Discover what our legacy of excellence means for you and your career
Our approach to business education is unlike most online MBA programs. It’s truly the secret to our success, and why we’ve been recognized as the #1 online MBA program so many times.
At Kelley Direct, we deliver our #1–ranked online MBA program ourselves—we do not outsource to an online program manager. In this video, our staff and students share how our approach delivers lasting value and unique, personalized experiences for Kelley Direct Online MBA students.
Description of the video:
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At Kelley Direct, we're
really proud of the legacy
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of excellence that we have here.
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We started in-house
25 years ago,
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when we were the first
top-ranked business school
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to offer an online MBA program.
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Our approach is unique.
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We're very different than
other online MBA programs.
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Because we're not partnering
with an outside vendor,
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all of those tuition dollars
are reinvested right back
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into the program.
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So Kelley Direct
students benefit
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because they get a high quality,
top-ranked program at a lower
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price point.
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It's fundamental to me that
my tuition dollars go back
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into my own education.
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It's really a process
of content, plus cohort,
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plus the expertise
of faculty and staff,
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and the alumni network
all coming together
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in a value proposition
that is unique.
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We have 130 plus faculty, and
all of those faculty members
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are Kelley School of
Business faculty members.
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So we don't utilize adjuncts.
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In Kelley Direct's online
environment, what I have found
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is a lot of great
technology merged
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with a sense of
personal connection.
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The Kelley faculty
are leaders, and they
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are really open to working
together as a cohesive teaching
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team.
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There's great presence
from the professor
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but also from colleagues.
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You just get that sense that
we're in a real classroom
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together.
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All of the people that
come to this program
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are really top-caliber people.
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I'm surprised by how familiar
you can get with people
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through a virtual format.
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I would recommend the Kelley
Direct Online MBA program
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to other professionals.
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As I continue in
the program, I am
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feeling more and more
confident about myself
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as a business professional.
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Kelley Direct offers 10 to 14
global and domestic immersions
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per year.
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That's really unique in
the online MBA marketplace.
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These high-energy experiences
are hugely impactful, obviously
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for students but also
for us as faculty.
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We get to really build
that relationship
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that we will have for
the next 20 or 30 years.
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Kelley does an excellent
job of bringing us
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together so that we can
form those relationships
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and have those experiences
between the Kelley On Campus
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and the Kelley On Location.
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I think it makes
all the difference
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for actually building a real
connection that you can then
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carry with you into
the virtual world
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as you continue through
your coursework.
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You'll be part of a network of
130,000 alumni of the Kelley
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School of Business.
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That's the largest business
school alumni network
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in the world.
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You'll have
opportunities to network,
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engage in professional
development opportunities.
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We offer graduate career
services and one-on-one career
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coaching for life.
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To know that we have
GCS, and our professors,
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and our Kelley cohort,
and Kelley community
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available to us ensures
professional success
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in the future, not just now.
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We're really proud of
our legacy of excellence
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here at Kelley Direct.
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We started in 1999
pushing the boundaries
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of what an MBA looked like.
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And 25 years later, we're
still looking at how do we
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push those boundaries.
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Kelley Direct certainly
isn't finished innovating,
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and we're continuing to look for
ways that our faculty can find
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new ways of teaching, our
staff can do new things
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to support students
and how can we
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keep redesigning our curriculum
to meet the needs of businesses
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of tomorrow.
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Full-time faculty—no adjuncts
What truly makes Kelley Direct one of the best online MBAs is that your instructors are the same top faculty who teach in Kelley’s in-residence programs. Our faculty members also travel with our students and teach in person at 12+ optional immersions offered each year in locations throughout the US and around the world.
A lifetime of career coaching
From your very first day in our online MBA program, you'll have the dedicated support of an experienced career coach, plus a lifelong connection to the largest business school alumni network in the world. There's also unlimited access to best-in-class career services as you navigate your professional life after graduation.
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May 1
of Kelley Direct Online MBA students
started a new job or reported
receiving a promotion or raise
while enrolled
Kelley School alumni in
50 states and 33 countries
The quality you deserve with the freedom to explore
The Kelley Direct Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program offers the rigor you expect from a world-renowned business school, with the flexibility you need to keep working while earning your degree.
- Two-year program, with the flexibility to extend
- Average of two live, 75-minute evening class sessions per week
- 50% core curriculum and 50% electives
- Seven majors to choose from
- In-person experiences
- Optional global and domestic immersion programs
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“When I started this program, my current position was the No. 1 dream job on a list of ‘impossible things that could never happen’ for me. So I’m very grateful to the Kelley program for being the link to the evolution in my career. This experience has been everything I could have expected and more.”
Andrew Duncan, Global Brand Director, Sazerac, MBA'18
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Let your ambition lead
Whether your sights are set on advancing your current career, making a career pivot, or building your knowledge and credentials for the future, the Kelley Direct Online MBA Program can get you there sooner than you think.
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