Rate your level of satisfaction with your new network in terms of how valuable it is to you for encouragement, support, and career opportunities.

Many prospective online MBA students believe that they will sacrifice the bonding of a traditional MBA in a virtual experience. That turns out not to be necessarily true, though the perceived value of a network will vary from school to school. Only a half dozen schools earned grades of 9.0 or above for their graduates' satisfaction level with their MBA networks