How Online MBA 2025 Graduates Rated The Degree’s Career Impact

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CAREER SERVICES

Poets&Quants asked two questions asking alumni to rate their satisfaction with their program’s career coaches and services. Career services are typically central to residential MBA programs and are becoming increasingly important for quality online programs as well.

Alumni from 10 programs rated their satisfaction with career coaches and mentors a 10 out of 10. Another 17 rated their satisfaction as a 9 or higher.

If you did work with a career coach and/or mentor as part of the online MBA program, rate your satisfaction.
Question Rank
School
Coach Satisfaction
1 Baylor University (Hankamer) 10.0
1 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 10.0
1 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 10.0
1 MIssissippi State University 10.0
1 Rogers State University 10.0
1 SUNY Oswego 10.0
1 University of Connecticut 10.0
1 University of Michigan-Dearborn 10.0
1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10.0
1 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 10.0
11 American University (Kogod) 9.8
11 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.8
11 Wake Forest University 9.8
14 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 9.7
14 Lehigh University 9.7
14 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 9.7
17 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.5
18 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.4
19 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.3
19 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.3
19 University of Denver (Daniels) 9.3
19 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.3
23 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.2
23 Ohio University 9.2
23 University of Delaware (Lerner) 9.2
23 University of Washington (Foster) 9.2
27 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.0
28 Jack Welch Management Institute 8.9
28 University of Utah (Eccles) 8.9
30 VIllanova University 8.8
31 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.7
32 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 8.6
32 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 8.6
34 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.5
34 William & Mary (Mason) 8.5
36 Longwood University 8.4
37 George Mason University (Costello) 8.3
37 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 8.3
39 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 8.1
39 Syracuse University (Whitman) 8.1
39 University of Iowa (Tippie) 8.1
42 Clemson University 8.0
42 Temple University (Fox) 8.0
42 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 8.0
42 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 8.0
42 University of South Florida (Muma) 8.0
47 University of Maryland (Smith) 7.9
48 Seattle University (Albers) 7.7
49 Drexel University (LeBow) 7.5
49 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 7.5
49 San Jose State University (Lucas) 7.5
49 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 7.5
53 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 7.3
54 Florida International University 6.9
54 North Carolina State University (Poole) 6.9
54 Rice University (Jones) 6.9
57 Bryant University 6.7
58 Creighton University (Heider) 6.5
59 University of California-Davis 5.5
59 University of Houston (Bauer) 5.5
61 University of North Texas (Ryan) 3.7

 

CAREER SERVICES OFFICE 

Regarding satisfaction with their program’s career services overall, alumni from seven programs rated their schools as 10s. Thirteen other programs were rated as 9s or higher.

Rate your satisfaction with the career services office.
Question Rank
School
Satisfaction Career Services
1 Fairfield University (Dolan) 10.0
1 Rogers State University 10.0
1 SUNY Oswego 10.0
1 University of Connecticut 10.0
1 University of Delaware (Lerner) 10.0
1 University of Michigan-Dearborn 10.0
1 Wake Forest University 10.0
8 American University (Kogod) 9.8
8 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 9.8
10 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.7
10 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.7
12 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.5
12 University of Washington (Foster) 9.5
14 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.4
15 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 9.3
16 Ohio University 9.2
16 VIllanova University 9.2
18 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.1
18 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.1
20 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.0
21 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.9
22 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.8
23 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8.7
24 Auburn University (Harbert) 8.6
25 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 8.5
25 University of Houston (Bauer) 8.5
25 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 8.5
28 Jack Welch Management Institute 8.4
28 North Carolina State University (Poole) 8.4
28 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.4
28 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 8.4
28 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 8.4
33 Clemson University 8.3
33 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.3
33 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 8.3
33 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.3
37 MIssissippi State University 8.0
37 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 8.0
39 University of Iowa (Tippie) 7.6
40 University of Maryland (Smith) 7.4
41 Creighton University (Heider) 7.3
41 Drexel University (LeBow) 7.3
41 Lehigh University 7.3
44 Syracuse University (Whitman) 7.2
45 Longwood University 7.0
45 Temple University (Fox) 7.0
45 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 7.0
48 Seattle University (Albers) 6.9
49 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 6.6
49 Rice University (Jones) 6.6
51 Florida International University 6.2
52 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 6.1
53 Bryant University 6.0
54 University of South Florida (Muma) 5.8
55 William & Mary (Mason) 5.4
56 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 5.3
57 University of California-Davis 5.1
58 George Mason University (Costello) 5.0
59 University of North Texas (Ryan) 4.1
60 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 0.0
60 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 0.0