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Monday, 11 May 2015

Avoid The MBA Budget Blues By Not Getting One

By Cornelius Nunev


Law school has turned out to be a game of decreasing returns on the tuition investment. New figures suggested that an MBA business degree has followed suit recently. It's only worth your cash if you get the degree from a top-tier business university.

MBAs no longer unique

According to the Wall Street Journal, the early 1990s saw the rise of many part-time and executive MBA programs at lower-ranked schools, as well as online degrees. The result is that the number of MBA degree holders in society has gone up, but the amount of jobs has not kept pace.

According to professor Dr. Brooks Holtom at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, "An M.B.A. is a club that is now not distinctive. You should not believe that this less exclusive club is going to confer the same benefits."

People with MBAs make less money

At PayScale.com, it found a 4.6 percent decrease between 2008 and 2012 in average pay for graduates with three or less years of experience. The typical pay was $53,900 in 2010 for graduates. MBA students are losing cash rather than gaining it by getting MBAs. There was a 62 percent drop in pay at 186 schools on PayScale during that time.

It seems that now top-tier corporations only recruit from very distinctive schools to keep the exclusivity of the degree. A sluggish economy does not help since there are fewer jobs and more MBAs just sitting out there. On top of that, business schools are giving false hope to students who believe they can get much better jobs with their MBAs.

Money cow diplomas

MBA students should not get their MBA unless they can get into a top ten business university. There are too any business and law diplomas right now. Universities love all the extra cash, but students end up graduating with virtually no job opportunities. Make sure you assess the degree just a little more before getting debt to go to university some more.



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