This Online MBA Program Is Embracing Stackable Credentials

Students and employers alike see value in nondegree credentials — and a new online master of business administration (MBA) program plans to infuse those stackable credentials into its curriculum.

Certificates and other nondegree programs like bootcamps have been on the rise in recent years, BestColleges previously reported.

Those are often seen as a complement to graduate education rather than a replacement for it, with a recent Council of Graduate Schools report indicating that microcredentials are best understood as part of a larger ecosystem including graduate degrees, not as an alternative to graduate degrees.

That report also found that nondegree credentials add value like rapid upskilling for students already enrolled in degree programs, BestColleges previously reported, with employers favoring university-based certificate and credential programs.