{"id":83141,"date":"2019-03-07T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T20:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=83141"},"modified":"2019-03-07T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T20:27:03","slug":"delta-states-online-integrated-mba-program-makes-national-list-of-best-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2019\/03\/delta-states-online-integrated-mba-program-makes-national-list-of-best-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State’s Online Integrated MBA Program Makes National List of Best of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delta State University\u2019s online integrated MBA program ranks among the best in the nation, according to OnlineMBAPage.com, which provides research for online MBA students.<\/p>\n

Thirty-three programs nationwide made the cut\u2014one per 33 states\u2014and all come with accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). As opposed to other specialized business accreditors, it focuses \u201csquarely on teaching and learning,\u201d states OnlineMBApage.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe iMBA program at Delta State is the online version of their already successful on campus MBA. Designed expressly to cater to professionals and managers working to expand their interpersonal, managerial, and leadership skills, the iMBA builds in flexibility from day one,\u201d explains OnlineMBAPage.com. Because online classes are chat- and discussion-based, students are put in touch counterparts \u201cwith similar goals but a diverse range of experiences.\u201d The program also \u201cworks hard\u201d to offer networking opportunities and hands-on learning with area businesses. \u201cAll this comes at a remarkably low cost per credit, making Delta [State] a smart choice for students anywhere in the country looking for an exceptional value.\u201d<\/p>\n

OnlineMBAPage.com based its rankings on the flexibility, speed, and quality of the programs. Other \u201cexceptional merits\u201d included faculty qualifications, outside business partnerships, number and quality of available concentrations, and quality and breadth of online learning systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honor to have been selected as one of the top online MBA programs accredited by ACBSP,\u201d said Carla Johnson, director for graduate business programs at Delta State.<\/p>\n

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Carla Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis award recognizes the commitment of our faculty to provide our students with an exceptional educational experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delta State\u2019s iMBA program offers five concentrations including general business, human resource, health care administration, information systems management and entertainment industry studies.<\/p>\n

Dr. Billy C. Moore, dean of the College of Business and Aviation, added: \u201cThis designation reflects our faculty\u2019s emphasis on ensuring our students have a holistic understanding of business, accomplished through integrated content, teamwork, and experiential learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Billy Moore<\/p><\/div>\n

Other recent recognition for the online integrated MBA program includes most affordable, according to Great College Deals in 2016 (sixth in the nation), Best Value MBA in 2016 (13th<\/sup> in the nation), and U.S. News & World Report <\/em>in 2015 (8th<\/sup> in the nation), along with making the 2016 list at BestMastersDegrees.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delta State University\u2019s online integrated MBA program ranks among the best in the nation, according to OnlineMBAPage.com, which provides research for online MBA students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":577,"featured_media":83142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1738],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-college-of-business","category-college-of-business-and-aviation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83145,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83141\/revisions\/83145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}