MBA in Finance from State School

Currently I am working in a non-finance industry, and I am looking to move into a finance role. Is it worth paying about 20k-30k for an MBA in Finance from a nontarget state school?

 
LuvChef:

Currently I am working in a non-finance industry, and I am looking to move into a finance role. Is it worth paying about 20k-30k for an MBA in Finance from a nontarget state school?

You'll need to provide more color to get good advice. Otherwise, by default, this board will say "Hell no!"

What level of state school are we talking about? Are you talking Iowa/ASU/Michigan St.? Or are you talking Eastern Washington, Northern IL, Florida St?

 
peinvestor2012:

You'll need to provide more color to get good advice. Otherwise, by default, this board will say "Hell no!"

What level of state school are we talking about? Are you talking Iowa/ASU/Michigan St.? Or are you talking Eastern Washington, Northern IL, Florida St?

Also, what kind of finance are you looking to do?

Regards

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peinvestor2012:

Also, why not consider better names (i.e. Kelley, Ross)?

Those schools are outside my budget. The paradoxical thing is that graduates from the KOSB MBA program have more debt at graduation than the HBS MBA program graduates do according to Business Week.

 
LuvChef:
peinvestor2012:

Also, why not consider better names (i.e. Kelley, Ross)?

Those schools are outside my budget. The paradoxical thing is that graduates from the KOSB MBA program have more debt at graduation than the HBS MBA program graduates do according to Business Week.

All top schools are outside of most people's budgets. But this is mitigated by the fact that most top MBA programs place into you top jobs, in which you'll eventually be making multiples of the cost of tuition.

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