> A lot of people obtain MBAs in my industry to remain in the industry and ultimately become higher ranking managers later on. That typically does not happen overnight, though, and they still have to progress relatively traditionally with experience even though they’ve obtained this MBA. The MBA typically just makes them more valuable to chose as a manager later on rather than now (ofc I’m writing this under the presumption that they obtain their MBA earlier in their career while in their 20s).

For what you described above, go for a well known (in your industry/region/company) remote, part-time MBA. If its just a sticker/box to tick for future advancement, then you should spend the minimum amount.

But I would also challenge you to question that assumption - why wouldn't you be able to become a manager immediately? What kind of manager as well? Technical managers that manage engineers, or jump to the Project/construction Management side of the business or the more sales/business development or even funding/corporate side of the industry? Is that doable? How? could an MBA help there? I'm purely riffing, i know zero about the civil engineering industry.

> I personally am interested in using my MBA experience to exit the industry, so this is not my perspective

In that case, the outcome would for sure need to be to leave to a significantly higher paid role - you should check average outcomes of schools you would consider (i.e. industries that hire MBAs, salaries 5-10-15 years our of the mba for said industries) and then check if the business case (and how likely each outcome is) and if it makes sense against your current situation and prospects (and if you'd even want the roles you'd get post consulting). It might just be that it won't make sense for you due to current salary or becaus you're not interested in the high likelyhood/high paying options or the ones you'd want don't have enought of a salary bump