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Is it practical to get an MBA degree without any background in business?

A friend said that without any background in business, getting an MBA is not very practical or useful. It seems that having some background helps you learn the material a lot better when you are getting the degree?
Is it true that without any background, MBA courses are hard to assimilate or hard to turn into knowledge that can be applied?

Your friend is wrong. Most MBA programs prefer students with backgrounds other than business. They provide the business training but they cannot provide the broad undergraduate background you may need as a manager. The MBA is a general broad degree covering a wide variety of business issues and training students for careers in managing any area of business up to CEO. MBA students study accounting, finance, marketing, statistics, management, economics, strategy, policy, leadership and similar courses. The MBA was developed because people with technical backgrounds getting promoted into management are not always able to manage, and people in management often don't understand the technical fields they manage.

Although good MBA programs require serious study, anyone with an undergraduate degree can grasp the material, and most programs tend to be more applied than theoretical.

Before you consider which MBA program is for you, consult the Official MBA Guide, a comprehensive free public service with more than 2,000 MBA programs listed worldwide. It allows you to search for programs by location (US, Europe, Far East, etc.), by concentration (finance, marketing, aviation management, health management, accounting, etc.), by type of program (full-time, distance learning, part-time, etc), and by listing your own criteria and preferences to get a list of universities that satisfy your needs. You can use the Guide to contact schools of your choice, examine their data, visit their web site, and send them pre applications. You can see lists of top 40 schools ranked by starting salaries of graduates, GMAT scores, and other criteria. It's the best service available at http://officialmbaguide.org.