Does it matter if you attend a online MBA health program that is not AACSB accredited?

Scooby-Dooby-Doo · Mar 29, 2015

Following this thread too. I'm curious to know if an MBA needs to be AASCB accredited too. CCNE is fine, but what about AASCB? The program I'm looking into is also an online MBA (generic), but would love to use it for nursing.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 30, 2015

CCNE is fine, but what about AASCB?

The CCNE only accredits nursing programs, not business programs.

If you're planning to work as an executive at a fortune 500 corporation, then an AASCB-accredited MBA from a top 50 university is necessary. If you aspire to work as a nurse executive at a prestigious medical mecca hospital system such as Johns Hopkins, Columbia University Medical Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai, or Duke University Medical Center, you'll need the AASCB accreditation.

However, most nurse managers with the MSN/MBA combo are not working at these types of places. Outside of the top 50 universities, an MBA is an MBA, unless you earn it from a school of questionable repute such as Kaplan, U of Phoenix, DeVry or ITT Tech.

The most-affordable online MBAs I've found are listed below. All of these schools are regionally accredited, five are nonprofits, and three are regional state colleges:

1. Amberton University: $247/credit

2. Chadron State College: $281/credit

3. Wayne State College (don't confuse with Wayne State University): $281/credit

4. Patten University: $1995/term

5. Western Governors: $3250/term

6. Eastern New Mexico University: $221/credit

Scooby-Dooby-Doo · Mar 30, 2015

The CCNE only accredits nursing programs, not business programs.
If you're planning to work as an executive at a fortune 500 corporation, then an AASCB-accredited MBA from a top 50 university is necessary. If you aspire to work as a nurse executive at a prestigious medical mecca hospital system such as Johns Hopkins, Columbia University Medical Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai, or Duke University Medical Center, you'll need the AASCB accreditation.
However, most nurse managers with the MSN/MBA combo are not working at these types of places. Outside of the top 50 universities, an MBA is an MBA, unless you earn it from a school of questionable repute such as Kaplan, U of Phoenix, DeVry or ITT Tech.
The most-affordable online MBAs I've found are listed below. All of these schools are regionally accredited, five are nonprofits, and three are regional state colleges:
1. Amberton University: $247/credit
2. Chadron State College: $281/credit
3. Wayne State College (don't confuse with Wayne State University): $281/credit
4. Patten University: $1995/term
5. Western Governors: $3250/term
6. Eastern New Mexico University: $221/credit

Thanks! I am joining the military and don't plan to work for those top-notch public/private hospitals nor do I want to go to questionable schools such as DeVry or ITT tech etc...

If it helps, the school that I have an option with in the military is non-AASCB and is all online while I'm on deployment. The school's name is American Military University if that helps too. The nursing program BSN is CCNE accredited but the school isnt AASCB for the MBA. I have plans to return to the VA hospital/federal system after the military and was wondering if an MBA that I got with the military would be okay? The VA hospitals aren't top-notch compared to NYU, Columbia, or Johns Hopkins, but I would like to use an MBA somehow with the VA.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 30, 2015

The school's name is American Military University if that helps too.

Although American Military University is an investor-owned private for-profit school, it does not have the shady reputation that plagues many of the other investor-owned schools.

The VA, Department of Defense, and other federal employers have hired people with degrees from American Military University, Chamberlain, and other for-profits. Your nursing program must be accredited by either ACEN or CCNE to secure federal employment.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo · Mar 30, 2015

Although American Military University is an investor-owned private for-profit school, it does not have the shady reputation that plagues many of the other investor-owned schools.
The VA, Department of Defense, and other federal employers have hired people with degrees from American Military University, Chamberlain, and other for-profits. Your nursing program must be accredited by either ACEN or CCNE to secure federal employment.

Thanks so much Commuter. My BSN was CCNE accredited (thankfully as a public state school). I think I'll go on with my MBA then at AMU. I don't see my future in other areas but the VA/DoD federal so I'll be okay. Good to know the VA/DoD has hired people from AMU :) That made me feel at ease better. Thanks again!