One-year MBA programs may have been regarded as quick programs in the country, however, that opinion has changed with time. No more are one-year MBA graduates met with frowns at their job interviews. Times are changing rapidly, and B-schools in the country are ensuring to provide students with as many one-year MBA courses as possible. Considering how international colleges like INSEAD (France, Singapore), IMD (Switzerland), Said (United Kingdom) and more are rapidly growing due to the success rates of their one-year MBA programs, colleges in our country are also looking at the one-year program with optimism.

It is debatable though to deem Ivy league colleges like Columbia and Stanford as worthy in the one-year MBA degree list since they provide a full-time one and half years MBA degree programs. However, we won’t be adding them to the list for their syllabus catering to a full-time course. As it is known, one-year MBA programs are more focused, much like an Executive MBA degree, with the main difference being, a one-year program is full-time.

5 best schools for one-year MBA degrees
The idea of a one-year MBA may not be as popular as a two-year MBA. However, there have been a few standout colleges who have not only managed to accept the one-year MBA concept but are also providing education on the same. One of them, Kellogg School of Management’s name has found prominence in the global list of top one-year MBA colleges too. It has been claimed by various B-school stalwarts and major conglomerates that a one-year MBA graduate is favored the same way as a two-year MBA graduate is with respect to payroll and designation. So, there’s nothing to fret about when going through this list of colleges as there is not much difference.

• Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
  State: Evanston, Illinois
  Estimated tuition fees: $95,000

• Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
  State: Ithaca, New York
  Estimated tuition fees: $102,652

• Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
  State: Los Angeles, California
  Estimated tuition fees: $112,000

• Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame
  State: Notre Dame, Indiana
  Estimated tuition fees: $75,768

• F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College
  State: Babson Park, Massachusetts
  Estimated tuition fees: $120,160