Pmp vs mba

I have done my BBA degree and planning to pursue my higher studies but confused which one is better PMP course or MBA degree. Will you please provide me some difference between PMP Vs MBA course and tell me list of some subjects or areas which I can study in these two courses?

[Shaleen]

PMP is focus only on Project Management. Project could be in any industries not only software or Information Technology.

It talks about 5 basic process groups

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

And 9 knowledge areas

Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management

Whereas MBA is a two year degree course which focus on different industrial streams eg:
Information Technology
Human Resource Management
Financial Management
Banking
Quality Management
Project Management
Production / Operations Management
Marketing Management etc

There are some positives to an MBA that a PMP Certification cannot match.

For instance in an MBA program you will learn business practices and theories that a PMP program does not even touch upon.

On the other hand Project Management, which PMP prepares you for is probably one of the fastest growing professions in the world today

A good quality MBA program can cost around $100,000. The average cost of a PMP on the other hand is $2,000.

There is another factor that you need to keep in mind. The MBA takes in more man hours than a PMP (and time is also money).

So after finishing their degrees the PMP is making the same amount of money as an MBA at 1/50th the cost!