Is there a significant difference (from the eyes of potential employers) between AACSB and IACBE accredited MBA programs?
There are three major professional accreditation agencies for MBA programs: AACSB, ACBSP, and IACBE. AACSB and ACBSP are CHEA-recognized, while IACBE is not. MBA degrees are not subject to state regulation (unlike, say, engineering or law degrees), so there is no legal difference between the different forms of accreditation. In fact, there is no legal requirement that MBA programs have any professional accreditation at all, and some don’t. In general, most employers probably aren’t familiar with the different MBA accreditation agencies. However, they typically do have a sense for prestige and name recognition. In practice, employers probably favor AACSB MBA degrees over IACBE MBA degrees, simply because AACSB-accredited schools are generally much more prestigious and better known than IACBE-accredited schools.
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