The Best Online M.B.A. Programs

Arizona State University: M.B.A. Online Program

• Offering the best online M.B.A. in the United States, according to "Bloomberg Businessweek," Arizona State University's Carey School of Business provides its entire curriculum online, which gives professionals and graduate students the opportunity to earn their M.B.A., even if they are thousands of miles away. The program is designed to be completed in two years, and the school boasts that 95 percent of its students graduate on time. To help specialize their degree, the school gives candidates the ability to study specific areas such as project management, management of technology and innovation, and global economics for managers.

  Arizona State University
  Carey School of Business
  300 E. Lemon Street
  Tempe, AZ 85287
  480-965- 3332
  asu.edu

Aberdeen Business School: Online M.B.A. Degree

• The Aberdeen Business School in Aberdeen, Scotland, offers the top-ranked online M.B.A. program in the world, according to "Bloomberg Businessweek." Students enrolled in the program concentrate their M.B.A. studies in eight "core modules," such as marketing decisions, business economics, financial decision making and strategic management. This selective program requires students to have at least a bachelor's degree and three years of professional experience, although the programs boasts that the average experience of its enrolled students is 11 years. The school also requires students who speak English as a second language to show considerable aptitude in the language.

  Aberdeen Business School
  The Robert Gordon University
  Garthdee Road
  Aberdeen AB10 7QE
  United Kingdom
  01224 263800
  rgu.ac.uk

Athabasca University: Online Executive M.B.A.

• The online M.B.A. program offered by Athabasca University in Canada is tailored for executives. This program ranks third in the world, according to "Bloomberg Businessweek," and provides a two-year curriculum that starts with standard M.B.A. coursework in the first year followed by elective coursework in the second year. The program requires that one of the elective classes be take in-residence over the span of a week. The school estimates students enrolled in the program need at least 20 weeks of study to complete the coursework to satisfactory level.

  Athabasca University
  Centre for Innovative Management
  301 22 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
  St. Albert, Alberta
  T8N 1B4
  Canada
  780-459-1144
  athabascau.ca