Confused; Would love to get feedback

I'm actively looking into an EMBA or OMBA.

With 10+ years of experience, most schools will waive all test requirements.

Know that, at some schools, what limited funds they've got for EMBA / OMBA students are directed towards those with high GMAT / GRE (think 700+).

If you're coming into business school with only a little business experience (i.e., maybe you've been a high school administrator?), pick a program that's more about the technical aspects of accounting / finance / operations (like Wharton) than those Rhoads leadership development (like Ross).

Besides, you should be able to get a better brand name going the EMBA / OMBA route.

PS - If $ is big issue Indiana (Kelley) has a very affordable path to an OMBA (potentially pairing it with a MS in a specific discipline (days analytics, finance, strategy, marketing, etc.) at the same time.

PPS - There are some very targeted MS degrees that might be a better bang for the buck in your career. What have you been doing? What do you want to do (where / what / why)?

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why on earth do you need an mba if you're 40+

Anal, this is a free form, you can pass any judgement or comment without sharing your identity. An MBA is helpful at all ages, I encourage taking business courses at all ages.

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Hi. I missed this message. It seems an EMBA would be more fitting for you.

I would not take such a loan for BU. Sorry. You should have a much better shot at other top EMBA programs with about an equal cost profile but quite a bit more benefits.

Hope it is not something you did not want to hear. Obviously everyone has reasons to do an MBA but you are worth more! ?




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... also ... Fuqua has an interesting 19 month long degree program in MS Quantitative Management that includes quite a bit of traditional MBA-sorts of classwork ... and ... some gearing towards a career in data analytics. With your PhD background, that may be a way to get into a more conventional business environment ... then ... if you need / want to ... and career opportunities can present themselves, you can get either very targeted certificate programs at uber-top-end programs (Harvard, MIT, Booth, etc.) or a PT MBA if you still think you need it.

PS -- NYU also has a MS program (I believe it's also called MS QM, like the one at Duke), but it is very (!!) different than the one at Duke (it's more geared towards young professionals with very limited business background ... so, there may be some applicability for you, depending on how much business background you've had in your recent roles).

PPS -- IMO, Carnegie Mellon has the gold standard MS Business Analytics program if you want to get into hard-core data modelling, coding, etc. to be the one who's actually doing the work wading through gigantic mounds of data, to try to figure out how to extract actionable information from the chaos.

... and ... all of these MS programs are far less expensive than an EMBA ... food for thought ... but, I like all of these options better than the two options you've listed above.