Mid Career MBA vs MAcc Considerations?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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Just looking for some input on the relative value of a (part time) MBA vs a MAcc for someone mid-career. I’m currently Controller at a small (<15 mm in revenues) company, salary around $110K. I’m looking at either a MAcc or MBA and getting (non report) CPA at this point just to make myself more appealing to employers when I want to take that next step.

I have a BBA from Isenberg (UMass Amherst), 4.0 GPA. 740s GMAT.

I’m 38, and cannot consider a full time program due to family obligations.

BC, BU, Babson, Isenberg, Bentley all have part time programs near me. Are these programs worth it, are there other programs I should be considering? No work sponsorship so I have to pay for this 100% myself, so that is a consideration. At my current level and salary, will I even see a return on it to make a more expensive program worth it, or should I just go to the cheapest (not garbage) program to get it on my resume?

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Since you have a stable career in your field, I would suggest the most cost effective solid MBA program + your CPA license. Being a CPA means more for the accounting management track. Years back, my husband had a boss who could not be promoted because he couldn’t/didn’t pass the CPA exam. It really became a problem for the boss at the major city, top level hospital where they worked. Others were going to be promoted over him and he might have been laid off.