Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master's Degree
Online Program
- Next Start Dates
- January 06, 2025
- April 07, 2025
- Apply By
- January 02, 2025
- April 03, 2025
$13,164 total estimated program cost2
120+ years backed by over 120 years of experience as a Business school
Earn Your MBA Degree for Around $13K2
Complete your MBA degree for around $13,000 and gain an edge to help make yourself more marketable. Pursue an MBA degree that will help you gain a broad understanding of the digital economy, strategic business concepts and optimized leadership. You'll have the versatility and knowledge to pursue a variety of career opportunities. Plus, you'll be able to apply new skills into your current career as you learn them. You can also take advantage of your previous experience with online Empowered Learning® courses, which allow you to learn by doing, manage your pace and stay connected with faculty and peers.
No GRE®/GMAT®3 requirements, no application fees and four start dates per year—it’s easy to get started, and you can complete your MBA degree in as few as 18 months.1
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Strategize Your MBA Career Journey
Be ready to analyze and adapt to shifts in the current and future market. With a variety of online learning experiences, you'll enhance your ability to collaborate and strategize with team members, stakeholders and executives. You'll also have the resources and support you need to become a stronger and more innovative leader that your organization can rely on.
Rasmussen University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Advanced Skills That You Can Apply Right Away
You’ll be learning online, but that doesn’t mean you’re missing out on quality. Our online MBA degree program provides the flexibility you need as a busy, working professional and the advanced courses to help you thrive. With your MBA degree in hand, you'll have a broad understanding of:
- Value chain management
- Operations management
- Accounting and financial analysis
- Organizational leadership
- Marketing strategy
- Business intelligence and analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- Change management
- Corporate responsibility and sustainability
- Strategic planning
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Applied Strategic Planning (MAN 6720)
Online // 4 Credits
Analyze methods and processes for effective applied strategic planning. Study the importance of holistic strategic thinking when developing an organization’s strategic plan. Evaluate an organization’s infrastructure, perform a gap analysis and assess the impact of globalization.
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Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (GEB 5458)
Online // 4 Credits
Study the impact of community involvement, sociological perspectives, ethics, compliance and sustainability on an organization’s competitive advantage. Explore differentiators between internal and external stakeholders, as well as how politics and government regulations and management of resources can influence business decisions.
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Business Intelligence and Analytics (ISM 6200)
Online // 4 Credits
Focus on data and analytics and their application to organizational decision-making. Gain an understanding of what data, metrics and analytics are needed to explain and predict organizational outcomes, as well as how to apply a variety of statistical analysis methods to develop insights and data visualization to improve business performance.
"We designed the MBA program to ensure it is actionable and relevant to employers, and students learn how to think critically as they help their companies solve complex problems."
Eduardo H., DBA
Rasmussen University Faculty
Trusted Expert Insight
Your online MBA degree program coursework is designed by industry and curriculum experts with more than 130 years of combined experience. You get the support of faculty ready to help with access to their real-world insight.
Transform into a Leader
Along with digital economy and strategic business concepts, students in all programs and at all credential levels learn employer-valued transferable skills, or soft skills. Your digital Comprehensive Learner Record is available to Master's degree graduates and makes it easier to showcase your skills. See how.
School-Life Balance
You focus on the learning, and we’ll focus on innovative ways to support you. In addition to fully online courses, you’ll benefit from supportive faculty, 24-hour tech support, tutoring assistance and business library and learning services.
Take the Next Step—Talk to Us!
Moving from Undergraduate to Graduate: What to Expect
We’re here to help you get a better handle on what to expect when making the move up from undergraduate to graduate school. To help with that, we’ve asked Dr. Joy Henrich, Dean of Graduate Education at Rasmussen University, as well as other graduate students, to highlight some of the biggest shifts you can expect as you make this transition to graduate studies.
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Empowered Learning®
Learn by doing real-world projects, manage your pace and stay connected with faculty and peers.
Get Credit for What You Know
Versatile Learning
You'll experience a mix of case studies, exercises, course lectures and coursework.Fit the Rest into Your Life
Effective Virtual Experience
Approach your courses through the lens of your specific industry to help you apply what you learn.
Fully Online
100% online learning gives you more control—over your schedule, your work space and your pace.
Tuition & Savings
Do the Math:
With four start dates a year, 11-week terms and a total of 12 courses, students who enroll can finish in less than two years.1
$218 cost per credit
x 48 total credits
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$10,464 total tuition
+ $2,700 total fees
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$13,164 estimated total program cost
Learn more about the financial aid cost of attendance (COA).
Earn Your Online MBA for Around $13,0002
No GRE/GMAT requirements and no application fees. And, up to 20% of our MBA degree program can be completed with transfer credits, which could potentially save you time and money.
Entrance Requirements
To be considered for admission, applicants must submit an official transcript from an accredited institution of higher learning as recognized by the U. S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) documenting either a conferred Bachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of 2.50 (no rounding) or higher, or a conferred graduate-level certificate, Master’s degree, or doctoral degree. No GRE/GMAT is required.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree GPA of 2.0 (no rounding) to 2.49 may request an exception to the minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA requirement through the submission of a personal statement in the form of a written essay. Instructions and a scoring rubric for submitting a request for an exception may be obtained from the Admissions Advisor. The scoring of the committee will be final.