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

APPLYING LESSONS AT WORK

One of the best parts about an online MBA versus a full-time residential MBA is the ability to literally test-drive the degree and what you’re learning in your job in real time. This is true both for practical lessons in the classroom as well as working well with others.

Graduates of Worcester Polytechnic Institute rated their ability to immediately apply what they learned in the program to the job better than any other alumni base.

Rate your satisfaction with your ability to immediately apply what you learned in the program to your job.

Question Rank
School
Application Satisfaction
1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 10.0
2 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.9
2 University of Connecticut School of Business 9.9
4 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.8
4 Rice University (Jones) 9.8
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.8
4 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.8
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.7
8 University of Washington (Foster) 9.7
8 William & Mary (Mason) 9.7
11 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.6
11 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.6
13 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.5
13 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.5
15 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 9.4
15 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.4
17 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.3
17 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.3
17 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.3
17 Villanova University 9.3
21 Texas Tech (Rawls) 9.2
21 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.2
21 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 9.2
21 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.2
21 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 9.2
26 Lehigh University 9.1
27 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.0
27 Florida International University 9.0
27 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.0
27 Wake Forest University 9.0
31 American University (Kogod) 8.9
31 University of California, Davis 8.9
31 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.9
31 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8.9
31 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.9
31 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 8.9
37 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.8
37 Bryant University 8.8
37 Creighton University (Heider) 8.8
40 Fairfield University (Dolan) 8.7
40 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.7
40 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 8.7
40 University of North Texas (Ryan) 8.7
44 Clemson University 8.6
44 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.6
46 University of Michigan-Dearborn 8.5
47 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.4
48 George Mason University (Costello) 8.3
48 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.3
48 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 8.3
51 SUNY Oswego 8.2
52 Ohio University 8.1
52 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.1
54 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.0
54 Rogers State University 8.0
56 Seattle University (Albers) 7.8
57 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 7.0

 

Hofstra University (Zarb) alumni rated their program as having the best quality of teamwork.

How would you appraise the amount and quality of teamwork within your program?

Question Rank
School
Teamwork
1 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.9
2 Rice University (Jones) 9.8
2 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.8
2 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 9.8
5 University of Washington (Foster) 9.7
6 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.6
6 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.6
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.5
8 Villanova University 9.5
8 William & Mary (Mason) 9.5
11 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.4
11 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 9.4
13 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.3
13 Wake Forest University 9.3
15 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.2
15 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.2
17 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.1
17 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.1
17 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.1
17 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.1
17 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.1
22 Lehigh University 9.0
23 Texas Tech (Rawls) 8.9
23 University of Iowa (Tippie) 8.9
25 Florida International University 8.8
25 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.8
25 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.8
25 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.8
25 University of South Florida (Muma) 8.8
30 Creighton University (Heider) 8.7
30 University of California, Davis 8.7
30 University of Maryland (Smith) 8.7
30 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 8.7
34 Baylor University (Hankamer) 8.6
34 Bryant University 8.6
34 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.6
34 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.6
34 American University (Kogod) 8.6
39 Ohio University 8.5
39 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.5
39 Rogers State University 8.5
39 University of North Texas (Ryan) 8.5
43 Clemson University 8.4
43 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8.4
45 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.3
45 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.3
45 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 8.3
48 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 8.1
48 University of Connecticut School of Business 8.1
48 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.1
48 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.1
52 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 7.9
53 SUNY Oswego 7.7
54 George Mason University (Costello) 7.6
55 University of Michigan-Dearborn 7.5
56 Seattle University (Albers) 7.4
57 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 7.3

 

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