Best Buys in Online MBA Degree Programs, Regionally Accredited: GetEducated.com Announces 2010 Online Graduate Degree Rankings
(PRWEB) May 5, 2010 -- GetEducated.com (http://www.geteducated.com), an online education research group that publishes online university reviews and rankings, has released its 2010 business school rankings of the "Top 51 Best Values in Online MBAs – Regionally Accredited (http://www.geteducated.com/online-college-ratings-and-rankings/best-buy-lists/best-buy-mba-regional).
The online university cost rankings are based on a comprehensive survey of 90 regionally accredited business schools that offer 250 different online MBA degree programs.
Wayne State College (Nebraska) ranked #1 in affordability for distance learning students for its online MBA at a remarkably low cost of only $6,750 for online students nationwide.
By comparison, the average cost for an online master’s in business (regionally accredited category) is $22,924. GetEducated.com’s Top 10 Ranked Online MBAs all cost under $14,000.
The most expensive regionally accredited distance MBA, a specialty MBA in pharmaceutical and healthcare business from the University of the Sciences Philadelphia, costs about $68,400. The University of Phoenix, America’s largest enroller of online MBAs students, did not make the Best Buy rankings. The Phoenix online MBA program charges just over $31,000.
Top 10 Ranked Best Buys – Online MBA Degree Programs
1. Wayne State College (NE)
2. Chadron State University (NE)
2. (tie) Amberton University (TX)
3. West Texas A & M University (TX)
4. Tarleton State University (TX)
5. American Public University (WV)
6. University of North Alabama (AL)
7. Columbia College of Missouri (MO)
8. Western Governor’s University (UT)
9. California State University-Dominguez Hills (CA)
“GetEducated’s top ten best values in online MBAs offer online students a chance at a quality distance MBA degree for less than one-half the cost of the national average. That’s an amazing value in these recessionary times,” says Vicky Phillips, GetEducated.com’s founder, who has been comparing online degrees for cost and quality since 1989.
Comparative data on 406 online MBAs across three accreditation classes – regional, AACSB, and national -- is available in GetEducated.com’s Free Guide to Online MBAs (http://www.geteducated.com/career-center/home/free-online-mba-guide-and-expert-advice). The guide is part of the distance learning group’s mission to educate the public about affordable, high-quality online education programs.
About: Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com reviews, ranks, and rates online university and college degree programs along the dimensions of cost, quality and credibility.
Contact: Melissa Eubank, Information Services, GetEducated.com, LLC, Essex Junction, VT. 05452. 802-899-4866. Website: http://www.geteducated.com
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