Interest in MBAs rising once again

Sam Betters, executive director of the Loveland Housing Authority, said earning a master of business administration degree gave him new skills in areas such as finance and marketing.

Betters earned his MBA from the University of Colorado executive MBA program in 1995. The housing authority board of directors paid his tuition and Betters continued working while he went back to school to earn it.

The “two years of hell” were well worth it, Betters said, noting that he learned a lot, expanded his network and developed skills valuable to his organization as it moves into new areas of housing and development.

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