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Auburn University Online MBA at the Harbert College of Business

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Program Information

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Total Program Cost In-State: $35,375

Total Program Cost Out-of-State: $35,375

Program Length: 2-6 years

Contact Information:

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334-844-4060

Julie Vaught
Admissions Advisor
425 West Magnolia Ave Suite 4000
Auburn University, Alabama 36849

Program Fast Stats

Application Deadlines: Fall Semester 2021: May 1, 2021 | Spring Semester 2022: September 1, 2021

Intake Dates: Fall: August, Spring: January

Est. Weekly Time Commitment: 12hrs

Total Enrollment: 622

Acceptance Rate: 59.51%

Average GMAT: 634

Average GPA: 3.3

Average GRE: 307

International: 5%

US Minority: 14%

Female: 31.9%

Male: 68.1%

Age Range: 20-47

Average Age: 33

About the Program

Jim Parrish, executive director of Full Time and Online Graduate Programs at Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, is quick to name the greatest appeal of the school’s highly ranked online program: value. Take the cost of tuition: $900 per credit hour at a minimum of 39 credits for $35,390. Now stack that up against some other schools in the U.S. News & World Report 2017 top 10: No. 1 Temple ($59,760), No. 2 Carnegie Mellon ($122,880), No. 3 Indiana Kelley ($66,300), No. 4 UNC Kenan-Flagler ($104,610). Looks like Parrish has a point.

“If a prospective student is calling me or interested in talking with one of our team members here, one of the things we lead with is our great value,” says Parrish. “There’s a very strong value-add for our Online MBA program. We’re very competitively priced, and if you look at our price point compared to the other top 10, top 12 schools, we really are a very strong value.”

READ MORE ABOUT THE HARBERT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS HERE 

But that’s not all. Auburn offers something that not every other school can: longevity. The school has been in the distance-learning game since 1989, when VHS tapes were the delivery vehicle, and at the forefront of technological changes ever since.

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“As a land-grant institution, the three pillars of Auburn University’s mission are research, instruction, and extension,” Parrish tells Poets&Quants. “If you go way back into our foundation, we’ve been taking education to the masses around our state and helping the individuals of our state with any kind of skill or trade or assistance they might need in terms of their livelihood. Fast-forward that to delivering education via…

Jim Parrish, executive director of Full Time and Online Graduate Programs at Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business, is quick to name the greatest appeal of the school’s highly ranked online program: value. Take the cost of tuition: $900 per credit hour at a minimum of 39 credits for $35,390. Now stack that up against some other schools in the U.S. News & World Report 2017 top 10: No. 1 Temple ($59,760), No. 2 Carnegie Mellon ($122,880), No. 3 Indiana Kelley ($66,300), No. 4 UNC Kenan-Flagler ($104,610). Looks like Parrish has a point.

“If a prospective student is calling me or interested in talking with one of our team members here, one of the things we lead with is our great value,” says Parrish. “There’s a very strong value-add for our Online MBA program. We’re very competitively priced, and if you look at our price point compared to the other top 10, top 12 schools, we really are a very strong value.”

READ MORE ABOUT THE HARBERT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS HERE 

But that’s not all. Auburn offers something that not every other school can: longevity. The school has been in the distance-learning game since 1989, when VHS tapes were the delivery vehicle, and at the forefront of technological changes ever since.

We Invite you to Connect with Auburn University’s Online MBA.

“As a land-grant institution, the three pillars of Auburn University’s mission are research, instruction, and extension,” Parrish tells Poets&Quants. “If you go way back into our foundation, we’ve been taking education to the masses around our state and helping the individuals of our state with any kind of skill or trade or assistance they might need in terms of their livelihood. Fast-forward that to delivering education via technology, we were doing that beginning in 1989 when we would film the classes, record VHS tapes, and then mail those out.

“As tech has evolved since the early 1990s, so has how we deliver the materials: We moved into the DVD space and we were kind of a hybrid between DVD and streaming in the mid-2000s, and then beginning in 2010 we were exclusively streaming online.”

GMAT WAIVERS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UNDER CERTAIN CRITERIA

Auburn Online MBA program currently has about 500 students, taking in about 100 new students each spring and fall. (For comparison’s sake, the school’s full-time on-campus program has about 80 students.) The program has a 48% acceptance rate, an average GMAT score of 605, and an average GRE of 309. Realities of the pandemic meant reassessing the GMAT/GRE requirement in 2020. For the Fall 2021 admissions cycle, the Auburn Online MBA program will waive the GMAT/GRE test score for applicants meeting certain criteria.

Students come from all over the U.S. — 35 states in all — but few from outside the country, Parrish says, as international students might find the program’s on-campus requirements onerous. Most students, about 70%, come from within 100 miles of the school’s eastern Alabama campus.

The program offers dual-degree options in MSBA-Finance, Management Information Systems, and Industrial and Systems Engineering. Graduate certificates are available in Supply Chain Innovation, Cybersecurity Management, Business Analytics, and Management Information Systems. Additionally, students may choose from three areas of concentrated study: Finance, Information Systems, and Quantitative Analysis/Statistics.

The program curriculum is composed of 13 classes — nine core business courses and four electives; currently, 27 electives are offered. The online program mirrors the on-campus program, Parrish says. On-campus are filmed during the day and available for viewing that afternoon. “However, students can watch the class live — we’re not synchronous but it could be utilized if you have the time,” Parrish says. “Some students in the past would listen to the audio feed during the day while at work, and then they would watch the class later that evening as a way to better absorb the information.”

Auburn Online MBA students take an average of two classes per semester — “a good, manageable load,” Parrish says. Superstars finish the program in 18 months. Others are given a maximum of six years.

REPUTATION-VALUE COMBO ‘NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MATCH’

Luke Brietzke started the Auburn Online MBA program in January 2017 and is in line to finish in two years, in December 2018. A self-employed district manager with Farmers Insurance who oversaw sales and service results while running district operations, he was early in his studies when he realized it might be time for a new direction. “One class I was taking at the time, Information Technology for Competitive Advantage, opened my eyes to new ideas,” Brietzke tells Poets&Quants. “Inspired by the class, I broadened my search and ultimately found a position with an industry-leading company called Origami Risk, which has been named one of the Top 25 Best Companies to Work For in Atlanta and Chicago (our two primary hubs) in each of the past two years. So even before I complete my studies at Auburn, the program has meant a great deal to me.”

A resident of Mobile, Alabama who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, Brietzke participates in the Auburn Online MBA almost exclusively remotely, with occasional visits to campus. He has nothing but praise for the experience so far.

“When asked by people considering the Auburn program, I compare the structure to being in the back of the class with laryngitis — you hear the lecture and the questions from the in-class students, but you can’t ask questions in class,” Brietzke says. “The other key for Auburn is the staff’s accessibility. Every class I have taken has featured professors who were incredibly easy to reach via email and/or phone call. Whenever I have a question that doesn’t get answered in class, the professors have been great at taking the time to answer and will often begin their next lecture with the topic because they assume others have the same questions.

“More to the point, the combination of Auburn’s reputation and value is nearly impossible to match.”

MISSION ‘EXTENDS OUTSIDE OF OUR STATE’

Harbert College of Business delivers online BA content through the learning management system known as Canvas. Harbert partners with Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering for IT and tech support for the Online MBA. “We pay them for their services and they do all the recording and we deliver the education. So we keep it all in-house,” Parrish says. “It helps maintain quality to keep it in-house.”

High-quality, highly ranked, low-cost education: that’s why Auburn is a great choice, Parrish says.

“But for us, where we are in our price point, we could easily double our price and still be in the average of our competitors in the rankings. We won’t do that, even though smart business says we could because our mission and our goal in being a land-grant school still holds true. Our mission is to be an institution that is going to serve the needs of all, and that even extends outside of our state.”

From the School

At Auburn’s Harbert College of Business, Online MBA students feel more connected to faculty and fellow students than ever before. For more than 30 years, the Auburn Online MBA program has been at the forefront of distance learning. We’ve come a long way since 1989 when we started recording live lectures on VHS tapes and mailing them to business professionals unable to put their careers on hold to earn an MBA. Today, technology provides our Online MBA students a virtual seat in the classroom as they view streaming live lectures. Classrooms in our new Horton Hardgrave Hall are equipped with audiovisual technology so students can engage in lectures from any location. What if your work and family obligations don’t align with your class schedules? You can view recorded lectures at a time more convenient to your schedule. This level of flexibility is one of the reasons business professionals and active military choose the Auburn Online MBA.

The Auburn Online MBA provides an outstanding return on investment. Our top-ranked program—No. 8 on Poets & Quants’ “2021 Best Online MBA” ranking—is offered at a highly competitive price point, providing you outstanding value. You will have peace of mind knowing that your investment in time and tuition earn you a highly respected degree that will help accelerate your career.

Our program also offers online students the ability to combine an MBA with a specialized master’s degree. With just a few additional course hours, you can graduate with two master’s degrees, making you highly competitive in any job market. Consider adding a Master of Science in Finance, Information Systems, Industrial Systems Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.  The MS in Supply Chain Management is a new…

At Auburn’s Harbert College of Business, Online MBA students feel more connected to faculty and fellow students than ever before. For more than 30 years, the Auburn Online MBA program has been at the forefront of distance learning. We’ve come a long way since 1989 when we started recording live lectures on VHS tapes and mailing them to business professionals unable to put their careers on hold to earn an MBA. Today, technology provides our Online MBA students a virtual seat in the classroom as they view streaming live lectures. Classrooms in our new Horton Hardgrave Hall are equipped with audiovisual technology so students can engage in lectures from any location. What if your work and family obligations don’t align with your class schedules? You can view recorded lectures at a time more convenient to your schedule. This level of flexibility is one of the reasons business professionals and active military choose the Auburn Online MBA.

The Auburn Online MBA provides an outstanding return on investment. Our top-ranked program—No. 8 on Poets & Quants’ “2021 Best Online MBA” ranking—is offered at a highly competitive price point, providing you outstanding value. You will have peace of mind knowing that your investment in time and tuition earn you a highly respected degree that will help accelerate your career.

Our program also offers online students the ability to combine an MBA with a specialized master’s degree. With just a few additional course hours, you can graduate with two master’s degrees, making you highly competitive in any job market. Consider adding a Master of Science in Finance, Information Systems, Industrial Systems Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.  The MS in Supply Chain Management is a new program offered for the first time in the 2021 Fall Semester and is gaining traction quickly.

Click here to view our website to learn more about the Auburn Online MBA and take the first step to join the Auburn Family.

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