How Online MBA 2025 Graduates Rated Their Program’s Learning Experience

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FORMAT SATISFACTION

This section includes responses to three survey questions focusing on program format: Level of satisfaction with the program’s synchronous (or live) sessions, satisfaction with the asynchronous content, and satisfaction with the program’s flexibility.

Many online MBA programs have a blend of synchronous classes (live online) with asynchronous recorded videos which students can watch on their own time. The two tables below show how alumni at each school rated their satisfaction with both aspects of their program.

Rate your level of satisfaction with the synchronous (live) sessions.
Question Rank
School
Satisfaction
1 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 10.0
1 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 10.0
3 University of Denver (Daniels) 9.9
4 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.8
4 Lehigh University 9.8
4 Rogers State University 9.8
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.8
8 Bryant University 9.7
8 Wake Forest University 9.7
10 American University (Kogod) 9.6
10 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.6
10 MIssissippi State University 9.6
10 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.6
10 University of Washington (Foster) 9.6
15 University of Connecticut 9.5
15 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 9.5
17 Ohio University 9.4
17 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.4
17 University of Michigan-Dearborn 9.4
17 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.4
17 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.4
22 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.3
22 University of Houston (Bauer) 9.3
22 VIllanova University 9.3
25 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 9.2
25 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9.2
25 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.2
28 Clemson University 9.1
28 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.1
28 Rice University (Jones) 9.1
28 Temple University (Fox) 9.1
28 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 9.1
28 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.1
28 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.1
35 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.0
35 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.0
35 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.0
35 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.0
39 Fairfield University (Dolan) 8.9
39 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.9
39 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 8.9
42 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.7
42 Florida International University 8.7
42 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 8.7
42 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 8.7
46 Longwood University 8.6
46 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.6
48 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.5
48 Seattle University (Albers) 8.5
48 University of California-Davis 8.5
48 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.5
48 William & Mary (Mason) 8.5
53 SUNY Oswego 8.4
54 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 8.3
54 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 8.3
56 Creighton University (Heider) 8.2
56 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.2
56 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 8.2
59 George Mason University (Costello) 8.0
59 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.0
61 University of North Texas (Ryan) 7.6

 

Rate your satisfaction with the asynchronous content.
Question Rank
School
Satisfaction
1 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 10.0
1 Wake Forest University 10.0
3 Hofstra University (Zarb) 9.9
3 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 9.9
5 Rogers State University 9.8
5 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.8
7 Bryant University 9.7
7 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.7
7 Lehigh University 9.7
7 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.7
11 University of Washington (Foster) 9.6
12 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 9.5
12 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.5
12 University of Connecticut 9.5
12 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.5
12 University of Michigan-Dearborn 9.5
12 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9.5
18 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.4
18 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 9.4
18 University of Delaware (Lerner) 9.4
18 University of Denver (Daniels) 9.4
18 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.4
23 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.3
23 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 9.3
23 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 9.3
26 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.2
26 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.2
26 Drexel University (LeBow) 9.2
26 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.2
26 Ohio University 9.2
26 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.2
32 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.1
33 American University (Kogod) 9.0
33 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 9.0
33 Longwood University 9.0
33 SUNY Oswego 9.0
33 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 9.0
38 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.9
38 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 8.9
38 VIllanova University 8.9
41 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 8.8
41 Seattle University (Albers) 8.8
41 Temple University (Fox) 8.8
41 University of Maryland (Smith) 8.8
41 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 8.8
41 William & Mary (Mason) 8.8
47 Florida International University 8.7
47 MIssissippi State University 8.7
49 Clemson University 8.6
49 Creighton University (Heider) 8.6
49 Syracuse University (Whitman) 8.6
52 George Mason University (Costello) 8.4
52 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.4
52 Rice University (Jones) 8.4
55 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 8.3
55 University of North Texas (Ryan) 8.3
55 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 8.3
58 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 8.2
58 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 8.2
60 University of California-Davis 7.9
61 University of Houston (Bauer) 7.3

 

FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility in an online MBA program is fairly expected. But some schools are better at doing it than others, according to their recent grads.

This year, alumni at six schools rated their satisfaction with the programs’ flexibility as perfect 10s.

Rate your satisfaction with the program’s flexibility.
Question Rank
School
Satisfaction
1 Bryant University 10.00
1 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 10.00
1 Hofstra University (Zarb) 10.00
1 University of Houston (Bauer) 10.00
1 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 10.00
1 Wake Forest University 10.00
7 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.90
7 University of Delaware (Lerner) 9.90
7 University of Denver (Daniels) 9.90
7 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9.90
7 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.90
12 American University (Kogod) 9.80
12 University of Florida (Warrington) 9.80
12 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.80
15 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 9.70
15 Indiana University (Kelley) 9.70
15 Ohio University 9.70
15 Rogers State University 9.70
15 University of Connecticut 9.70
15 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 9.70
15 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 9.70
15 University of Washington (Foster) 9.70
23 Auburn University (Harbert) 9.60
23 Jack Welch Management Institute 9.60
23 MIssissippi State University 9.60
23 VIllanova University 9.60
27 Lehigh University 9.50
27 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 9.50
27 University of Iowa (Tippie) 9.50
27 University of Michigan-Dearborn 9.50
31 Baylor University (Hankamer) 9.40
31 Drexel University (LeBow) 9.40
31 Longwood University 9.40
31 University of Maryland (Smith) 9.40
31 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.40
31 University of Utah (Eccles) 9.40
37 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.30
37 Clemson University 9.30
37 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 9.30
40 Florida International University 9.20
40 Seattle University (Albers) 9.20
40 Syracuse University (Whitman) 9.20
40 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 9.20
44 Creighton University (Heider) 9.10
44 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 9.10
46 North Carolina State University (Poole) 9.00
46 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 9.00
46 University of North Texas (Ryan) 9.00
46 University of South Florida (Muma) 9.00
50 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 8.90
50 Rice University (Jones) 8.90
50 University of California-Davis 8.90
50 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 8.90
50 William & Mary (Mason) 8.90
55 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.80
55 SUNY Oswego 8.80
55 Temple University (Fox) 8.80
55 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 8.80
59 George Mason University (Costello) 8.70
59 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 8.70
61 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 7.60

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