Schools 4 Online

1. IE Business School

Location: Madrid, Spain

Program:
Global MBA
Rankings: #4 by Forbes, #8 by Financial Times, #9 by The Economist (#2 for Distance Learning).
Description: IE offers a 16-month Global MBA program for English and Spanish speakers. The program allows students to connect to the virtual classroom from anywhere in the world. In addition to virtual lectures and videoconferences, students are required to participate in two short residence sessions in Madrid. Each session lasts 5 days and take place during different years.
Networking Opportunities: Students from 48 countries with background and expertise in a diverse variety of fields including financial markets, banking, marketing, and technology.
Gained Skills: Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Information Systems, Intercultural Skills.
Tuition: € 36,100 (approx. $56,000 USD)
Website: http://www.gmba-eng.ie.edu/

2. Thunderbird School of Global Management
Location: Arizona, USA

Program:
Global MBA
Rankings: #1 in International Programs by U.S. News & World Report, # 1 in International Business by Financial Times, # 1 in International Business by The Wall Street Journal.
Description: Thunderbird offers a 19-month global MBA program where students participate through virtual classrooms and on-site seminars in the USA, China and Switzerland.
Networking Opportunities: Students have lived and worked in over 16 different countries with backgrounds in a wide variety of companies ranging from Coca Cola to Boeing to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Gained Skills: Cross-Cultural Communications, Global Political Economy, Global Finance, Global Operations, Global Marketing, Global Negotiations, Global Leadership, Global Strategy.
Tuition: $61,650 USD (includes on-site costs for international study trips except airfare)
Website: http://www.thunderbird.edu/

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The ranking of schools have always been a controversial issue because different schools or education institutes have different strengths and weaknesses, and the rankings of each different strength and weaknesses are usually impossible to be measured in mathematical terms.
It is important to find out business schools that are accredited and provides constructive modules which are able to improve students’ ability to adapt to dynamic business world.
The final Top 10 Online MBA Schools that appear on the list are as follows (not in order of ranking):
1. Grand Canyon University Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA), offering 26 different online MBA programs.
2. Columbian Southern University Accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), offering 13 different online business post-graduate degree programs.
3. University of Phoenix Accredited by the NCA, offering 22 business post-graduate e-learning programs.
4. Westwood College Nationally accredited as a post-secondary learning institute.
5. Capella University Accredited by the NCA, offering 37 online MBA courses which is one of the largest online MBA schools.
6. University of Cincinnati Accredited by the NCA. Classified by the Carnegie Commission as one of America’s Top 25 Public Research Universities.
7. Tiffin University Accredited by the NCA and Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
8. North Central University (NCU) Fully accredited.
9. University of London Audited and confirmed in 2005 by Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) – UK independent body for safeguarding the quality and standards of higher education.
10. U 21 Global (Singapore) Online MBA courses are backed by accredited education institutes (National University of Singapore, University of Queensland, University of Hong Kong, University of Glasgow, University of Nottingham, and other business schools).