Online MBA from UMASS (Amherst vs Lowell) or online MS in Management from Boston University?

Question

I have three different options to study an MBA. Could you tell me which one is the best option in terms of prestige and salary increase?

1- Online MBA form University of Massachusetts at Lowell

2- Online MBA form University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)

3- Online MS in Management from Boston University

Answer 1

If you are completeing these degrees fully online I would go with the cheapest option.

Umass amherst is the more prestigeious MBA however, it is a part time MBA and the networking factors will not be there for your disposal as a full time brick and mortar MBA.

If you are trying to build the MBA credential on your resume I would go with Umass Lowell for three reasons.

Much lower Price

Umass Lowell offers concentrations such as accounting, finance and information technology as to where Amherst is simply a general MBA.

Any MBA from the same University system such as Massachusets will have the same resume affect. Very Very few employers will make a distinction as to which campus you chose to complete your MBA at.  The only time attending "the flag ship campus" makes a difference is when you are trying to enter full time collegiate academics or if you are applying to a top PHD program.


I would not do the Boston U MS Managment, way over priced and doesn't carry the weight of an MBA.