One-year MBA could become popular in US as well

More applicants are interested in shorter MBA programmes according to data from GMAC, the organisation administering one of the entrance exams for business school education. The one-year option has proven successful in European countries already but has yet to get established in the US. Kellogg is one example for a top-ranked US business school offering a one-year MBA.

A recent article now argues that the one-year MBA could become more popular in the US as well. “When Insead topped the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings for the first time in 2016, it put the one-year MBA on the map”, Business Because argues. According to data from GMAC, applications to two-year MBA programmes decreased in 53 per cent of US business schools in 2016. Instead, 55 per cent of one-year MBA programmes reported an increase in domestic applicants. As an example, Business Because states Cornell, where applications to the one-year MBA have increased steadily, resulting in the programme widening its intake from 40 to over 70 students in coming years.

Until now US schools have favoured the traditional, two-year full-time MBA programme. Five out of the Financial Times’ global top 10 are two-year MBA programmes from the US – including world renowned Harvard Business School. But change might be in the air.

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