You’ve made up your mind. You’re going to pursue an MBA. Finally, after what could possibly be months of decision making and going back and forth, you’ve decided. There are many reasons you may have come to this conclusion. The baseline is that an MBA will now serve to advance your career prospects and give you a more flexible field to choose from.

Many brick and mortar schools often have online branches of the same programs, and these are the ones you should be on the lookout for.

Here are a few institutions that are arguably the best online colleges’ MBA.

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
The deadline for the MBA course at this university is April 20th. All of their graduate students are already employed well before they enroll in the course. It’s a private university, so the cost per credit is at $1,198. There are about 146 students enrolled each year. The course is accredited by the AACSB.

University of Texas Dallas (Richardson, TX)
They’re currently accepting applications well into the foreseeable future. 91% of all students that enroll in the program are employed, which is an impressive number. There are about 310 students enrolled each year, and given that it is a public school, you’re likely to get an admission. The cost per credit falls at $1,402 for those coming from out-of-state. This course is also accredited by the AACSB.

Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
The application deadline is rolling. 95% of all their enrollments are employed students. The entire MBA course offered by PSU is accredited by the Association of Advance Collegiate School of Business – thereby setting a gold standard. The school is a public one, and the cost per credit is $1185.

Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
This is one of the top private colleges in the country. 99% of all their students are employed upon enrollment. This course too is accredited by the AACSB, and the cost per credit is at a hefty $1715. The number of students enrolled every year is 361, which is an impressive number.

Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, Arkansas)
This is one of the most affordable public schools of the lot, with the cost per credit falling to $610. 94% of the students that come to this program are employed at the time of enrollment, and there are about 190 students enrolled in one go. You’ll have a stable ground of MBA professors, and all classes are recorded and archived.