Accelerated MBA programs

SBU's MBA program was one of the early "Accelerated" programs. The WSJ had the following on these programs:

The Top M.B.A. Programs if You’re in a Hurry - WSJ.com:

"[Only] About 90 accredited schools world-wide offer the accelerated M.B.A..

But the degree's growing popularity and reach led The Wall Street Journal to take its first close look at accelerated M.B.A. programs."

Getting through in one year is a definite upside, so are the pluses of an MBA! Look at the numbers on the left!



A downside? Many classes, little time.

"Some students said they wish they had more time to absorb case studies. Others said that the fast-paced curriculum was exhausting, leaving little time for extracurricular activities,...

It's all true, administrators say. "These students want to be taught, and then they want to move on," says Sean Rickard, director of Cranfield's M.B.A. program, adding that students have no time to do anything but study. "They never stop. It's five days of intensive lecturing and projects, week after week ...They begin to realize they can handle any problem you throw at them.""