text: i need an affordable distance learning mba program (<$10,000)?   sorry to break it to you, but if you get an mba for less than 10k, it's probably junk. you may have a certificate, but nobody will recognize it as a real degree. i'm in the same boat actually... i'm going for my master's, and it looks like i'm gonna pay around $40k for the whole deal... i wish there was an easier way out, but there isn't.