Thunderbird University in Arizona offers an distance-learning MBA that can be finished in 19-28 months. I like the program because it is focused on International Business and can be done while working full time. Another plus is my current employer will cover up to $10,000/year in education costs if I continue to work full time. So working while studying and getting some tuition help is a very attractive offer. I think scholarships would be limited and meeting professors or doing research would be tough but it would be great to get work experience and study at the same time. The program includes a week (with accomodation paid) in Arizona at the start of the program and two one-week international trips in the middle of the program, so you do get some international exposure. Thunderbird claims that the course is 75% online and 25% in class. I would do the 28 month option while working at Fidelity but I have begun to move away from this option towards an in-class option for an international one-year program.
This week I have been seriously considering getting a Master degree from Hult International Business School. Hult is not a one-location only program. They have a campus for full-time students in San Francisco, Boston, London, Dubai, and Shanghai. You pick one as your main campus and then can pick up to two others to do a two-month stint at the end of the program. I am strongly leaning towards doing the first 8 months in Shanghai (either doing a Master in International Business, Master in Finance or an MBA, although I am leaning towards the former). I would get to live in Shanghai the one location they provide free rent (but no government provided loans or financial aid) and could still do elective classes and the Action Project (a real two-month project working on a team for a specific company). It might be rough for my wife, we would still have to pay to have all our furniture stored somewhere (maybe my parent's storage area??) and costs are an important consideration. I think it makes more sense to do it starting in September 2013 (or 14). We'd have time to prepare, save money and make sure it was the best option for us. Anyway, the other locations I think I'd like to spend time would be 2-months in London [elective classes?] and Boston, San Francisco or Dubai. That I would decide later, probably the US to graduate there, but I'm open to any of them. hult.edu is the link to their website |