Hardvard online MBA degree? how good is it?

Question

Ok mso I'm trying to apply for really good MBA schools...I have a high GPA (3.8) from Penn state and a 765 on my MBA test....1 year of experience. I started looking at online MBA and i saw hardvard has one how cretited is that?
does it say ONLINE DEGREE or it just say Harvard degree of Finance?
pretty much I can't go to Massachusetts too far and I have a decent salary (46k anually)

so does anyone know how good is the online degree of hardvard?

Answer 1

Last time I checked, the Harvard Business School doesn't offer their MBA online. They do offer many of the classes but not the degree in entirety.

How good is it? Only about one of the best in the world. Can you get in with a 765 on your "MBA test" - probably not if you mean the GMAT. Might help to spell the name of the university correctly too.

The diploma (if it were from Harvard online) would most likely be from Harvard Extension School of Harvard University http://www.extension.harvard.edu/DistanceEd/

Note: Harvard's business school application tells us that a 755 GMAT is their min. requirement into the MBA - a 765 is likely not in the 10% of applicants that they take but I agree, with a 3.8 from Penn it will look better than my own application.

Answer 2

I can assure you that Harvard does not have an online MBA program. Perhaps you are confused because they have an online application for their program. Or perhaps you are confusing some of their online Executive Education services for an MBA program.

At any rate, top programs will like your 3.8 GPA from Penn State and if that 765 is from the GMAT, they will like that, too (Coach T is very wrong about that). However, top programs want their applicants to have between three and five years of work experience.

Getting an online MBA from anywhere won't help you much in terms of gettng a better job or a better salary. But if you do to a full time program ranked in the top ten -- you can expect a six figure salary when you get out. In two years, it will make up for your lost salary of $46K.