MBA from Hellenic American University (HAU)

[GoodYellowDogs]

I just wish it wasn't an MBA.

An MBA from an unknown university looks bad on your profile–because MBA's are meant for networking and are pretty much setup as a social clubs.

If I look at a person's LinkedIn and I see an MBA from 4th+ tier school–I immediately think about how that person made a bad decision in putting in the time and effort to go to an unranked MBA program. Plus,  the person likely does not have any valuable contacts. It's messed up, but the MBA is pretty much the most elitists, and classist academic qualification that a person can get in this society. In big cities where you got it–is more important than anything else when meeting people in corporate settings. 

If this degree was a Masters in Management–I would do it in a heartbeat. Because those degrees are viewed differently,  and can actually look good on your profile, even from unranked schools. 

[edit] Has anyone asked them if this grant is available for that Sales Management Masters degree they offer?

Only sometimes.   My industry doesn't care where you got your MBA.  it's not about contacts for us.

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Your argument has some merit in context of someone with min. work experience in their field, late 20's-early 30's looking to use a MBA to advance.

For someone with experience, advancing within their company or gov type employment these work fine. I suggested this to a  friend later 30's with a decade plus at one of the largest insurance companies, he got a $1.50 an hour raise upon enrollment and will get an extra $2 when he graduates (along with points towards promotions). They will also reimburse him when finished. This $3,000 MBA will have given him a $3,000 raise a year for enrolling, $7,280 raise after grad, even if nothing else changes.

At 54 and a student on this myself, I promise you that very few people have more contacts in my industry than I do, and not doing this MBA to get contacts.

Yes. I would say it's more for people in their 20's and 30's, but your'e right. After you been in the workforce for awhile the alma mater doesn't matter.

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The MBA is the go-to management degree, and management is everywhere. Unlike accounting, there isn't a focus on a handful of companies. I would say that law is the most elitist industry outside of academia.

Accounting is extremely useful though and I would argue that the alma mater for accounting degrees hardly matters. Warren Buffer graduated from Nebraska which is a good school, but hardly a head turner. I think accounting is a bit like engineering where is considered to be a hard degree to get and therefore people consider a degree in that field to be meaningful. But when it comes to the MBA is no secret that even people that go to IVY's spend all their time drinking and socializing in those programs, and there's hardly any homework. If you want to learn you'll be better off launching Coursera and starting a small business. MBA's are for networking and social drinking, which ties back to the brand... since it matters who're your drinking with.

Simply not true.