Online College Rankings: Least Expensive Online Masters Management

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 2, 2008 -- Essex Junction, Vt., October 2008

Thinking of boosting your business career by earning an online masters degree in management? Want to save several thousand dollars and earn your masters degree at a top ranked university? Check out GetEducated.com’s new comparative ratings and rankings of accredited online universities: Top Ranked Consumer Best Buys in Online Masters Degrees in Management and Administration http://www.geteducated.com/rankings/best_mgmt.asp

A regionally accredited distance learning masters in management can cost as little as $4,709 (Western Carolina University for North Carolina residents seeking a Masters in Project Management) or as much as over $51,000 (Carnegie Mellon University -Masters Management Information Systems) according to GetEducated.com’s survey of 63 regionally accredited universities which offer 127 online masters degrees in management.

How much should managers expect to pay for an online masters? The average cost of a distance masters degree in management is just under $21, 000 according to GetEducated.com’s national survey of online education.

Consumers can avoid the most expensive online education and locate the least expensive and most affordable online degrees by searching GetEducated’s rankings of online universities, GetEducated.com’s Top Ranked Best Buys Online Masters Degrees Management http://www.geteducated.com/rankings/best_mgmt.asp

Vicky Phillips, GetEducated’s founder, points to the University of South Dakota’s online masters in administrative studies, ranked #10 at just over $10,000, as an example of the budget deals available to consumers if they take the time to compare online education options.

“The cost of a University of South Dakota online degree is half that of the national average. Who wouldn’t consider a solid state funded school for management education if it meant saving $10,000 on their education bill in these tough economic times?”

The online education expert recommends that cost conscious consumers explore publicly funded online university systems, over 70% of which now offer distance degrees.

About: GetEducated.com is a consumer watchdog agency that rates, ranks, and verifies the cost, quality and credibility of online colleges and online universities. Our Mission: Educate ~ Advocate ~ Protect. GetEducated.com is the only consumer group dedicated exclusively to assisting online students in analyzing, comparing, rating, and ranking online colleges and universities. GetEducated.com also serves to protect distance learners from the dark world of online education fraud through innovative free services, such as The Diploma Mill Police (SM), a database that chronicles consumer alerts on more than 300 fake online colleges and university scams.

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