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The U.S. Government Is One of the Few Employers Still Funding MBAs
About one-third of MBA grads who returned to their previous jobs reported at least 75% employer-funding.
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In the old days, many companies picked up some or all of the cost of an MBA to develop and retain talent. “All these MBA students would learn new skills and want to contribute in a different way at their companies,” says Sean O. Ferguson, director of the MBA program at the Asia School of Business in Malaysia, a four-year-old school that partners with the MIT Sloan School of Management.