Comparison b/w Boston & Toronto B-schools?

Question

I am on H1 visa in the US and recently converted from F1 student visa to H1. While doing this I exhausted a one-time only temp. student work permit. Now thinking of applying for full-time MBA (Finance + Intl Biz). Options:
North Eastern Univ.
Boston Univ.
Babson College
Suffolk Univ.
UMASS, Amherst
UMASS, Lowell
Univ of Toronto, Canada
York Univ, Canada

I can save more fees in Canada as I have Canadian permanent residence. Whereas in US, I will have to turn back to be an intl student but I won't get 1yr student work permit (I used it right after a recent MS in Computer Science).

Should I move to Canada:
(a) Can study full-time with lesser fees.
(b) Can work anywhere while studying as I have PR.
(c) Have no time limit to hunt for a job after MBA.
OR stay in US:
(a) Where there are more opportunities.
(b) Better schools but higher fees.
(c) But no temp. work authoization after MBA which I can use to get back on H1. Will have to keep taking courses till I get H1.

Answer 1

The University of Toronto is better than any of the Boston area schools on your list. The best Canadian B-Schools are University of Western Ontario, Toronto and UBC. I know York is a great school -- but don't know about their B-School. I suspect that it is better than the schools on your list other than BU and Babson.

If you want a full time program in the US -- you will find that hte degree is not worth the tuition unless you go to a ranked program. BU and Babson are the only US programs on your list that are ranked. Northeastern is on the edge -- close to being ranked. The other MA schools on your list won't give you enough of a bump in pay to cover the cost of tuition. They might be good places to get a part time MBA -- if your company is paying for it.