It鈥檚 easy to understand why many students clamor to earn an online MBA from University of Massachusetts. After all, the program is 鈥渃ost-effective, highly regarded鈥 and offers 鈥渢he right mix of academic rigor and flexibility for working professionals.鈥 And since UMass has been at the forefront of online education, 鈥渢hey have ironed out many of the issues that come with a purely online program.鈥 Indeed, 鈥減rofessors are very comfortable with the online format鈥 and students find that 鈥渢he interfaces are intuitive and never hinder learning.鈥 As one MBA candidate elaborates that the program "has outperformed even my best expectations," with the platform providing "multiple avenues to learn the content and engage with other students and faculty.鈥 A fellow classmate concurs adding, noting "how much effort everyone put[s] in to connect and have discussions with others.鈥 Of course, it also helps when your peers are 鈥減rofessional, motivated [and] hard-working.鈥 Additionally, UMass MBAs benefit by having classmates from 鈥渄iverse [professional backgrounds] who have significant work experience behind them allowing for interesting perspectives and engaging and informative discussions.鈥
Academically, UMass's online MBA provides 鈥済reat business analytics鈥 and "excellent" healthcare administration programs, and 鈥渞anks high for physician leaders,鈥 while also providing solid degrees in entrepreneurship, finance, and marketing. Professors 鈥渄o a great job of mapping out and organizing coursework so that you know what to expect, and everything runs on a predictable schedule.鈥 If anything, students find their teachers to be more available, with multiple respondents pointing to how fast they are to "engage students on the discussion board," and praising how "professors are able to comment on real-life experience instead of just being taken straight from the book." When it comes to providing feedback, professors "go above and beyond" as they are "extremely friendly and genuinely want everyone to succeed." To that end, professors are 鈥渦sually understanding that most of us work long hours and give enough time to work on projects and study for exams.鈥
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