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Does the pedigree of a business degree change depending upon which university you attend?

I will be getting my MBA from Northern Arizona University. Will my business degree be of lesser value than one from a more prestigious university? #business #career

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Robert’s Answer

Great answers from Gillian and ken. I attended both a large state university with a respected business school as well as a smaller private university. There are so many variables you simply need to weigh out what is important to you. Not to sound to much like a cliché but college is what you make of it and can be recruited by good employers anywhere. Yes, of course, certain universities have a prestige factor and candidly can offer you entre to a level of a starting corporate job that possibly others cannot. but, many universities are shockingly expensive and you need to determine is it worth it even if you can get into any school of your choice.
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Gillian’s Answer

Hello! I have an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and it was such a great choice for me to get that MBA. I learned a ton, but more importantly met a lot of interesting people who opened up my eyes on what I could accomplish.

Like Ken said, networking is key! While this source is a bit biased, its true that many leave their MBA program finding their network to be the most valuable take away:

https://www.princetonreview.com/business-school-advice/why-get-an-mba-network

For example, while my school was "prestigious", it is also pretty small program and most of the network is on the East Coast. When I moved to the West Coast, my network was much smaller (but those I reached out to were really helpful).

So in my opinion there are a few things that help:

1) No matter where you are, try and meet a lot of people! It can be really hard and stressful, but the more people you know, the more likely you are to find advocates for that job you want. Its a numbers game. You need to meet a bunch of people to get that advocate.

2) A Prestigious school can help get your foot in the door for a first job, but afterwards it becomes far less important. Networking can do just as much!

3) The location of your school is a great place to get your first job - there's a built in network!

School Pedigree is not as important as the people you meet, the skills you learn, and your willingness to pursue what you want.

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Ken’s Answer

From my years in Human Relations and College Recruiting, I have found that it really does not matter what university you attend. What matters is how well you do and how well you do networking to position yourself in the career area using such means as the director of alumni relations as a conduit to graduates in your area and professional associations to which people in you career area belong as a means to getting to meet more people with whom you have a career interest in common.


It really does not make any difference where you to go college from a person who worked in the admissions office at Stanford:

http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_without_over_parenting?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=education


Locate Professional Associations in your career area in your geographical area through this site:</span>

https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true


These are great networking tips:

Job Search Tips

https://www.themuse.com/advice/6-job-search-tips-that-are-so-basic-people-forget-them?bsft_eid=d52278c6-e9fa-4084-bf99-238600f30439&bsft_pid=f11ef5e8-7432-4713-9c56-f8c387057fea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20171013&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20171013&bsft_clkid=088dd-aea-b7a7-431a-9ed4-81cbb4a9bf71&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=e1b9cb11-b25f-4859-82bf-14db88934d06&bsft_pp=1

Information Interviewing

https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-ask-for-a-jobwithout-asking-for-a-job?bsft_eid=1031335a-60e8-481a-9075-bf57b79c2dc7&bsft_pid=6a015767-7654-4a34-a41a-4d2d1154130e&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20170929&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20170929&bsft_clkid=d3c74cb4-86e9-4f1d-aa80-d46849aeefd7&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=715eb508-8fa0-476f-9193-4d3c143abd3f&bsft_pp=3
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