MBA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under $20K ... not bad!

https://onlinemba.illinois.edu/

Yes, delivered through Coursera, which is an untested venue in regards to programs with actual degrees.

At this point, if I were looking for a budget online MBA, I would look at the tried-and-true options in the FT ranking: the Bradford program is a stellar value, at not much more than that Urbana-Champaign program.

For programs specifically from US b-schools, Nebraska-Lincoln's program is also ranked in the FT, and is not much more than the Urbana-Champaign program as well.

Thanks for this.

With the online MBA programs, I feel that the students are missing out certain things such as networking opportunities, study group opportunities, and finding internships with FT MBAs. Also, using the library will be pain. We can't expect all books to be e-books.

What is your opinion? Do you know people who have done an online MBA?

Thanks.

The FT ranking shows that the top online MBAs are okay but not excellent. They don't offer the same percentage lift in salary as an on-campus program, but some work well.

Thanks. Maybe that will change over time. Also, not many companies can afford graduates from the top MBA school. If I were 10 years younger, yeah, why not go for those.

I just saw an article in the FT where someone was trying to build an MBA from MOOCs:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b76657e-b112-11e4-831b-00144feab7de.html