How Online MBA Graduates Rate Their Programs

FORMAT & FLEXIBILITY

This section includes responses to three survey questions focusing on program format: Level of satisfaction with the program’s synchronous (or live) sessions, satisfaction with the asynchronous content, and satisfaction with the program’s flexibility.

Most online MBA programs have a blend of synchronous classes, which are live and “in-person” with asynchronous recorded videos which students can watch on their own time. The two tables below show how alumni at each school rated their satisfaction with both aspects of their program.

Rate your level of satisfaction with the synchronous sessions.
School	Rating
University of Washington (Foster)	9.85
Rogers State University	9.7
University of South Florida (Muma)	9.67
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.64
Indiana University (Kelley)	9.6
Lehigh University	9.55
University of Nebraska	9.5
Ohio University	9.46
University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.46
Syracuse University (Whitman)	9.44
Jack Welch Management Institute	9.43
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	9.42
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.4
Rice University (Jones)	9.4
University of Michigan (Ross)	9.4
University of Texas at Dallas	9.4
University of Denver (Daniels)	9.38
Baylor University (Hankamer)	9.36
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	9.35
Bryant University	9.33
Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.33
University of California, Davis	9.19
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	9.14
Creighton University (Heider)	9.13
University of Iowa (Tippie)	9.12
Villanova University	9.12
William & Mary (Mason)	9
University of Utah (Eccles)	8.93
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.92
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	8.83
Washington State University	8.81
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	8.8
American University (Kogod)	8.74
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	8.71
Clemson University	8.67
University of Florida (Warrington)	8.65
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	8.63
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	8.58
Bowling Green	8.5
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	8.45
Florida International University	8.42
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	8.42
Drexel University (LeBow)	8.36
SUNY Oswego	8.33
University of Michigan-Dearborn	8.29
San Jose State University (Lucas)	8.13
Kennesaw State University	8.11
University of North Texas	7.92
University of Delaware (Lerner)	7.71
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	7.67
University of Maryland (Smith)	7.16

Rate your satisfaction with the asynchronous content.
School	Rating
University of Washington (Foster)	9.91
Lehigh University	9.73
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.61
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	9.57
Baylor University (Hankamer)	9.53
Bryant University	9.5
William & Mary (Mason)	9.46
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.43
Indiana University (Kelley)	9.43
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	9.41
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	9.4
University of Texas at Dallas	9.4
University of South Florida (Muma)	9.33
University of Nebraska	9.29
University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.25
Rice University (Jones)	9.24
University of Florida (Warrington)	9.23
Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.22
Jack Welch Management Institute	9.21
Ohio University	9.21
Rogers State University	9.2
Bowling Green	9.16
University of Iowa (Tippie)	9.16
University of Delaware (Lerner)	9.13
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	9.12
Clemson University	9.07
Syracuse University (Whitman)	9.07
Creighton University (Heider)	9.06
University of Michigan (Ross)	9.03
SUNY Oswego	9
University of California, Davis	9
University of Utah (Eccles)	9
Washington State University	8.99
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	8.95
Kennesaw State University	8.91
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	8.88
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.81
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.75
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	8.74
University of Denver (Daniels)	8.69
University of Michigan-Dearborn	8.56
Florida International University	8.49
Villanova University	8.47
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	8.45
Drexel University (LeBow)	8.38
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	8.38
American University (Kogod)	8.2
University of North Texas	8.19
San Jose State University (Lucas)	8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	7
University of Maryland (Smith)	6.95

FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility in an online MBA program is fairly expected. But some schools are better at doing it than others, according to their recent grads.

This year the best was University of Denver (Daniels) at 9.85. Other schools earning high scores from their alums are Bryant University, Lehigh University, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Rate your satisfaction with the program’s flexibility.
School	Rating
University of Denver (Daniels)	9.85
Bryant University	9.83
Lehigh University	9.82
University of Nebraska	9.79
University of Washington (Foster)	9.76
Rogers State University	9.7
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	9.69
Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.67
University of South Florida (Muma)	9.67
Indiana University (Kelley)	9.64
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	9.63
University of Texas at Dallas	9.6
Jack Welch Management Institute	9.57
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	9.57
Creighton University (Heider)	9.56
William & Mary (Mason)	9.5
Villanova University	9.47
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	9.45
Baylor University (Hankamer)	9.43
University of Florida (Warrington)	9.43
Kennesaw State University	9.42
Bowling Green	9.41
SUNY Oswego	9.4
University of Michigan (Ross)	9.37
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.36
Ohio University	9.34
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	9.33
Rice University (Jones)	9.33
University of California, Davis	9.31
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	9.31
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.29
University of Utah (Eccles)	9.29
University of Iowa (Tippie)	9.27
University of Delaware (Lerner)	9.25
Syracuse University (Whitman)	9.22
Washington State University	9.19
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	9.17
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	9.13
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	9.13
University of Michigan-Dearborn	9
University of Southern California (Marshall)	8.96
Florida International University	8.93
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	8.93
University of North Texas	8.89
Drexel University (LeBow)	8.88
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.69
American University (Kogod)	8.6
San Jose State University (Lucas)	8.56
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	8.41
Clemson University	8.4
University of Maryland (Smith)	7.02