Maryville’s Online MBA (Master of Business Administration)

Lead with confidence. Earn your MBA online.

With Maryville University’s 100% online Master of Business Administration, you’ll develop the expertise to advance into management roles from wherever you are. Learn from approachable industry practitioners, explore real-world case studies and connect with Maryville’s corporate partners.

Maryville’s accredited online MBA program is designed to turn you into a capable, confident business leader. Develop the skills, connections and experience you need to become an expert in your current industry, accelerate your professional development, transition to a new field or pursue an entrepreneurial path.

The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Choose from 12 optional concentrations/built-in certificates.
Graduate in as few as 12 months, or 14 months with a concentration.
Get hands-on experience as you examine current case studies.
No GMAT/GRE scores or prior business experience is required to apply.

One graduate’s online MBA experience

Lauren Wagner wanted a way to combine her passions for business and programming, and Maryville’s online MBA program provided just what she was looking for. Lauren was able to immediately apply what she learned at work — and after completing the MBA online program, she was offered a promotion.

Online MBA curriculum

Prepare for advancement into management-level careers and beyond. In the online MBA program at Maryville University, you’ll learn strategic vision, team management skills and the ability to influence colleagues, employees and clients.

During the program, you will take nine core courses (27 credits) and your choice of electives. Core courses include the following:

  • Business Ethics
  • Organizational Behavior and Development
  • Legal Environment of Business 
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Global Business
  • Business Economics
  • Accounting for Managers
  • Corporate Financial Policies
  • Business Policies

You have a number of options for customizing your MBA program online. If you pursue a generalist track (36 credits), you will choose three electives and can complete the program in as few as 12 months. If you pursue a concentration or built-in certificate (39 credits), you will choose four electives and can complete the program in as few as 14 months.

Online MBA program concentrations

You can tailor your Maryville MBA online to match your professional interests and goals by pursuing one of the following concentrations:

  • Accounting: Study advanced concepts in tax planning, risk management, strategic accounting and financial statement analysis.
  • Data Analytics: Learn to leverage data to drive key business decisions by studying analytics, data visualization and predictive modeling.
  • Cybersecurity Incident Response: Learn the principles needed to understand the methods and practices to respond to a cybersecurity incident.
  • Cybersecurity Penetration Testing: Learn about ethical hacking and how to simulate a cyberattack to test an organization’s readiness for security threats.
  • Emerging and Digital Media: Develop proficiency in areas such as integrated marketing, analytics and search engine optimization.
  • Finance: Learn advanced finance concepts, including money and the economy, investment alternatives and portfolio construction.
  • Health Administration: Study topics in healthcare management, such as medical law, ethics, risk management and population health management.
  • Human Resources Management: Build advanced skills in human resource management, employment law and compliance, compensation and benefits.
  • Management: Delve deeper into leadership skills such as project management, human resource management and interpersonal management.
  • Marketing: Specialize in consumer behavior, social networking, search engine optimization, branding and integrated marketing communications.
  • Project Management: Learn project management principles, operations management, supply chain management and enterprise planning.
  • Software Development: Gain knowledge of programming, data structures, web applications, and agile systems analysis and design.

Early Access to the online MBA degree program

Current Maryville undergraduate students: If you have a GPA of 3.25 or higher and you’ve completed 90 credit hours or more of your bachelor’s degree (at least 20 credit hours at Maryville), you may be eligible to get a head start earning your MBA online.

Through Maryville’s Early Access program, you can earn up to 12 credits toward your master’s degree during the last phase of your undergraduate degree. Early Access allows you to take graduate-level courses that count toward your undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses are billed at the undergraduate tuition rate, so you can save time and money.

Flexible online learning

At Maryville, your needs come first. That’s why our online MBA program gives you the flexibility to learn in a way that works for you.

  • Choose a start date that fits with your schedule.
  • Study when it’s convenient for you — on your time, not ours. 
  • Learn 100% online. (But you’re always welcome on our St. Louis campus!)

Professional partnerships

Learn from and network with active professionals and industry experts through our partnerships with organizations around the world.

Partners of the university include:

  • Ameren
  • Boeing
  • Centene
  • Edward Jones
  • Rawlings Sporting Goods

Featured faculty

Christopher Gourdine is the Assistant Dean for Business Administration and Assistant Professor of Business Administration.

His educational and career experience has helped him become a highly respected thought leader with an aptitude for business analytics, organizational management strategy, logistics coordination, conflict resolution and adaptive leadership.

MBA online admission requirements

Maryville’s hassle-free application process is designed to remove roadblocks, so you can focus on what’s important: your growth and your goals. No application fees. No GMAT/GRE scores. Maryville will even request your transcripts for you. Choose from six start dates per year.

You can apply and start learning sooner than you think. Here’s what you’ll need to submit:

Simplified, no-cost online application

Official academic transcripts from all previous colleges or universities

English proficiency scores (International applicants may be required to submit scores that meet a certain threshold.)

To be eligible for admission into the online MBA program, you will need a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university and a minimum 3.0 GPA. No previous business experience is required.

Build the leadership expertise, business acumen and cutting-edge tech skills to advance into leadership roles. Take the next step — learn more about Maryville’s online MBA program.

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