What Is an MBA Degree? (What You Learn & WHY Employers HIRE MBA Grads!)

🙌🙌🙌QUESTION: What do you think of the MBA degree and do you think its as valuable today as it was 10 - 20+ years ago? If you have one, did it meet your expectations as far as giving you the tools and credentials to advance your career? Leave a comment down below! 👇👇👇

Doing my MBA now. It’s SO incredible just wish I did it earlier in my career! I’m loving everything about it. So much respect for MBA grads. It’s TOUGH.

MBA is definitely worth it. The connections I've made (professors, class, alumni), to doors opened for job make it one of the most transformative experiences in my life.

MBA is very worth it, and you will learn so many things. I will be graduating by October 2021 as MBA. Thank God!

MBAs are making a resurgence with the older generation retiring. I also found one of the most important classes you will take is organizational behavior. The ability to understand and work with people in organizations

I am 42 and now taking MBA because it's needed when we are in management level. My college background is mechanical engineering. Hopefully I can graduate in 2022. And also, taking MBA will open our network widely. Thanks Richard for the explanation...

I completed my MBA at UCLA in 2021 with a specialization in Technology Management. My undergraduate is in Computer Science and my goals align towards Director of Technology and later CIO or CTO. I loved the program at UCLA and made a lot of great connections, but most of all, I learned a lot. Much of what I learned in my courses I was able to turn around and immediately apply it to my position at the time. Very tough coursework for sure, but the benefits are worth it. I took on a new position early last year and asked my boss if my MBA played a factor in my hiring (I wanted to know my ROI) and he said that it was a factor in why they offered me the position.

I’ve worked at agencies in digital marketing where we’ve said NO to graduates with MBAs, even from some of the best Ivy League schools. Reason why was, they didn’t have the knowledge to actually do the technical work needed. That’s definitely a reason why I didn’t want to get my MBA, cause I saw it as not necessary. But, it wasn’t until about 5 years where, I’ve realized that an MBA will allow me to learn more about management and to communicate better to the C-Suite. An MBA to me, is worth it, if you have a foundation to build off of, and your MBA can support it. Having a BA and MBA with no experience... equals to no success -> just entry level work.

I’m currently in a fast paced one year MBA program at a AACSB accredited institution. So far, my experience has been positive and I see value in each class. My advise for people looking at the degree is to do your research on the different programs out there and understand the time commitment that will be required. I’d say that if you’re willing to put in the time and effort that is required, an MBA might be for you, but if you think it’s an easy way out, save your money and do something else.

You realize that you expanded the words incentives matter into:”every decision a company makes or that a team within a company does so with a specific outcome in mind 😮

I definitely recommend an MBA it’ll help you in the long run once you get that experience! For the entrepreneurs out there it helps as well imo depending on much you want to scale. I own a small assisted living facility and a lot of lenders I talk to say an applicant with an mba in healthcare immensely increases their chances of funding.

Getting an MBA degree is not worth it for the majority of people. It's only worth it if you get into a great school, if your employer pays for it or you have an impressive resume already. While working in the investment and banking industry I worked along side people with MBA's who were making less than 50k. Employers care so much more about your work experience rather than your highest degree completed. I'm not saying don't go for it, but if you do be EXTREMELY careful and do a TON of research. Avoid low ranking and for profit schools. Just my two cents, thanks for the video!

I was accepted into Johns Hopkins MBA program! Excited to start this fall. Great video man, I learned a lot of new info that I didn't know. Thanks!

My proudest achievement in school was getting an MBA. That does not imbue you with 1,000 of winning ideas for business success. Quite the contrary, it kind of squelches ideas...BUT it saves you a fortune, too. All the mistakes that naïve people make, such as poor investments, poor 'advisory services' paid for, useless goodwill purchases...we avoid all of that and keep ourselves upright and in the black. The MBA gives you your own counsel, just short of an attorney or a CPA, so you can count on someone trustworthy, i.e. you...

This was so helpful, Thank you so much !. I have an interview this week for Medical School and I am going for my MD and MBA. This was a great video for me to get my thoughts aligned and to prepare for when they ask me why I want both degrees.

I got my MBA, and from a well respected school too, but I would caution everyone who thinks it is the Golden Ticket. No matter how good it is to have an MBA--and it's a good thing to have, don't get me wrong--nothing, but NOTHING trumps applicable experience in the job market! Those who tend to benefit the most from earning an MBA are generally those working there way up in their current organization or industry or those who can leverage a new MBA to get into the consulting field, where newly minted MBAs tend to make good money and learn highly coveted experience. Food for thought.

This is very helpful. I am about to start the MBA program with emphasis in Healthcare Administration in a few months. I have a nursing background and my goal is to get up the ladder of the healthcare organization I am in. I am a bit nervous and excited because all my life I have my emergency nursing background but on the side I am an entrepreneur and I mostly have basic accounting, marketing and finance knowledge. Thanks for this video!

Great video. I received my MBA in 2017 and am now going back for an MS in Business because of a cost opportunity and the fact that you get 2 grad certs during it. A video comparing an MBA to an MS in Business would be interesting.

I'm currently a business administration student and this video give the reasons why I need to study MBA degree in the future.

The best is to join Mckinsey when you just graduate with a BSc, they will pay a full MBA if you agree to come back to work for them a few more years, and knowing that you worked for McKinsey it's pretty much guaranteed to be admitted to Harvard, Standford, Kellog, Berkley, Georgetown, etc.