Master's in Business Administration (MBA)

Overview

Earn your MBA at D'Youville in as little as 17 months — online  — and gain the leadership skills and knowledge needed to take your career to the next level.

If you’re ready to give your career a boost by earning your MBA, D’Youville provides an online experience perfect for working adults who don’t want to (or can’t) put their careers on hold in order to earn their degrees. Our unique accelerated format for our IACBE-accredited MBA program means that only one course is taken at a time, allowing you to immerse yourself in one subject at a time.

Why Choose D'Youville? 

  • D'Youville's MBA program is one of the fastest to completion and most affordable MBA options in Western New York.
  • Our MBA program draws upon over a century of D’Youville’s commitment to compassionate, ethical scholarship in the liberal arts, allowing us to offer a truly interdisciplinary MBA program that provides perspectives on business from nearly every angle.
  • Small classes allow faculty to work directly with students while enabling students to get to know each other, expanding their networks, building professional contacts, and forming the kinds of relationships that last long after graduation.

What you'll gain:

  • The D’Youville MBA’s focused approach transforms students into effective decision makers, whether in human resources, marketing, financial management, or other areas of business.
  • Our faculty brings their real-world business experience to everything they teach. They are the link between theory and practice, allowing students like you to apply what you learn to actual business situations.
  • Leadership skills that will translate to the professional world

A worldwide survey of MBA program graduates found:

  • 92% of graduates agreed that their MBA prepared them to take on leadership roles in their organization,
  • 87% of graduates stated that their MBA helped them advance faster in their careers,
  • 86% said that getting an MBA increased their earning potential,
  • 95% felt that earning an MBA clearly impacted their career in a positive way so much that they’d recommend a graduate business education to other people.

Affordability

At D'Youville we understand that financing your MBA degree can be difficult. That's why we we ensure various forms of financial aid are available to all students through scholarships, grants, and loans. 

Explorer Courses In The MBA 

  • Learn to apply and analyze the descriptive and inferential methods of statistics. Use computer models to enhance the underlying mathematical concepts. Delve into research through design, data collection, and analysis.

  • Go beyond just the principles of macro and microeconomics to learn how economic issues impact business decision making through the analysis of concrete, real world problems.

  • Gain in-depth knowledge of current management issues; specific problems and issues related to organizational change; analysis of human resources; operations, and strategic management, finance and investments; or in areas of international trade and global management.

Admission Requirements

  • A completed bachelor's degree in business from an accredited college or university*
  • A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (based on a 4.0 system) at the undergraduate level
    International Students: A minimum Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 550
Admission Materials
  • A completed, no-cost application (required)
  • Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts of all institutions attended (required)
  • Over two years of full-time employment experience in a professional, corporate, or business environment (recommended)
  • Personal statement of purpose outlining applicants professional goals and objectives (recommended)
  • Two letters of recommendation from employers, professional supervisors/colleagues, or previous professors (recommended)

  • *Other majors are welcome to apply. Students possessing degrees in non-business majors are required to successfully complete five online modules prior to the start of the program.