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Admission Requirements

Admission
Applicants for admission to the MBA program must hold a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
Applications must be complete before being considered by the College of Business for admission. A complete application includes:

  • Application for Admission into Graduate School
  • Application fee
  • Official transcripts from each college or university attended
  • Official score for the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)**
  • A letter of intent
  • Three letters of recommendation

International students must submit an official TOEFL examination report with a minimum acceptable score for admission of 550 (paper test) or 213 (computer test).
Students are not permitted to register in graduate courses prior to admission to Graduate School.

** The minimum acceptable score is 520


Degree Requirements

The total course requirements necessary to complete the MBA degree will vary depending on the background of the student. An adequate background in the functional areas of business is necessary for all students. Foundation courses include 3 semester credits in the areas of accounting, economics, marketing, management, legal environment, finance, quantitative methods, and management information systems. Foundation courses may be waived for students who have previously completed equivalent courses with satisfactory grades.

All students must complete 30 semester hours of graduate work. Graduate courses include the following common body of knowledge courses: managerial accounting, strategic marketing, operations management, organizational behavior, financial management, management information systems, strategic management, and business conditions analysis, for a total of 24 semester hours. Students must take an additional six semester hours of approved elective courses.

See the Graduate School Bulletin for course listings.



Joint MBA-Pharm.D.

The College of Business and the College of Pharmacy offer a dual degree program where students receive a Pharm.D. degree and an MBA. Pharm.D. students meet the business foundation course requirement through the pharmacy curriculum, and the choice of MBA elective courses is flexible for students in the dual degree program. To be eligible for this joint degree program, students must apply to and be accepted into both the Pharm.D. and the MBA programs. The MBA course work can be completed in one year following completion of the Pharm.D. degree.



FAQ

For a list of FAQ's please go to the following link. FAQ's (Adobe PDF).



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