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Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)

Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)

The Traditional MBA

The traditional MBA is offered as a campus-based program that can be completed in approximately 2 years. MBA programs blend foundational skills of core business disciplines with essential soft skills such as effective communication, leadership skills, public speaking, executive presentations, and team building to help create excellent leaders across all industries.

Since a degree in business opens up a broad range of employment opportunities in a variety of industries, traditional MBA programs make an effort to be all-encompassing. Traditional MBA programs will offer a broad scope of education and address skills of core business disciplines including:
  • Banking
  • Health care
  • Biotechnology
  • Law
  • Entertainment
  • Defense
  • Computer/electronics
  • Education
  • Government agencies
  • Not-for-profit organizations

Hybrid, Online, and Accelerated

While many colleges and universities still offer traditional, campus-based programs, more and more schools are incorporating hybrid programs that offer students the option to take some courses remotely.

This benefits both the students and the schools. Students save time, money, and effort commuting to and from campus, and remote courses positively impact schools by reducing the student load on campus. This impacts everything from traffic and parking congestion to classroom availability and school employee workload, including instructional and non-instructional staff.

In addition to campus-based and hybrid programs, online MBAs are another popular format for those seeking an MBA. Online Master’s degrees have increased drastically in popularity and number of offerings in the past several years.

Online programs are typically geared towards the working professional and are often offered in an accelerated format. Accelerated programs are offered in a more intense and shortened format to complete programs in less time than a traditional MBA.

MBA Concentrations and Specializations

If you are already working in a particular industry or would like to change your career path, an MBA concentration (or specialization) can greatly enhance the skills desired in the chosen field. Typically, a concentration adds specific courses to the core MBA program and students will take a deeper dive into those specialization subjects. Popular concentrations include:
  • Healthcare Management
  • Human Resources
  • Project Management
  • Marketing
  • Sustainable Fashion Operations
  • Adaptive Leadership
  • Business Analytics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  • Information Technology Management
  • Marketing
  • Public Administration
  • Sustainability

Dual Degree MBA

The job market can be competitive! An MBA adds value to any other degree a student is pursuing. A dual degree demonstrates a student’s exceptional work ethic and the ability to address an industry from multiple perspectives. Dual degrees can be earned in any combination; popular combinations include:
  • Bachelor’s and MBA
  • MBA and JD (Juris Doctorate)
  • BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) and MBA
A dual-degree MBA program helps set students apart in their chosen field of study as students earn 2 degrees simultaneously.

GI Bill®-Approved Schools with MBA Programs

Ready to earn your MBA? Check out these programs available at our partner schools!

Online MBA Programs

Bethel University

Offers an MBA as a hybrid program, campus-based, and online. Bethel offers several concentrations for the MBA including:



Bethel University has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Bethel University proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Concordia University of Ann Arbor

Offers a fully online Master’s of Business Administration. Concordia also offers a campus-based Bachelor of Science in Human Resource and Strategic Management. Concordia U-Ann Arbor has GI Bill approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Concordia U-Ann Arbor also proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Concordia University of Wisconsin

Offers a fully online Master’s of Business Administration. Concordia U-WI has GI Bill approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Concordia U-WI is a MyCAA approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



St. Bonaventure University

Offers a fully online Master of Business Administration. St. Bonaventure University also offers an MBA as a campus-based program. St. Bonaventure University has GI Bill approved programs, offers credit for military experience, and awards credit for the CLEP exam. St. Bonaventure University is approved for Tuition Assistance and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



MBA's with Unique Specializations

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide

Offers a fully online Master’s of Business Administration in Aviation. ERAU-Worldwide has GI Bill approved programs, offers credit for military experience, and awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams. ERAU-Worldwide is approved for Tuition Assistance and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Golden Gate University

Offers a fully online MBA. Golden Gate-SF offers an abundance of concentrations including:



Golden Gate-SF has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Golden Gate-SF is a MyCAA approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Lasell University

Offers quite a few MBAs in both hybrid and online options, including:



Lasell University has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, and awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams. Lasell University is approved for Tuition Assistance and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Norwich University (NU)

Offers a fully online MBA with several areas of concentration, including:



NU Online has GI Bill approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. NU Online is a MyCAA-approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Dual Degree MBA Programs

Stetson University Deland

Offers a 100% online dual degree program where students earn an MBA from Stetson University and a Master of Healthcare Administration from AdventHealth University.  Stetson is a GI Bill-approved school, offers credit for military experience, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Stetson is a MyCAA-approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



University of Baltimore

Offers a traditional MBA. The University of Baltimore also offers a variety of dual-degree MBAs, including:



The University of Baltimore has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, and awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams. The University of Baltimore is a MyCAA-approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Traditional MBA Programs

University of the Incarnate Word

Offers a traditional Master of Business Administration. UIW has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP and DSST exams, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. UIW is a MyCAA-approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.



Gardner-Webb University

Offers a traditional MBA, an accelerated MBA, and a Doctorate of Business Administration. Gardner-Webb has GI Bill-approved programs, offers credit for military experience, awards credit for the CLEP exam, and is approved for Tuition Assistance. Gardner-Webb is a MyCAA-approved school and proudly participates in the Yellow Ribbon program.