The Economist Rates Online Business Schools

The Economist recently released a report that ranks the top 10 online business schools (off-site link). British schools make up the majority of the list. But the number one slot did go to an American institution. Here's a blurb from the report:

"The University of Florida's Warrington School of Business tops the Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking of distance-learning MBA programmes. Florida's students are especially impressed with the quality of the school's distance-learning materials, the programme's value for money and their sense of connection to the school. Spain's IE Business School ranks second, with Britain's Warwick University third...

The idea that distance-learning programmes are in some way the “poor relation” of the MBA, particularly compared with full-time programmes, is no longer tenable. Most distance-learning degrees are seen as entirely legitimate, having achieved the same rigorous academic standards as traditional methods of instruction. Because the corporate world has largely embraced these programmes for its own employees, bosses also accept them as an important qualification for new recruits."

As more employers embrace the online MBA, higher quality schools begin implementing online programs of their own.

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