Skipdigs, interesting point. I can tell you that in the government, DOD, VA, an MBA from Phoenix is just as good as an MBA from Harvard or Stanford. It is on the private side, a hedge fund, securities firm, if you have an ACBSB or AIACB or whatever it is, that you don't stand a chance. Hell, up north if you are not from an IVY league school, forget it. But locally, like in Florida where I am it is name recognition. UF, USF, Miami, FSU hold some prestige but your LSUS degree to them it is an LSU degree so they won't degrade you much if at all...

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Posted by socal77

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Posted on 8/25/17 at 12:41 pm to DC213

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Posted by SkipDigs

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Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:48 pm to DC213

Yeah I think that is fairly accurate for Northeast. Nothing against LSUS, but if I was 10-years younger I probably would take some loans and go locally for my MBA (Temple, Villanova, Penn St Brandywine). But where I am at in my career I couldn't justify a $45-70k loan for an MBA. Even the local Jesuit school's MBA is 60k!!!

I did have concerns about the perception of LSUS in my area, but like you I think most people will think LSU. Most people here probably have no idea where LSU is - they just know the state. I also think it may help me stand out if I ever do decide to make a career change. Most people here went to schools in PA, NJ or DE so LSUS may seem kind of exotic to an HR associate who sees the same schools on a daily basis. All of this made sense at the time. I remember my first job after undergrad up in Philly the fact that I went to an SEC school was always a topic of conversation in a good way.

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