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Providing a 鈥済ood balance between reputation and affordability鈥 to business grads in and around the northeast corner of Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts鈥 Robert Manning School of Business offers an MBA 鈥渢ailored to meet the busy working person鈥檚 schedules.鈥 With 鈥渆vening classes,鈥 a 鈥減ractical approach to tests and assignments,鈥 and, most conveniently of all, an 鈥渆xcellent online program鈥 that 鈥渁llows you to blend online with on-campus courses鈥 (or even take all classes online, if you prefer), a Lowell MBA offers enough 鈥渇reedom and flexibility鈥 to suit its student body, which largely consists of professionals.
The curriculum also includes seven core courses in accounting, finance, analysis of customers and markets, MIS, operations, managing organization design and change, and strategy. Students have the option to pursue nine MBA concentrations or a general MBA.
UML professors 鈥渁re excellent and helpful,鈥 鈥渘ot pretentious,鈥 and 鈥渄emanding, which helps students do a better job.鈥 The school works hard on the service end; professors and administrators 鈥渁re hands on, always follow up, and contact you regarding any questions.鈥 That said, UML is a state school, so naturally 鈥渟ometimes there is non-applicable red tape, like when I was asked for proof of immunizations even though I take all my classes online.鈥 All in all, students appreciate what they have here, reporting that 鈥渁dministrators do the best they can on limited staff and resources.鈥 "You have to remember that you are paying less than a third of what you would have paid at any private college [and] you still get a highly accomplished and dedicated faculty [that] works hard to embed the right kind of morals and values into your brain. The course textbooks, HBR case studies, and other miscellaneous materials are mostly the same as the ones used by the Ivy Leagues. The discussions are intense, and many ideas are innovative. I really don鈥檛 think therefore that there is anything lacking academically.鈥
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