<p>Hello all, </p>
<p>What's the difference between a graduate degree in management, Executive MBA and Part-time MBA?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with a graduate degree in management. It seems to me that it would be better to get an MBA. A part-time MBA means that the student attends classes part-time -- usually at night. The end result is an MBA that takes longer, but it is the same MBA that a full-time student gets. In general, an Executive MBA is a program paid by corporations for their rising middle managers who have been identified as having executive management potential. MBA programs have variations of this degree. The only one I am familiar with is the one offered by Columbia, which I believe is called the EMBA. Graduates are shy 4 courses from the regular MBAs (no concentration), and in general, they do not take classes with the regular MBAs. However, their degrees are company-sponsored, and they take Friday classes on company time.</p>
<p>From what I've seen, people who are in Executive MBA programs generally have a lot of experience as a manager. I do not believe it would be uncommon for an EMBA class to average 15 yrs of management experience.</p>
<p>Many schools offer a professional MBA program. These are essentially part-time MBA programs. However, i believe you can generally finish these within 2 years. These students often take night and weekend courses and take them with full-time students. I've met PMBA grads who had a corporation pay for their education. It sounded like they pretty much still had the same job they had previous to the PMBA and overall they were far less impressive than the FTMBA grads from the same school. One of my friends said that the PMBA students are generally the lowest performers in class (and so they benefit the most from a curve).</p>
<p>I have no clue about a graduate degree in MGT. What could that give you that an MBA couldn't? It certainly doesn't have the name recognition of an MBA so I wouldn't go that route.</p>
<p>thanks all for the detailed replies!</p>