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

MEETING PRIMARY CAREER GOALS

Career impact, of course, goes beyond a promotion or a raise. An MBA can also result in increased self-confidence on the job, greater respect and admiration from colleagues, or a change that leads to a more fulfilling job. That’s why we also ask graduates of online MBA programs if they achieved their primary goal of getting the degree without being overly specific.

On a 10-point scale, University of Washington Foster School of Business (ranked No. 2 overall) reported the highest rating for achieving their primary career-related reason for obtaining an online MBA degree with 9.85. University of Denver Daniels College of Business (No. 30) scored 9.77.

To what extent did you achieve your PRIMARY reason for obtaining an online MBA degree?
School	Rating
University of Washington (Foster)	9.85
University of Denver (Daniels)	9.77
University of Michigan (Ross)	9.51
University of Texas at Dallas	9.5
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.43
Baylor University (Hankamer)	9.43
University of Nebraska	9.43
University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.33
William & Mary (Mason)	9.32
University of Iowa (Tippie)	9.31
Jack Welch Management Institute	9.23
Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.22
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	9.19
Bryant University	9.17
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	9.17
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	9.17
Bowling Green	9.14
Clemson University	9.14
Indiana University (Kelley)	9.13
University of Michigan-Dearborn	9.1
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	9.06
Ohio University	9.06
University of California, Davis	9.06
Lehigh University	9
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.97
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	8.94
Rogers State University	8.9
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	8.88
Syracuse University (Whitman)	8.85
Florida International University	8.84
Rice University (Jones)	8.83
SUNY Oswego	8.8
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	8.8
University of Florida (Warrington)	8.79
Creighton University (Heider)	8.72
University of Utah (Eccles)	8.71
Washington State University	8.58
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	8.57
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	8.5
American University (Kogod)	8.4
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	8.36
University of South Florida (Muma)	8.25
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	8.19
Villanova University	8.12
San Jose State University (Lucas)	8.06
University of Delaware (Lerner)	8
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	7.86
Drexel University (LeBow)	7.76
Kennesaw State University	7.75
University of Maryland (Smith)	7.16
University of North Texas	7.15

SECONDARY CAREER GOALS

Similarly, we asked alumni whether they achieved their secondary career-related reason for pursuing an online MBA. Here, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (No. 41 overall) alumni rated their school the highest at 9.67 while University of Michigan (Ross) (No. 4) followed with 9.51.

To what extent did you achieve your SECONDARY reason for obtaining an online MBA?
School	Rating
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	9.67
University of Michigan (Ross)	9.51
University of Texas at Dallas	9.5
Auburn University (Harbert)	9.43
University of Utah (Eccles)	9.29
Clemson University	9.21
Baylor University (Hankamer)	9.2
Ohio University	9.14
University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.08
University of California, Davis	9.06
University of Washington (Foster)	9.03
North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	8.94
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	8.91
Hofstra University (Zarb)	8.89
Indiana University (Kelley)	8.87
University of Florida (Warrington)	8.85
William & Mary (Mason)	8.8
Bowling Green	8.78
Rice University (Jones)	8.75
Santa Clara University (Leavey)	8.75
University of Iowa (Tippie)	8.75
Jack Welch Management Institute	8.74
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.69
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.64
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	8.63
Florida International University	8.6
University of Michigan-Dearborn	8.6
Creighton University (Heider)	8.56
University of Denver (Daniels)	8.54
Bryant University	8.5
University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	8.47
Rogers State University	8.4
Lehigh University	8.36
Syracuse University (Whitman)	8.33
University of Nebraska	8.29
Villanova University	8.29
University of South Florida (Muma)	8.27
Louisiana State University (Ourso)	8.24
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	8.21
University of Delaware (Lerner)	8.13
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	8.07
Washington State University	8.06
SUNY Oswego	8
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	7.79
American University (Kogod)	7.75
San Jose State University (Lucas)	7.69
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	7.52
University of North Texas	7.37
Kennesaw State University	7.25
Drexel University (LeBow)	6.82
University of Maryland (Smith)	6.31