Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Pursue Your On-Campus or Online Master of Business Administration Degree at Post University!Program Overview
Would you like to take the next step in your business education? The Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Post University may be for you. In addition to learning opportunities designed to build up your business acumen and improve your leadership skills, your graduate education requires no entrance exam. Whether you choose the on-campus or online MBA—no GMAT is required.
This ACBSP-accredited MBA program uses project-based learning—an educational approach featuring real-world projects—to give you the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations for hands-on experience in solving complex business problems. It is designed to help you develop the critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills used in the business world. The curriculum also offers the learning opportunities you could use to refine your skills for creativity, innovation, ethics, and quantitative reasoning.
Core coursework for the online Master of Business Administration degree covers what it takes to strengthen your understanding of key areas of business, from organizational management to strategic planning. From there, you will customize your MBA to your goals with your selection of one of 13 concentrations, including two STEM-designated MBA concentrations. Choose from Financial Analytics (STEM), Business Intelligence and Analytics (STEM), Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare Systems Leadership, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Marketing, Multidisciplinary, Project Management, Small and Medium Business Enterprise, or Supply Chain Management.
Curriculum
Program Requirements – 39 Total Credits
Foundation Course: 3 credits
Master of Business Administration Core Courses: 21 Credits
Master of Business Administration Concentration: 12 credits
Capstone Course: 3 Credits
Industry-Focused Curriculum for Professional Skills
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Coursework for your accredited MBA program is designed to help you build competencies and professional skills for:
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Using management principles to solve structured and unstructured problems to strengthen strategic positioning in the global economy
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Applying socially responsible business practices and ethical principles to inform decision-making
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Making data-informed decisions through the application of statistical theory and analysis methods to business contexts
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Analyzing opportunities to solve business problems while leveraging people and resources to create value
Concentrations
Online STEM MBA Concentrations
Looking for an online STEM MBA to better embrace the convergence of business and technology? Post University offers two STEM-designated MBA concentrations—Financial Analytics and Business Intelligence and Analytics—to help you better customize and amplify your advanced business education with an emphasis on quantitative scientific and mathematical skills.
Financial Analytics
With a deeper focus on financial markets, advanced analytical techniques, and risk management strategies, this online Master of Business Administration degree concentration covers what it takes to tackle complex financial challenges and recognize opportunities. This is a STEM-designated MBA concentration that also explores the intricacies of financial data as well as how to develop effective financial strategies and make informed decisions.
Business Intelligence and Analytics
This STEM-designated MBA concentration offers skill-building experiences on how to leverage data-driven insights for strategic decision-making. It also offers the opportunity to learn how to navigate the evolving landscape of business intelligence, data analytics, and emerging technologies.
Master of Business Administration Concentrations
From traditional disciplines such as Human Resource Management, Leadership, or Finance to emerging disciplines such as Healthcare Systems Leadership, Post University offers 11 additional concentration options to help you customize your MBA education to your goals.
Corporate Innovation
Our corporate innovation concentration is designed to offer the opportunity to build skills in leading and managing change and complexity in organizations. It covers what it takes to foster conditions that create and unleash innovation in organizations while applying financial tools to manage the innovation process.
Finance
This concentration provides specialized knowledge and applied skills for the management of finance, analysis of financial statements, creation and management of financial portfolios, and a working knowledge of the impact of public policy on the application of financial principles.
Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship concentration courses offer the opportunity to explore what it takes to create and manage new business ventures, develop new products and services, write business plans, and buy and sell businesses. Coursework covers how to apply entrepreneurial skills to corporate entrepreneurship.
Healthcare Systems Leadership
This concentration offers the opportunity to develop an understanding of the interrelatedness of clinical, technological, and financial components of the business of healthcare. It introduces the dynamic nature of broad system change, the need for fundamentally different leadership that integrates innovation, collaboration, and effective communication, and the expectation that quality and person-centeredness are not add-ons but are, ultimately, at the core of the work.
Human Resource Management
This concentration offers insights and skill-building opportunities students could use to become practitioners in human resources or become more effective leaders. Coursework covers analyzing trends in human resource management practice, employing human resource strategic planning, describing the impact of legislation on human resource management functions, examining issues facing different diverse groups, and evaluating the differing change management models.
Marketing
This concentration covers skills in writing integrated communication and marketing plans. Students are encouraged to explore new strategies for targeting consumers based on buying motivations, discover how to use marketing research, technology, and analytics to quantify marketing results, and gain insight into managing brand initiatives.
Multidisciplinary
This is a tailored program that builds on courses from all other MBA concentrations, offering students more flexibility to customize their educations based on specific career goals.
Project Management
Modern product development often offers complexities that require strong technical knowledge in project management as well as leadership skills. This concentration explores what it takes to lead project teams, define and manage project risk, use project management systems, and assess project scope, schedule, and cost to produce a high-quality product or service on time and to the specifications of the client.
Small and Medium Business Enterprise — Campus Only
With coursework in economic analysis, disciplined entrepreneurship, and business strategy, this concentration explores what it takes to build a business from the ground up. Topics include how to test business plans for viability and profitability, pricing strategies, analytics, decision-making, emerging business practices, and more. If you are looking for MBA programs in Connecticut, this concentration is offered on campus.
Supply Chain Management
Courses in this concentration explore the tools used to understand supply chain and logistics. Coursework covers the integration of supply chain management to manufacturing operations, planning supply chain operations and the impact of AI (artificial intelligence), logistics operations models, global sourcing and procurement practices, warehouse and transportation planning methods, Lean methods in supply chain planning, intricacies of international trade, and supply chain management and logistics trends.
This concentration covers skills in writing integrated communication and marketing plans. Students are encouraged to explore new strategies for targeting consumers based on buying motivations, discover how to use marketing research, technology, and analytics to quantify marketing results, and gain insight into managing brand initiatives.
Sample Courses
Foundations in Business
This course is designed to expose students to a variety of business concepts. The course will demonstrate how these concepts interact with one another and provide a basis for business planning and management. The various business concepts are in alignment with the common professional component requirements for ACBSP and include elements of marketing, finance, accounting, management, economics, ethics, global business, legal and business policies.
The course equips students with personal and professional development tools essential for their MBA journey and future careers. It includes self-assessment tools to provide insights and feedback on emotional intelligence, actions, motives, and other soft skills. Students conduct in-depth self-analyses and use these insights to establish personal development goals. Additionally, the course guides students in formulating a personal purpose statement and a comprehensive development plan.
Organizational Dynamics and Effectiveness
This course focuses on managing organizations for high performance in a rapidly changing business environment. The course explores key dynamics impacting organizational effectiveness from both the internal and external perspective. The student will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of essential human resource management (HRM) functions that drive and support the changing world of work, as well as other elements key to organizational performance. Topics include organizational structuring, acquiring talent, developing/rewarding/retaining employees, leading and managing dynamics for performance. Additional organizational dynamics to be explored include decision-making, external influences, and multiculturalism.
Capstone Experience
This Capstone course is the culminating course for all the other Master of Business Administration courses. The course enables students to apply content that has been undertaken throughout the various courses in the Master of Business Administration degree. This course intends that the student will bring to bear the learnings and knowledge from the previous courses to show competence in the field of business administration. Specifically, students are expected to submit a comprehensive Capstone paper that meets the Capstone requirements, along with a compelling presentation. Also, the student will utilize a computer simulation to apply learning and insights of the Master of Business Administration program.
Prerequisites: All required courses in the MBA.
The sample courses listed are intended to illustrate the types of coursework included in this program. Course offerings and requirements may change. Please consult the official University Catalog for current and complete program information.
The course equips students with personal and professional development tools essential for their MBA journey and future careers. It includes self-assessment tools to provide insights and feedback on emotional intelligence, actions, motives, and other soft skills. Students conduct in-depth self-analyses and use these insights to establish personal development goals. Additionally, the course guides students in formulating a personal purpose statement and a comprehensive development plan.
Organizational Dynamics and Effectiveness
This course focuses on managing organizations for high performance in a rapidly changing business environment. The course explores key dynamics impacting organizational effectiveness from both the internal and external perspective. The student will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of essential human resource management (HRM) functions that drive and support the changing world of work, as well as other elements key to organizational performance. Topics include organizational structuring, acquiring talent, developing/rewarding/retaining employees, leading and managing dynamics for performance. Additional organizational dynamics to be explored include decision-making, external influences, and multiculturalism.
Capstone Experience
This Capstone course is the culminating course for all the other Master of Business Administration courses. The course enables students to apply content that has been undertaken throughout the various courses in the Master of Business Administration degree. This course intends that the student will bring to bear the learnings and knowledge from the previous courses to show competence in the field of business administration. Specifically, students are expected to submit a comprehensive Capstone paper that meets the Capstone requirements, along with a compelling presentation. Also, the student will utilize a computer simulation to apply learning and insights of the Master of Business Administration program.
Prerequisites: All required courses in the MBA.
The sample courses listed are intended to illustrate the types of coursework included in this program. Course offerings and requirements may change. Please consult the official University Catalog for current and complete program information.
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Accreditation
Institutional Accreditation
College (University) is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.). Inquiries regarding the accreditation status by the Commission should be directed to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact:
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Graduate Admissions Requirements
Post University maintains consistent graduate admissions standards for students enrolling online or on campus. While individual programs may include additional criteria, all applicants are evaluated using foundational requirements that support academic readiness and program alignment.
Common graduate admissions requirements include:
- Completion of a graduate admissions application
- Submission of official transcripts from all previously attended postsecondary institutions
- Documentation of a conferred bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or an approved equivalent
- Participation in an admissions interview or advisory session, if recommended
- Submission of a personal statement, when requested, which may be required for applicants below a specified cumulative grade point average threshold
- Verification of all admissions materials
Graduate admissions requirements may vary by program and learning format. For complete and program-specific requirements, please review:
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Tuition & Ways to Save
An education at Post University is designed to provide long-term value. Tuition is competitively structured, and financial aid opportunities are available for those who qualify. Admissions and financial aid teams work with you to review available options and explain each step of the process clearly.
With multiple funding opportunities available, you may qualify for more than you expect.
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Tuition reductions are available for eligible active-duty military service members, veterans, public safety professionals, education partners, alumni, and others who qualify.
Scholarships →
Post University offers a variety of institutional scholarships. Dedicated scholarship advisors assist students in identifying both institutional and relevant external scholarship opportunities.
Financial Aid →
Federal financial aid programs are available for many degree programs for students who qualify.
Transfer Credits →
Post University will evaluate course credit completed at eligible institutions, as well as credit earned through approved examinations or prior learning experiences, for potential transfer.
Military Benefits →
Military education benefits extend to active-duty service members, reservists, veterans, their families, and eligible Department of Defense civilian employees.
Student Loans →
Federal and private loan programs may be available to students who qualify.
Tuition Reductions →
Tuition reductions are available for eligible active-duty military service members, veterans, public safety professionals, education partners, alumni, and others who qualify.
Scholarships →
Post University offers a variety of institutional scholarships. Dedicated scholarship advisors assist students in identifying both institutional and relevant external scholarship opportunities.
Financial Aid →
Federal financial aid programs are available for many degree programs for students who qualify.
Transfer Credits →
Post University will evaluate course credit completed at eligible institutions, as well as credit earned through approved examinations or prior learning experiences, for potential transfer.
Military Benefits →
Military education benefits extend to active-duty service members, reservists, veterans, their families, and eligible Department of Defense civilian employees.
Student Loans →
Federal and private loan programs may be available to students who qualify.
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Our approach is grounded in three commitments: career focus, value, and personalization. Whether you are beginning your undergraduate journey, returning to continue your education, or pursuing a graduate degree, Post University offers programs developed with professional practice in mind, led by industry-experienced faculty, and delivered in formats designed to fit into your life.
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MBA FAQs
What Can You Do With a Master of Business Administration?
Through Post University’s ACBSP-accredited MBA program, you will have the chance to work on real-world projects that tackle current issues faced by organizations. This project-based learning approach provides you with a hands-on experience that goes beyond traditional classroom learning.
And remember, whether you pursue an on-campus or online MBA, no GMAT is required to apply. This can be helpful for those who do not excel in standardized tests or who do not have the time or resources to prepare for the GMAT. By removing this requirement, the MBA program opens opportunities for individuals from diverse academic and professional backgrounds to pursue a graduate degree in business.
Can I Earn an Online Master of Business Administration Degree?
Yes! In fact, Post University offers our Master of Business Administration program both on our main campus and online. And if you decide to come to Post to pursue your online MBA, no GMAT testing is required to start your program.
Through our ACBSP-accredited MBA program, you will have the chance to work on real-world projects that tackle current issues faced by organizations. Whether you are pursuing your MBA program in Connecticut or online, this project-based learning approach provides you with an opportunity for hands-on experience that goes beyond traditional classroom learning.
Is an Online MBA Degree Worth It?
Earning an MBA is often considered valuable for many MBA graduates in their business careers as it provides an opportunity to enhance basic business and leadership skills while serving as a testament to their commitment toward advanced business education. Earning an MBA could help make students workforce ready.
What Is the Structure of the MBA Program?
Students in the Post University MBA program complete a core curriculum and then select one of the following areas of concentration: Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare Systems Leadership, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Marketing, Multidisciplinary, Project Management, Small and Medium Business Enterprise, or Supply Chain Management. If you are looking for an online STEM MBA program, we offer two STEM-designated MBA concentrations: Financial Analytics and Business Intelligence and Analytics. The program culminates in a capstone course.
What Does an MBA Course Include?
Core courses cover finance, project management, leadership, analytics, quantitative analysis, business strategy and planning, marketing, and organizational dynamics. For a full course list check out the course catalog to view MBA degree classes, descriptions, and concentration requirements.
What Are the Prerequisite for an MBA?
The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business feels strongly that students possessing real-world experience elevate course and program dialogue and lead to a more meaningful learning experience. So, while there is no GMAT prerequisite, the MBA program requires three years of relevant experience. Relevant experience encompasses anything from part- or full-time employment to internships, research projects, and publications.
A student with a Bachelor of Science in a non-business field must take BUS502 Business Essentials or four undergraduate prerequisite courses – ACC111, ECO201, FIN201, and LAW204. Students with a Bachelor of Science in a business field receive a waiver for BUS502. Please contact a graduate admissions advisor for details.
Note: Applicants with less work experience, but otherwise exceptional applications may be considered for admission.
How Long Does It Take to Earn an MBA?
The normal time to complete an MBA degree program is 24 months.
What is a STEM MBA?
In recognition of the increasing importance of technical skills in multiple industries, many institutions of higher education are exploring the concept of MBA programs with a greater emphasis on business in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). At Post University, we offer two online STEM MBA concentrations to help you expand your business insight with key tech-relevant skills.
What is the Best MBA Concentration?
The answer to that question depends on your personal and professional goals. If you are looking at finding your future in a field where a greater range of math, science, and technical skills combined with business instincts could be useful, you might want to consider our two STEM-designated MBA concentrations: Financial Analytics or Business Intelligence and Analytics. We also offer concentrations for more traditional and emerging markets, including Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, and more.
How Hard is an MBA Program?
Whether you pursue your MBA program in Connecticut or online, a career-focused curriculum should be challenging, not impossible. At Post University, we work with you to make everything about your program doable, from flexible online learning opportunities to 24/7 tutoring support. We are here to help you every step of the way.
When do MBA Programs Start?
Post University offers multiple start dates throughout the year for our online Master of Business Administration degree. And there is no GMAT required, so you do not have to skip a start date waiting for test results. Reach out to your admissions advisor to learn how you can prepare for the next term start.
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