Online Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
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Master of Business Administration Overview
The U.S. expects 883,900 new management jobs in the next decade. It’s time to earn your MBA and be ready to meet the growing demand.
- Attain a degree you can be proud of — and that employers will respect — from Purdue’s online university for working adults.
- Customize your online MBA by choosing from seven optional concentrations.
- Build relevant, practical skills you can use right away in your career.
- Gain the real-world tools you need to take on leadership positions in a competitive marketplace.
- Study a curriculum developed by a select panel of global business professionals featuring international business case studies as well as unique examples.
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Purdue Global’s business programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
The human resources concentration aligns with the Society for Human Resource Management's HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
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Purdue Global Is Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
The HLC (HLCommission.org) is an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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What Courses Will I Take?
Courses in the MBA program put a focus on the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to make sound business and management decisions.
Sample Courses
- Business Analytics
- Economics for Global Decision Makers
- Managing the Value Chain
- Leadership Strategies for a Changing World
- Designing, Improving, and Implementing Processes
Program Requirements
Optional Concentrations
1 semester credit hour = 1.5 quarter credit hours
Upcoming Start Dates
We offer multiple start dates to give you flexibility in your education, life, and work schedules.
Optional MBA Degree Concentrations
Specialized knowledge and expertise can prepare you for leadership roles in today’s competitive business environments. Complete four or more additional courses in one of these MBA concentrations:
Finance
Concentration Outcomes:
- Analyze strategies for investing in various markets and explore mergers and acquisitions and financial management issues for international businesses.
- Evaluate the different types of financial institutions.
- Examine theories of risk management and types of risk.
- Analyze financial statements using standard financial ratios.
- Evaluate business performance through analysis of financial statements.
Global Business
Concentration Outcomes:
- Learn the practical and research-based competencies needed to understand the impact of differences in cultural, political, economic, and legal systems. This concentration includes a study abroad option that will allow students to participate either virtually or in person as they work with organizations and scholars outside of the U.S. This real-world experience will help prepare students with the critical knowledge and skills needed to pursue globally oriented management roles.
- Explain the influence of cultural, political, legal, and economic differences on both international organizations and the wider global marketplace.
- Recognize the unique skills necessary for the successful international manager, including culturally-focused methodologies related to leadership, communication, motivation and teamwork.
- Evaluate critical decision points for the management of global corporate functions, including marketing, logistics, HRM, and finance.
- Analyze the strategic factors that influence an organization's choice of entry mode into a global market.
Health Care Management
Concentration Outcomes:
- Focus on navigating the changing health care field, including rigorous patient-privacy regulations, staffing challenges, and issues of cost control.
- Evaluate business strategies for quality management and continuous improvement of operations.
- Outline components of the American health care system regarding policies and procedures within major health-related issues.
- Illustrate effective practices for employing marketing tools to specific situations in the healthcare environment.
Human Resources
Concentration Outcomes:
- Explore recruitment and hiring practices, employee training, corporate policies, change management, and executive leadership.
- Determine the manager’s role in establishing and maintaining sound employee relations in an organization.
- Construct an effective training program.
- Evaluate the relationship between strategic reward systems and an organization’s ability to achieve business objectives.
- Assess the implications of current models of talent management.
Information Technology
Concentration Outcomes:
- Examine critical concepts relevant to the IT professional including systems analysis and design and the management of technology in a business environment.
- Analyze emerging technologies as solutions to real-world business problems and as strategic resources.
Marketing
Concentration Outcomes:
- Apply marketing research methods and techniques to analyze and implement strategic advertising and develop the skills to manage a sales force.
- Synthesize advertising concepts effectively by creating an integrated advertising campaign.
- Analyze measurement, instrument development, and sample design techniques for obtaining reliable market research results.
- Apply theories related to building and organizing an effective sales force.
- Analyze application of the four types of consumer behavior situational influences in marketing strategy.
Project Management
Concentration Outcomes:
- Strategize, plan, schedule, implement, and determine project deliverables and milestones, and address business needs and manage costs.
- Integrate process groups and knowledge areas in project development.
- Evaluate the integration of project management plans according to industry standards.
- Evaluate strategies to ensure effective resource allocation.
- Create a structured plan for the closing phase of the project life cycle.
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Why Should You Earn an MBA?
Purdue Global School of Business and Information Technology Dean Jeff Buck discusses the power of earning an MBA.
Ways to Save on Time and Tuition
Purdue Global works with students to find ways to reduce costs and make education more accessible. Contact us to learn about opportunities to save on your educational costs.
Transfer Credits
Earn credit for prior coursework completed at eligible institutions.
Financial Aid
Learn about federal financial aid programs available for many of our degree programs.
Corporate Partner Benefits
Employees of Purdue Global partner organizations may be eligible for special tuition reductions.
Military Tuition Reduction
Graduate tuition savings for military include a 17–30% reduction per credit for current servicemembers and 14% per credit for veterans for graduate programs.
Prior Military Experience
Earn credit for your military training. We offer credit for ACE-evaluated training and CLEP and DANTES examinations.
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Possible Behavioral Interview Questions for This Field of Study
- Tell me about a time you had to make a decision when you didn't have all the facts available.
- Tell me about a time you had to make an unconventional or unpopular decision. What was the outcome?
- Tell me about a time when the financial resources needed for a project were limited. How did you ensure that the project was completed on time?
- Tell me about a time when you failed to meet a target goal. How did you handle it and what did you learn from it?
- Tell me about a time you anticipated future needs or challenges and made changes to current operations to prepare.
Sample Skills Developed and Used in This Field
- Business Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Digital Literacy
- Ethical Standards and Conduct
- Finance
- Leadership
- Management
- Marketing
- Planning
- Presentations
- Problem Solving
- Professionalism
- Project Management
- Research
- Teamwork
Why Choose an MBA
Learn how an online MBA can help you grow your career while you’re still working.
Earn a Law Degree 1 Year Sooner
Upon graduating, you can apply some of your courses toward an Executive Juris Doctor (EJD) degree at Purdue Global Law School. Save up to $15,696 in tuition and graduate a year sooner. You could earn both a master’s and EJD degree in as few as 4 years. See which courses transfer.
Unlike the JD, which prepares you to sit for the bar exam and practice law, the online EJD is designed to help you build legal expertise to use in your career.
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