Aston University: Triple Accreditation MBA & More!

[bjcheung77]

Aston University in the UK has four (4) fully online graduate programs available for a pretty affordable price point;  It's interesting that they created sites for Canada, Germany, Middle East, US, and the UK of course.  I guess that these are countries with the most international students studying there... or that's the target markets for the institution.
Link: https://studyonline.aston.ac.uk/programmes and  Fees: https://studyonline.aston.ac.uk/fees-funding

1) MBA - Triple Accredited - 18,700 GBP
2) MS - Business Analytics - 11,050 GBP
3) MS - Business & Management - 9,500 GBP
4) Executive Doctor of Business Administration - 39,000 GBP

Accreditation & Rankings: https://studyonline.aston.ac.uk/accreditation
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_University
Triple Accreditation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Business_School
For a top 1% business program, it might be worth it if your company is paying partial tuition, for me, it's slightly out of my price range.

[Vle045]

If I did the exchange correctly, that is about $25,000 USD.

[nomaduser]

hmm I've never heard about this university in my whole life.

[bjcheung77]

Aston isn't really "famous" or "fancy", it's just that their business school is one of a select few that holds Triple Accreditation. Most of the "Triple Accredited" MBA programs aren't really from the "famous" or "fancy/really expensive" schools. An example or two from Canada - HEC Montreal, Univ of Ottawa, I rarely hear anything about these and in the US: Hult International Business School.

More over Aston from the UK reminds me of Deakin, except Deakin is in Australia and only has AACSB and EQUIS, they are similarly ranked globally - with Aston ranking slightly higher than Deakin. Their partnership programs with MOOCs and other degree offerings are inexpensive, compared to several similar programs from other universities. See links below for details...

It's weird how Wiki ranking and the official rankings are different, change the year around.
QS TopU: https://www.topuniversities.com/universi...lobal/2021
Aston University Wiki/Rankings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_University
Deakin University Wiki/Rank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deakin_University

Wiki Triple A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_accreditation
FindMBA Triple A: https://find-mba.com/accreditations/trip...ss-schools
MBA Today Triple A: https://www.mba.today/guide/triple-accre...ss-schools
U2B Triple A: https://u2b.com/2020/05/19/mba-accredita...s-schools/

I wonder who would want a Top 1% MBA and who would settle for a similarly priced or cheaper AACSB/EQUIS MBA program.

[OtterDen]

The ranking of Aston is pretty good.
22nd in UK by the Guardian University Ranking 2023.
Link here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng...e-rankings.

Meanwhile, York University is 21st on the list. They also provide 100% online Postgraduate degree.
1. Master of Science in Computer Science with Data Analytics
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid368494
Cost/Price = £8,640 ($10600 USD)
2. MBA
https://online.york.ac.uk/study-online/m...ation-mba/
Cost/Price = £12,960 ($16000 USD)

This may also be considered as MBA from York is 50% cheaper than Aston, while having similar ranking.

[SophiaPrincess]

Triple accreditation is desirable but most American universities don't pursue it. Within the USA, only the University of Miami and Hult are triple accredited and Hult has strong ties to the UK.

The University of London has an online Global MBA program for slightly less than Aston. It is an intriguing option. LOND houses two of the top colleges of business in the world, LBS and LSE. The Global MBA is taught through their respectable, but less prestigious, Queens College. LOND has one of the largest alumni networks in the world. I am uncertain how useful it is.

I wonder if any of these highly respected online UK MBA programs offer the Top Up option for an ENEB MBA?