I am planning to join Graduate School upon completing my Bachelor's Degree in Business.

I got accepted into two graduate programs:
1. Dual MBA/MS Business Analytics at University of Kansas.
2. Master of Supply Chain Management at University of Michigan.

Question: Which program would be better to pursue and why?

I would shot for MSc in SCM in Ross for reasons:

1- It is high quality program from high reputable university. It will prepare you for job market.
2- Doing an MBa in that very early stage will not add any benefit to you. You need to get seasoned in practical life and then comes MBA level around 28-30 years old. By that age, you will have built good business acumen that MBA will help you link them more. On money level, you won't sense the benefit of MBA in salary increase as you re in early stage in your career.

Congratulations on your admits!

Getting an MBA without work experience it’s not really helpful. Not always, but usually just looking at the business school, the person without work experience is the last one to find a job. It’s like being the last guy to protect on the team. Not a great feeling. There are definitely exceptions in case you have connections or you like out but in general, looking across statistical chances, the value you will gain from your business school experience Will be a lot less if you don’t have any work experience under your belt. The bare minimum is usually two years and that’s the bare minimum and ideally you would have three or four. I would argue that 3 should be the new minimum since you are applying when you only have to years and the experience is counted at the point of matriculation.

Why is work experience important? It helps with learning and it helps with adding a perspective and value to the class. It also helps with recruiting for an internship or your final job. I don’t want to harp too much on it in case you know these details but let me know if you have any further questions. Don’t just take my word for it, you should challenge notions and ask questions if something does not make sense to you. You were still young and not jaded so I am courage you to challenge the traditional points of view!

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The question should be which one interests you more since we are comparing apples with oranges here. No doubt work exp helps

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