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The BSchools.org blog helps online MBA students choose the right business school and make the most out of life beyond graduation. Readers can learn about what to expect when pursuing an online business degree, including information about the application process, exceptional professors leading programs, and MBA alternatives. Additionally, there are detailed guides to scholarships, internship opportunities (paid and unpaid), conferences, careers, and prospective salaries, as well as features about the ever-changing business landscape.
Check back regularly for interviews with degree program administrators and tips for successful applications, among other resources.
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Guide to MBA Scholarships for 2027
September 11, 2026Given that higher education has now become the second-largest expense for an individual in their lifetime, only topped by buying a home, it’s no wonder why so many students now look to scholarships and fellowships for help. Fortunately, research compiled for our profiles below revealed many scholarships that can help defray the cost of earning an MBA.
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Femme-BAs: How Rutgers Business School Wins with Women
September 10, 2026Experts agree that moving toward gender equality is not only the right thing to do but it’s the smart thing to do. So shouldn’t MBA programs—where women frequently make up less than 38 percent of the student body—be focused on achieving it?
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Online MBA Programs for International Students (2027)
September 4, 2026For international students, pursuing an MBA has become quite a popular choice. In today’s modern world, education has been revolutionized by technology, and online master of business administration programs have recently emerged as convenient and flexible options for prospective business professionals looking to balance their education with professional and personal commitments.
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Do Business School Brands Still Matter to Job Recruiters?
September 3, 2026A survey published a few months ago by Bloomberg Businessweek polled MBA recruiters, asking them to score the value of a school’s brand. The survey asked recruiters which business schools have high brand values that give graduates big advantages in their careers. This survey is interesting for several reasons.
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Two Views: The University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
August 28, 2026Graduates of MBA programs earn a significant boost to their salaries, even in a financial recession. The growing maturity and flexibility of online MBA programs, however, has effectively doubled the options for those seeking out the degree’s benefits: in some cases, a university’s online and on-campus options are both highly ranked.
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Online MBA Programs Ranked by Affordability (2027)
August 17, 2026These online programs ranked by affordability can be a viable alternative to more expensive programs while still receiving an excellent education and providing the flexibility working professionals need to balance work, family, and higher education demands.
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Big Surprises in the Latest Remote Work Research
June 22, 2026The latest research on remote work movements like work-from-home (WFH) and work-from-anywhere (WFA) has upended several generally accepted assumptions about these new trends. Below we review some of the more recent findings that are especially significant for the pre-MBA and MBA students in our audience here at BSchools.
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Do Gaps in a Resume Matter in Job Interviews?
June 18, 2026A good resume will communicate your strengths, qualifications, work experience, and expertise and help you stand out in the sea of applicants. However, sometimes a resume may communicate things you would prefer were overlooked, like a gap in employment.
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The Skills MBAs Use the Most That Never Appear on a Syllabus
June 16, 2026Most professionals assume likeability is a personality trait, something you're born with or you aren't. The same goes for trustworthiness. These qualities are often treated as fixed, which means they are also often ignored in formal education. No one puts "be more likable" on a syllabus.
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MiM Degrees: Should MBA Candidates Apply to Them Instead?
June 5, 2026Should potential MBA applicants consider an MiM instead? Yes, some should. There have always been candidates who applied to MBA programs even though they were never good matches for those programs. But now, many of those applicants have options that would serve their career objectives more effectively.
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An Easier Year for U.S. MBA Applicants: Why Now is the Time to Apply
June 3, 2026MBA applications appear to be plummeting as far fewer international students apply to U.S. MBA programs. This is part of a larger trend in which more international students appear to be applying to graduate schools in other nations, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, but not the United States. This trend seems to run counter to historical patterns.
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What’s a Flipped MBA Classroom?
May 20, 2026Here at BSchools, we pointed out that online MBA programs carry extraordinarily large startup costs, in part because online curricula require sizable investments in production facilities and equipment. These programs also carry high ongoing upgrade costs, especially at highly-ranked business schools that exploit competitive advantages from new technology. However, at one top program, a different and surprising objective behind these investments has also emerged.
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Is the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Headed for Bankruptcy? Part Two
May 18, 2026As if the news wasn’t bad enough for testing services like GMAC and ETS, new factors are now emerging that could intensify that industry’s “perfect storm” of adversity into a “perfect hurricane.”
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The Buyer’s Market for MBA Programs in 2026
May 8, 2026For much of the past decade, slower application growth and uneven demand across programs gave MBA applicants more leverage than in the past, especially at schools outside the very top tier. In 2026, MBA applicants still have more leverage, but the market is no longer uniform across the board. The market is more segmented now.
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University of Utah (Eccles): Two Views, One Business School
April 21, 2026There used to be a hierarchy wherein online MBA programs were considered diet MBAs—not quite the same as the real thing. Those days are gone. Advancements in tech and the maturation of online programs in general mean that it’s no longer a matter of hierarchy, but individual preference.