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Regionally Accredited Online MBAs that do NOT require the GRE or GMAT

In the United States the most widely recognized form of university accreditation comes from the regional accreditation boards. Harvard University is regionally accredited. Ohio University is regionally accredited. Stanford University is regionally accredited ... and so on.

When people ask if you have attended an "accredited university" in the United States, they most commonly mean a regionally accredited university.

GetEducated surveyed regionally accredited business schools that offer distance MBAs to see if any of them ever waive the GRE or GMAT exams.

You won't need to take the GRE or GMAT for the select programs profiled below. Click on any school for more details.









RANK
SCHOOL / DEGREE
STATE
PRICE
NOTE
  7
(IL)
GMAT may be waived under certain
circumstances including if applicant has
undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or already has
earned an advanced degree.
  8
(GA)
GRE/GMAT required unless a graduate
degree has previously been earned.
  9
(CA)
GMAT waived for those who have a GPA of
3.0 and/or have significant professional
experience.
  22
(OH)
GMAT required if undergraduate GPA is
below 2.75.
  23
(CA)
MBA requires GMAT unless applicant has
masters or 3.5 GPA on bachelors.
  40
(VT)
Accredited bachelor's with 2.4-2.7 GPA.
Lower GPAs may be admitted with GMAT and
special review.
  41
(NC)
GMAT, GRE or Pfeiffer Grad Assessment
Exam required unless applicant has a
previous graduate degree.
  44
(FL)
GMAT required if applicant has less than
3.0 GPA on last 60 hours of bachelor's
degree or less than 5 yrs progressively
responsible career experience.
  45
(GA)
Requires accredited bachelor's with 2.7
GPA or combined minimum GMAT in 50th
percentile.
  56
(IL)
Bachelor’s with min 2.75 GPA and either
2 years managerial experience or
acceptable scores on the GMAT.
  57
(IA)
GRE/GMAT required only for applicants
with lower than 2.75 undergraduate GPA.
  58
(NY)
GPA of 3.0 or higher generally does not
require the GRE/GMAT.
  60
(MI)
Applicants with less than 2 yrs work
experience with GPA ranging between 2.0
and 2.749 must submit GMAT.


NOTE: Results are based on GetEducated's National Survey of 390 Online MBAs (Fall 2007).

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