{"id":222854,"date":"2024-12-18T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=222854"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:04:27","slug":"uconn-online-mba-program-debuts-highly-in-new-national-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/12\/uconn-online-mba-program-debuts-highly-in-new-national-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Online MBA Program Debuts Highly in New National Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UConn Online MBA program<\/a> debuted at No. 33 among the best online programs in the nation, considered an honor for a program that recently entered the academic arena.<\/p>\n

Poets & Quants<\/a><\/em>, a news and ranking organization focused on graduate business education, announced the results this week. The UConn program also ranked No. 27 for career outcomes and No. 26 for academic experience.<\/p>\n

Mia Hawlk,<\/strong> executive director of MBA programs, said the accolades reflect the careful work that went into creating the online program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we developed the OMBA program we did so with quality of student experience and academic rigor as the guiding principles,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cWe knew that if we developed a program that maintained our already high in-person UConn MBA standards it would attract a talented pool of OMBA applicants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough a large number of our students are from Connecticut, we have seen growth in our OMBA geographically and we look forward to continuing to grow our reputation nationally,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cI remain incredibly proud of the work we have done to maintain high standards while also being accessible to such a broad audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 42-credit OMBA program currently has 226 students. This year, the program matriculated over 100 students, a 14 percent increase over last fall. The School also has another 501 students participate in the Flex MBA program, taking a mix of courses online and in person.<\/p>\n

Poets & Quants<\/em> based its rankings on salary increase and promotion during and shortly after graduation; career advising and support to students; alumni achieving their primary career goals; and opportunities for networking and professional satisfaction. Data was collected directly from alumni.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UConn Online MBA is designed to deliver immediate career impact,\u2019\u2019 said professor Redona Methasani<\/strong>, academic co-director of MBA programs. \u201cOur courses emphasize practical, applied learning, empowering students to leverage their degrees for promotions and salary growth, often while still enrolled in the program.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

She also attributed the program\u2019s success to personalized support from the Office of Graduate Career & Professional Development and access to industry-specific career coaches, which allows students to achieve real-world results.<\/p>\n

The UConn OMBA program launched in Fall of 2021. It offers students the ability to complete their degree quickly or at a more leisurely pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poets & Quants<\/em> based its rankings on salary increase and promotion during and shortly after graduation; career advising and support to students; alumni achieving their primary career goals; and opportunities for networking and professional satisfaction. Data was collected directly from alumni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":222855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1862],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2160,2105],"class_list":["post-222854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-busn"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 06:18:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222857,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222854\/revisions\/222857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/222855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222854"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=222854"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=222854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}