3
17 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.3
20 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.2
21 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 9.1
21 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.1
21 Villanova University 9.1
24 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.0
24 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.0
24 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.0
27 University of California, Davis 8.8
27 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 8.8
29 Lehigh University 8.7
29 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.7
31 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 8.5
32 Texas Tech (Rawls) 8.4
33 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.3
34 American University (Kogod) 8.1
35 University of Florida (Warrington) 8.0
36 San Jose State University (Lucas) 7.7
36 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7.7
38 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 7.6
38 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 7.6
38 William & Mary (Mason) 7.6
41 University of Connecticut School of Business 7.5
42 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 7.4
43 Florida International University 7.2
44 Fairfield University (Dolan) 7.1
45 Baylor University (Hankamer) 7.0
45 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 7.0
47 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 6.2
48 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 5.5
49 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 5.4
50 Ohio University 5.3
51 SUNY Oswego 5.0
51 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 5.0
53 Bryant University 0.0
53 George Mason University (Costello) 0.0
53 Rogers State University 0.0
53 Seattle University (Albers) 0.0
53 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 0.0

Presentations can be a big part of a career. They can also be a great learning experience when done in the safety of an educational setting. Graduates of Hofstra University (Zarb) and University of Utah (Eccles) rated their program best for the ability to participate in and learn from presentations with an average of 9.9.

Rate your satisfaction with your ability to participate in and learn from doing presentations.
Question Rank
School
Presentation Satisfaction
1 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.9
1 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.9
3 University of Washington (Foster) 9.8
3 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 9.8
5 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.7
5 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.7
5 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 9.7
8 Rice University (Jones) 9.6
8 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.6
8 University of Connecticut School of Business 9.6
8 William & Mary (Mason) 9.6
12 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.5
12 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.5
12 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.5
12 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.5
12 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.5
12 Wake Forest University 9.5
18 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.4
18 Villanova University 9.4
20 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.3
20 Lehigh University 9.3
20 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.3
23 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.2
24 Creighton University (Heider) 9.1
24 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.1
24 Florida International University 9.1
24 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.1
28 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.0
28 Texas Tech (Rawls) 9.0
28 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 9.0
31 SUNY Oswego 8.9
31 University of California, Davis 8.9
31 American University (Kogod) 8.9
34 Clemson University 8.8
34 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.8
34 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.8
34 University of South Florida (Muma) 8.8
38 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.7
38 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.7
38 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.7
41 Bryant University 8.6
42 Rogers State University 8.5
42 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.5
42 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.5
45 George Mason University (Costello) 8.4
45 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 8.4
45 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 8.4
45 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8.4
49 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.3
49 University of North Texas (Ryan) 8.3
49 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.3
52 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 8.1
53 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.0
53 Ohio University 8.0
53 University of Michigan-Dearborn 8.0
56 Seattle University (Albers) 7.4
57 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 6.9

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