Top FIVE Benefits of MBA in US Universities

The United States of America is the home to some of the top Business Schools in the world. Although many new management programmes have sprouted in the last five to six decades across countries in Europe and Asia like INSEAD, Geneva Business School, and Nanyang Business School, MBA from a US university has a charm to itself. America is the land of opportunities which attracts students from across the globe, especially developing nations like India, Africa, and China.

The MBA programs offered in universities in US are either the regular full – time two – year programs, one – year advanced programs or online executive programs etc. The students get a variety of options to choose from. However, the two – year full – time programs are still the most popular.

Here is the list of some of the top business schools in US which are a dream come true for any student:

University	College	City	State
Harvard University	Harvard Business School	Boston	Massachusetts
University of Chicago	Booth School of Business	Chicago	Illinois
University of Pennsylvania	Wharton Business School	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Stanford University	The Graduate School of Business	Stanford	California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Sloan School of Management	Cambridge	Massachusetts
Northwestern University	Kellogg School of Management	Evanston	Illinois
University of California	Haas School of Business	Berkeley	California
University of Michigan	Stephen M. Ross School of Business	Ann Arbor	Michigan
Columbia University	Columbia Business School	New York	New York
Dartmouth College	The Tuck School of Business	Hanover	New Hampshire
Yale University	The School of Management	New Haven	Connecticut
Carnegie Mellon University	The Tepper School of Business	Pittsburg	Pennsylvania

The students must have a good GMAT and/or GRE score, a strong resume, an attractive statement of purpose and (preferably) some work experience to apply to these colleges.

There are many advantages of pursuing an MBA from universities in US both professionally and personally.

The top FIVE benefits of joining a good university in the US are:

Instils Confidence and Makes you Self Reliant

The very fact that you uproot yourself from your comfort zone and travel a few thousand miles in the quest to enrich and establish yourself instills truck-loads of confidence in you. In a country like USA where labor is not cheap, as a student you end up doing all household chores yourself along with studies. This makes you not only self-reliant but also financially conscious and better at time management. Most students end up picking part-time jobs as well. On the other hand, you continually strive to work hard at college and get scholarships at the B-school. This not only makes you confident but hard working and self-reliant to a great extent.

Credibility

Getting an MBA degree from a university in US not only adds a stamp of credibility to your resume, but on your individuality as well. It is not a cake-walk to get into these B-schools in US. Thus, if you mention that you belong to so-and-so school is like a certificate of reliability for the prospective company and your peers.

Enriches Culturally with a Broader Worldview

When you come to a university in US, you will find yourself sharing space with students from diverse countries and ethnicity. It helps opens your mind to new cultures and makes you socially and politically aware. It helps broaden your worldview as you also get to deal with real-world business and social challenges. You get a chance to team up with students from different ethnic background and work on projects. You also get a platform to showcase your culture to them.

Global Business Network

Coming to a country like US to pursue your MBA, you get in touch with faculty, fellow classmates, and alumni who become a part of your network. You get to exchange experience and knowledge with peers worldwide. The teachers working in these B-Schools mostly are part of global and well-renowned companies. Having association with them help in getting lucrative internships and trainings. Since all of them belong to different countries and regions, it indeed becomes a global business network. Other than that, you also get to meet new people outside your class like the recreation campus, different societies in the college, the neighborhood you stay and the local ethnic community of your country and other countries as well. Such people may or may not be from your industry but definitely are a value addition to your network – professional and personal. Certain associations can translate into promising professional and personal opportunities in the future.

Better Income and Career Prospects

Higher studies are always a value addition to your resume. Pursuing an MBA from a B-school in the US is definitely a milestone which helps you leap towards lucrative job offers from some of the top companies. A post-graduate degree like MBA also acts as a booster if you are looking for a career change. All the business schools in the United States have a vast database of employers. They not only help promote their students as potential candidates to companies but also assist in organizing periodic job fairs. This is an excellent opportunity to meet prospective employers and like-minded professionals.

All the best, if you are looking to apply to a B-school in the United States.