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Online Business Programs with the Best MBA Alumni Networks

The number of students enrolled in an online MBA program varies widely from one school to another. You may wonder why enrollment matters if you’ll be attending class online from the comfort of your own home, not sitting in the back of a huge auditorium. But it does matter.

Larger programs generally have the breadth of faculty and resources to offer more areas of focus. If you want to take classes specific a certain industry or functional area, you may need a larger program to meet your needs. Schools with a higher student enrollment also have a larger alumni base. When you’re looking for a new job after graduation or an introduction to a new company later in your career, that larger alumni base can help.

On the other hand, smaller online MBA programs can focus their resources and become the best option in their niche. They can be more personal, making sure that no student falls through the cracks. And while they have fewer alumni, students in small programs are often more tightly knit and their alumni more loyal. Both large and small online MBA programs have their benefits. Dig into the data here to find what’s right for you.

MBA Programs with the Online MBA Alumni Network

Rank University Full-Time MBAPart-Time MBA% MBA Students from U.S.
1 Black Hills State University 2 17 89.00%
1 Henderson State University 2 125 90.00%
2 Yeshiva University 2 60 100.00%
4 DePaul University 6 12 67.00%
5 Southern Utah University 8 9 94.00%
5 Abilene Christian University 8 124 98.00%
7 University of Nebraska at Kearney 9 94 98.00%
8 Morehead State University 10 29 97.00%
8 Ouachita Baptist University 10-0 100.00%
9 Indiana University Northwest 10 49 100.00%
11 Minnesota State University Moorhead 11 54 98.00%
11 University of Wisconsin-River Falls 11 52 100.00%
13 University of North Georgia 13 88 95.00%
14 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 17 1,712 98.00%
14 The Pennsylvania State University at Erie 17 188 99.00%
15 Indiana University South Bend 17 42 92.00%
16 Northeastern Illinois University 17 50 78.00%
18 York College of Pennsylvania 19 46 100.00%
19 Sam Houston State University 20 296 98.00%
20 University of Louisiana at Monroe 21 47 72.00%
20 Southern Arkansas University 21 59 93.00%
21 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 21 156 98.00%
23 Niagara University 23-0 48.00%
24 Missouri Western State University 25 38 94.00%
25 Colorado State University-Pueblo 26 34 85.00%
26 Saginaw Valley State University 29 31 80.00%
26 Georgia College & State University 29 76 98.00%
28 University of Alaska Anchorage 30 36 88.00%
28 Kennesaw State University 30 682 97.00%
30 Texas Wesleyan University 32 65 90.00%
31 University of West Georgia 33 108 100.00%
31 San Diego State University 33 544 82.00%
32 St. Ambrose University 33 83 98.00%
33 Alfred University 33 23 96.00%
34 Queens University of Charlotte 33 153 100.00%
36 James Madison University 37 212 96.00%
37 University of Delaware 38-0 98.00%
37 Dominican University 38 61 93.00%
39 University of Detroit Mercy 39 47 98.00%
39 Millsaps College 39 5 95.00%
41 Kutztown University 40 26 97.00%
42 Salisbury University 41 11 90.00%
42 St. John Fisher University 41 48 100.00%
44 Old Dominion University 42 151 87.00%
44 Butler University 42 237 98.00%
45 Delaware State University 42-0 88.00%
47 Frostburg State University 43 70 99.00%
48 The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg 44 117 100.00%
49 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 45 98 66.00%
49 McNeese State University 45 43 84.00%
50 University of West Florida 45 728 90.00%
51 Ramapo College of New Jersey 45 55 100.00%
53 University of Massachusetts Amherst 46 1,470 100.00%
53 Pacific Lutheran University 46 1 94.00%
55 The University of Michigan-Flint 47 238 94.00%
56 Purdue University Fort Wayne 49 46 100.00%
56 The State University of New York Polytechnic Institute 49 122 100.00%
57 Whitworth University 49 26 99.00%
59 California State University, Stanislaus 52 128 98.00%
59 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 52 82 81.00%
61 North Dakota State University 53 81 78.00%
61 Widener University 53 52 91.00%
63 Western Illinois University 54 122 85.00%
63 Tennessee Technological University 54 152 97.00%
65 Eastern Kentucky University 55 83 97.00%
66 Western Kentucky University 59 126 95.00%
66 Slippery Rock University 59 35 95.00%
67 Long Island University-Post Campus 59 13 90.00%
69 Western Carolina University 60 150 93.00%
70 Indiana State University 61 86 84.00%
70 Virginia Commonwealth University 61 410 85.00%
72 Western Michigan University 62 209 76.00%
73 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 63 488 93.00%
73 Indiana University Kokomo 63-0 89.00%
74 Florida International University 63 1,869 87.00%
76 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 64 470 94.00%
77 The Citadel 65 246 99.00%
77 Nichols College 65 138 99.00%
78 Manhattan College 65 39 100.00%
80 University of Northern Colorado 67 224 100.00%
81 University of Baltimore 68 242 93.00%
81 Iona University 68 96 95.00%
83 Drake University 69 202 99.00%
84 Robert Morris University 70 150 97.00%
84 Wright State University 70 286 68.00%
86 University of Central Arkansas 72 130 83.00%
86 Naval Postgraduate School 72 87 96.00%
87 Rowan University 72 140 96.00%
89 Georgia Southern University 73 407 100.00%
90 The University of Michigan-Dearborn 75 318 83.00%
90 College of Charleston 75 2 90.00%
91 Coastal Carolina University 75 54 91.00%
93 Villanova University 77 671 98.00%
93 New Mexico State University 77 115 87.00%
95 University of Houston 79 945 77.00%
96 University of Wisconsin-Parkside 85 429 96.00%
96 Idaho State University 85 77 93.00%
98 Rider University 86 93 83.00%
99 University of Colorado Denver 87 1,570 81.00%
99 The University of Akron 87 155 81.00%
101 Clarkson University 90 64 89.00%
102 University of South Carolina Aiken 93 365 99.00%
103 The University of Tulsa 94 70 71.00%
104 Eastern Michigan University 96 177 90.00%
104 Northeastern State University 96 134 96.00%
105 Marquette University 96 247 97.00%
107 Miami University 100 90 98.00%
108 State University of New York College at Brockport 102-0 100.00%
108 Tennessee State University 102 31 92.00%
110 Southern Connecticut State University 105 39 94.00%
111 Bryant University 106 133 92.00%
112 University of Hartford 107 531 87.00%
113 Governors State University 108 114 62.00%
114 David B. O'Maley College of Business 110 11 58.00%
114 University of Montana 110 139 98.00%
116 Texas Southern University 111 93 85.00%
116 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 111 30 80.00%
118 University of Houston-Clear Lake 115 455 82.00%
119 Shippensburg University 116 57 98.00%
120 Southeastern Louisiana University 117 39 92.00%
121 Kean University 123 39 60.00%
122 University of South Dakota 125 242 92.00%
122 University of Alabama in Huntsville 125 244 82.00%
124 University of New Hampshire 126 199 81.00%
124 Pittsburg State University 126 177 95.00%
126 Johnson & Wales University 130 327 94.00%
127 University of Dayton 131 210 78.00%
128 Samford University 132 15 95.00%
129 Appalachian State University 133 108 98.00%
130 University of North Carolina Wilmington 134 151 94.00%
131 University of Scranton 136 307 60.00%
132 University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras 141 67 98.00%
132 Union University 141-0 100.00%
134 Boise State University 142 353 94.00%
135 Saint Mary's College of California 143-0 100.00%
136 Oakland University 144 278 80.00%
137 Clayton State University 148 181 97.00%
138 University of Central Oklahoma 149 113 61.00%
139 University of South Alabama 152 76 89.00%
140 Missouri University of Science and Technology 154 41 15.00%
141 Tulane University 155 248 56.00%
141 California State University, Sacramento 155 329 96.00%
143 Seton Hall University 161 196 95.00%
144 Portland State University 163 203 89.00%
145 Adelphi University 164 66 44.00%
146 Colorado State University 165 802 84.00%
147 University of Tennessee at Martin 166-0 98.00%
148 University of Houston-Victoria 169 271 97.00%
149 The University of Texas Permian Basin 170 419 86.00%
150 Midwestern State University 172 80 48.00%
151 The Ohio State University 173 476 88.00%
152 Xavier University 175 366 98.00%
152 Bowling Green State University 175 308 96.00%
154 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 178 357 86.00%
155 Emporia State University 180 258 58.00%
156 Louisiana Tech University 182 94 97.00%
157 Marshall University 185 97 88.00%
157 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 185 614 98.00%
159 University of La Verne 188 161 77.00%
160 East Tennessee State University 192-0 90.00%
161 The University of Mississippi 194 77 98.00%
162 Florida Gulf Coast University 199 485 96.00%
163 Florida State University 201 436 96.00%
164 University of Kentucky 203 284 87.00%
165 University of San Francisco 210 59 57.00%
165 Middle Tennessee State University 210 409 100.00%
167 San Jose State University 211 237 91.00%
168 Southeastern Oklahoma State University 215 473 94.00%
169 North Carolina State University 217 583 94.00%
170 William Paterson University 218 483 98.00%
171 Troy University 222 842 98.00%
172 Duquesne University 227 27 79.00%
173 University of Kansas 231 417 95.00%
173 Iowa State University 231 178 73.00%
175 Illinois Institute of Technology 240 287 11.00%
176 University of San Diego 244 262 88.00%
177 Jacksonville University 252 47 82.00%
178 University of Wyoming 254-0 95.00%
179 The Pennsylvania State University 256 1,359 90.00%
180 St. Cloud State University 257 100 95.00%
181 George Mason University 259 341 92.00%
182 West Virginia University 260 275 96.00%
183 Drexel University 261 523 71.00%
184 Louisiana State University 268 347 96.00%
185 University of North Alabama 270 828 90.00%
186 Quinnipiac University 271 212 94.00%
186 Northern Kentucky University 271 907 94.00%
188 Suffolk University 274 297 51.00%
189 Clemson University 276 457 98.00%
189 Dominican University of California 276 14 96.00%
191 The University of Texas at El Paso 277 6 87.00%
192 Fairfield University 278 104 94.00%
193 Stony Brook University 288 243 87.00%
194 Murray State University 292 78 100.00%
195 John Carroll University 294 79 100.00%
196 Auburn University 301 686 97.00%
197 Barry University 308-0 86.00%
198 Babson College 312 457 51.00%
199 University of Arkansas 313 207 92.00%
200 New Jersey Institute of Technology 320 247 62.00%
201 College of William and Mary 324 743 91.00%
202 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 334 404 72.00%
203 California State University, Fullerton 335 400 76.00%
204 University of Oklahoma 344 524 96.00%
205 University of Maryland 348 632 58.00%
206 Wake Forest University 353 352 82.00%
206 Santa Clara University 353 380 70.00%
208 Texas Tech University 355 529 96.00%
209 University of Massachusetts Lowell 356 1,037 91.00%
210 The University of Arizona 359 807 82.00%
211 Clark University 360 20 14.00%
212 Texas Christian University 369 39 93.00%
213 Baylor University 371 170 92.00%
214 Auburn University at Montgomery 376 388 27.00%
215 Kent State University 380 193 46.00%
216 Hofstra University 384 235 72.00%
217 University of Cincinnati 385 733 77.00%
218 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 401 280 58.00%
219 University of Colorado at Boulder 407 233 84.00%
220 Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Camden 415 173 98.00%
221 Oklahoma State University 422 435 71.00%
222 Seattle University 429 200 67.00%
223 University of Minnesota 455 613 77.00%
224 Northern Illinois University 460 312 61.00%
225 University of Toledo 462-0 59.00%
226 Purdue University 476 445 61.00%
227 University of Tennessee at Knoxville 479 337 98.00%
228 Carnegie Mellon University 482 418 61.00%
229 University of Wisconsin-Madison 496 164 68.00%
230 Georgetown University 497 369 76.00%
231 University of Illinois at Chicago 500 267 40.00%
232 The University of Texas at San Antonio 558 658 92.00%
233 University at Buffalo 562 328 100.00%
234 Michigan State University 577 478 88.00%
235 Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick 583 1,087 73.00%
236 University of Connecticut 585 786 70.00%
237 University of Southern Indiana 635 427 97.00%
237 The University of Memphis 635 422 51.00%
239 East Texas A&M University 637 581 72.00%
240 The University of Alabama 661 49 98.00%
241 Fordham University 672 461 57.00%
242 Pace University 685 182 42.00%
243 University of Miami 710-0 72.00%
244 University of Illinois at Springfield 735-0 100.00%
245 Saint Joseph's University 807 649 92.00%
246 The University of Texas at Arlington 817 794 27.00%
247 Washington State University 826-0 98.00%
248 Rice University 833 274 83.00%
249 Northeastern University 864 238 38.00%
250 Georgia State University 998 425 62.00%
251 Central Michigan University 999 490 100.00%
252 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1,000 4,429 78.00%
253 University of South Florida 1,110 714 57.00%
254 University of Rochester 1,111 220 25.00%
255 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School 1,123 1,571 60.00%
256 University of Utah 1,162 354 79.00%
257 University of Florida 1,174 709 85.00%
258 Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis 1,191 1,430 86.00%
259 University of New Haven 1,192 361 17.00%
260 Baruch College-The City University of New York 1,279 1,345 77.00%
261 The University of Michigan 1,303 607 70.00%
262 Arizona State University 1,328 93 68.00%
263 Louisiana State University Shreveport 1,347 4,558 96.00%
264 Boston University 1,590 3,008 50.00%
265 University of North Texas 1,679 845 43.00%
266 Washington University in St. Louis 1,770 269 21.00%
267 Duke University 2,019-0 58.00%
268 University of Southern California 2,201 508 62.00%
269 The University of Texas at Dallas 3,836 1,575 32.00%

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Online MBA Student Enrollment

Online MBA programs vary substantially between the percent of students who attend full-time versus part-time. Again, this issue may not seem important if you will not be sitting in a classroom together, but it can make a difference. MBA programs assign group project because anyone graduating with a business degree must be able to collaborate in the workplace. If you are working full-time and taking MBA classes at night but are grouped with classmates studying full-time and who have more free time on their hands, friction may arise. Their preferred meeting times and the amount of time they spend on “camaraderie” rather than focused work may not meet your needs.

Online MBA Full-Time Student Enrollment

  • Lowest Full-Time MBA Enrollment: 2.00
  • Highest Full-Time MBA Enrollment: 3,836.00
  • Average Full-Time MBA Enrollment: 286.91

Online MBA Part-Time Student Enrollment

  • Lowest Part-Time MBA Enrollment: 1.00
  • Highest Part-Time MBA Enrollment: 4,558.00
  • Average Part-Time MBA Enrollment: 348.84

Online Business Programs with the Best MBA Alumni Networks

The smallest full-time online MBA program is Yeshiva University, with only 2 students in the program. (Longwood has a part-time MBA program too, but it’s small as well.)

The The University of Texas at Dallas has a much larger full-time online MBA program with 3,836 students. Between these numbers is a range of program sizes. One will be right for you.

Considering a Campus MBA Option

When researching online MBA enrollments, do take a moment to check out the local campus MBA programs. Whether you’re looking for a large or small program, you may find a campus program near you that will provide flexibility to attend both on campus and online. If you’re interested in learning more about campus MBA program enrollment data, see our campus MBA programs ranked by student enrollment.

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