Overview of The Most Popular MBA Specializations
Are you at the beginning of your career path? Or maybe you're thinking about enhancing your career
opportunities? What
about an MBA? Let's see which MBA specializations are the most in-demand and popular.
1. General Management. The Master of Business Administration in General Management focuses on building
skills and a
comprehensive understanding of the various elements of business, from accounting and management, to human
resources
management, finance and marketing, and is one of the most popular. The GM MBA is aimed at those who want
to expand their
career opportunities in various business sectors or in the field of consulting. This program focuses on
building
competencies in issues such as leadership, operational and strategic management, finance, marketing,
business ethics,
risk management, etc., through learning both the fundamentals and solving real business problems,
implementing group
projects, etc. According to the USNews 2021 ranking, the best business schools offering an MBA in General
Management are
(usnews.com):
#1 – Harvard University;
#2 - Stanford University;
#3 - Northwestern University (Kellogg);
#4 - University of Pennsylvania (Wharton);
#5 - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ross);
#6 - Dartmouth College (Tuck);
#7 - University of Virginia (Darden);
#8 - Yale University.
2. International Management. The content of the MBA program in International Management may vary from
school to school,
but what makes this program different is that it is designed to build competencies in the classic
disciplines with a
focus on international activities, to create a vision of the modern business world with access to the
global corporate
culture. The best business schools offering an MBA in International Management according to USNews 2021
are
(usnews.com):
#1 - University of South Carolina (Moore);
#2 - Harvard University;
#3 - Florida International University;
#4 - Georgetown University (McDonough);
#5 - New York University (Stern);
#6 - University of Pennsylvania (Wharton);
#7 - Columbia University;
#8 - George Washington University.
3. Consulting. One of the most in-demand professions after the MBA is consulting, this is due to a
combination of
prestige, a high level of compensation, complex, but at the same time very interesting work environment.
According to
the QS MBA Career Specialization Rankings 2021: Consulting, the top schools offering this program are
(topmba.com):
#1 - INSEAD;
#2 - London Business School;
#3 - MIT (Sloan);
#4 - Columbia Business School;
#5 - Northwestern Kellogg;
#6 - Penn (Wharton);
#7 - Chicago (Booth);
#8 - Michigan (Ross).
4. Strategy. The MBA program in the Strategy (Strategy&Leadership) specialization is aimed at the
formation and
development of global systemic business thinking. This program provides for the formation and development
of
competencies within the framework of classical disciplines, and its graduates are future
leaders-strategists, able to
ensure sustainable business development, foresee the future, analyze the external and internal business
landscape,
develop unique business strategies, learn quickly, adapt and work ahead of the curve. The best business
schools offering
MBA programs in Strategy according to Best Value Schools are (bestvalueschools.org):
#1 - Harvard University;
#2 - Stanford University;
#3 - University of Delaware;
#4 - University of California-Berkeley;
#5 - University of Chicago.
5. Information Technology. The MBA program in IT specialization is also quite popular, which is due to the
tenological
growth and increasing integration of various digital solutions and tools with business processes. This
program is aimed
at building competence in applying various theories, concepts, tools, methods and solutions to complex
business
situations, issues and problems. According to the QS MBA Career Specialization Rankings 2021: Technology,
the top
schools offering this program are (topmba.com):
#1 - MIT (Sloan);
#2 - Stanford Graduate School of Business;
#3 - UC Berkeley (Haas);
#4 - Cambridge (Judge);
#5 - Harvard Business School;
#6 - Northwestern (Kellogg);
#7 - Michigan (Ross);
#8 - UCLA (Anderson).
So, the programs listed above are by far the most popular, and the schools are among the best, according
to some
authoritative sources. The choice of one of the programs depends on your capabilities and career goals.