At the end of the day, it is the ultimate test: After spending tens of thousands of dollars and two or more years of your life in an online MBA program, would you recommend it to others? Across the board, all the ranked schools did well on this measure with 33 separate programs receiving a score of 9 or above on a ten-point scale, with ten reflecting the strongest recommendation from graduates. But at the very top was the Jack Welch Management Institute, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Utah, Ohio University, and the University of Southern California.