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December 18, 2018

Clarkson University Online MBA Ranked Second Best in New York State, Eleventh Nationally Among Private Colleges

Clarkson University’s Online MBA Program has been ranked as the second best in New York State, according to Online MBA Report.

Clarkson’s program was also ranked as the 14th best on the east coast, and 11th nationally among private colleges.

Online MBA Report looks at the academic reputation of a given school’s online MBA program as well as its campus-based MBA program, its value as it relates to tuition, relative MBA program enrollment numbers, admissions selectivity, and program quality and rigor as criteria for its rankings.

Online MBA Report evaluates more than 300 US-based online MBA programs for its rankings and gathers our information from school, publicly available information on each school’s website and other reputable publications such as US News and Princeton Review

The School of Business at Clarkson University offers a 42 credit hour Online MBA Program that takes as few as 20 months to complete. With the exception of a two-day Leadership Development course, the program may be completed entirely online. Students will also take eight core courses including Economics, Ethics, Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Finance, Decision Analysis, Information Systems, and Marketing. Students will then choose four electives. Project Management, Quality Management, and Negotiations are just a few options, and students may take courses that are part of Clarkson’s Advanced Certificate Program. The Online MBA Program is completed with a Capstone Course in Strategic Project Management.

Clarkson University educates the leaders of the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as an owner, CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university with signature areas of academic excellence and research directed toward the world’s pressing issues. Through more than 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, education, sciences and the health professions, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations, and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and innovation with enterprise.