<p>^ Good points.</p>
<p>I just finished my evening MBA, and while my stats may have gotten me into a better school I chose a local school so I could keep my job and thus my family fed. However, getting laid off 6 months into the program didn’t help. I then had difficulties finding a job because as an engineer getting an MBA you find that the jobs you are qualified they don’t want to hire your for because of the pending degree and the jobs you will be qualified for won’t hire you because the degree is still pending. I was “forced” into a halfway decent job with crappy pay but it has kept food on the table as I finished my degree.</p>
<p>I took courses in a cohort and got to know all my classmates very well. Seeing as we are in Cincinnati a lot of the students were from the local large companies so that gave a good spin with good competition and raised the class standard some, as these companies tend to hire well educated people. Many people, especially the engineers in the class, expressed that they liked the evening option because it gave them the opportunity to test out the theory being taught as it was being taught, only able to do so because they worked at the same time. This was an interesting advantage to the program.</p>
<p>Another nice thing about the program I was in is that they gave full access to all services that full time students received, this is not true with all universities so check this out before attending. While the job placement services have been horrible I wonder how much of this owed to the economy. Well, in the meantime I will be freshening up my resume and looking, but because I was able to get a job before the economy tanked I am still able to keep food on the table, and that’s a plus in my, and my kids, book.</p>