University of Massachusetts - UMassOnline - Professional MBA Program

UMass MBA student

By: mikewigginslaw (In Progress) on August 8, 2006

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I'm almost half way through the program.  Great professors for the most part.  To date, I've six professors.  I'd categorize one as good, two as very good, and three as excellent.  Irregardless of how I rank them in terms of effectiveness, they're all been very responsive and have, to a person, leaped at the chance to be helpful.  They respond to emails evenings and weekends as if it were during standard business hours.  I even got quick responses last Spring ('06) when Amherst was flowing with flood waters and many systems in that region were down.  I've been pleased with the rigor of most classes.  And I have a law degree, so I understand rigor.  

The MBA professional program is part of the Isenberg school, and their full-time MBA is currently ranked 56th in the nation by USN.  Both online and FT programs are AACSB-accredited, the gold standard in the U.S.  The price for an MBA runs in the mid-$20K range.  While not the least expensive option, it is far from the most expensive, and actually runs about the same as a number of the for-profit programs that are of paltry utility by comparison.  Given the reasonable price--for an MBA program, that is--and the steady climb in the rankings that the program has experienced, I'd consider it an excellent value.