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Business Administration (MBA)

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Application Deadlines

Spring Admission
(on-campus and online programs)
November 1

Summer Session 1
(on-campus and online programs)
April 1

Fall Admission
(on-campus and online programs)
July 1

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Exams & Waivers

Entrance exam: GRE or GMAT
Exam waiver available: Yes

Learn more about exam waiver eligibility

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Location

On campus and online

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Completion Time

1 year (full time) or 2 years (part time)

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Business leaders are made at App State.

Earn a business degree grounded in data analytics, sustainability, technology and globalization with App State’s MBA, offered by the Walker College of Business.

Whether you’re seeking to enhance your marketability, increase your business skills or become more effective in your current — or future — role, App State’s MBA can help you gain a well-rounded business education and push your career forward with the skills employers demand.

Our program offers individualized attention through dedicated career services and academic advising, as well soft skills and professional development. Additionally, the program’s flexible full-time and part-time class options allow you to receive an educational experience that fits your lifestyle.

App State’s MBA is also offered fully online. Learn more about the App State Online MBA.

Visit the Walker College website for more information about the MBA program.

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91%

of 2020–21 alumni reached their career destination within six months of graduation.

$92,000

median salary of MBA graduates nationwide, according to Payscale.

A 2022 Best

The program is recognized among the best in the Southeast for 2022, according to The Princeton Review. Additionally, CEO Magazine named App State’s MBA a 2022 Tier One program in North America.

Concentrations and Courses

  • With seven program concentrations, you can make your MBA what you want it to be:

    • Business Analytics

      Cultivate advanced business and data analytics skills that can be applied to discipline-specific and more general business problems — skills that today's organizations demand for decision-making.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • Economics

      Increase your understanding of markets, firms, financial organizations and public debate about economic policy, including taxation, government expenditure, trade, globalization, health and welfare.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • Interdisciplinary Business

      Mix and match your coursework for a broad exposure to various fields of business.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • International Business

      Develop analytical tools and conceptual framework needed to understand the international financial, political and economic environment, and how that environment influences a firm’s strategy and performance.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • Leading and Managing Human Resources

      Enhance your competencies in areas such as planning, staffing, rewarding and developing talent, and cultivating an organization's people and culture.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • Supply Chain Management

      Acquire comprehensive knowledge of how to plan and manage an organization's resources and processes that create products or services.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

    • Sustainable Business

      Learn to identify green market opportunities and to manage organizations for the triple bottom line of environmental, social and financial performance.

      Graduate Bulletin & Course Catalog

Related Programs

  • Dual Degree Program: Applied Data Analytics - Interdisciplinary Analytics (MS) and Business Administration - Interdisciplinary Business (MBA)
  • Dual Degree Program: Business Administration - Interdisciplinary Business (MBA) and Higher Education - Community College and University Leadership (MA)
  • Dual Degree Program: Business Administration - Interdisciplinary Business (MBA) and Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (MA)
  • Dual Degree Program: Business Administration - Interdisciplinary Business (MBA) and Public Administration - Public Management (MPA)

Careers and Mountaineers

Where can an App State degree take you? Anywhere you want to go!

Careers

  • Senior Accountant
  • Head of Sales
  • Financial Advisor
  • Capital Markets Analyst
  • Digital Marketing Specialist
  • Allocation Analyst
  • Management Consultant
  • Supply Chain Business Analyst
  • Audit Associate
  • Technology Business Consultant
  • Human Resource Manager
  • Digital Marketing Specialist

Additional roles held by recent MBA graduates

Employers

  • Accenture
  • IBM
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Hanesbrands Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Mariott International
  • Hillshire Brands
  • PNC
  • Syngenta
  • Truist
  • Piedmont Hospital
  • Blue Bell Inc.
  • Alpine Pro
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Lowe’s Home Improvement
  • American Express
  • Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation
  • Synchrony Financial

Career information resource

App State’s Career Development Center
Services provided by the Career Development Center include resume reviews, career coaching, job and internship search assistance, and other tools for you to achieve life and professional success.

  • App State alumna Kirsten Montanari ’19
    App State alumna Kirsten Montanari ’19

    “The breadth of business terminology I gained through my App State MBA continues to help me stay connected to my clients. I work in an innovation space, and it’s imperative I understand language around accounting, marketing and strategy in a way that helps me know where my clients are so I can help them grow.”

    – Kirsten Montanari, workplace design lead at global design and strategy firm Stoked

  • App State alumnus J. Heath Huggins ’20
    App State alumnus J. Heath Huggins ’20

    “The ability to think in different way was the most critical development I gained from App State’s MBA program. I learned how to improve my soft skills and how to work with different business areas to ensure teams are more successful.”

    – J. Heath Huggins, director of financial services at Communication Service for the Deaf

More to Explore at App State

International Experience

Work outside your cultural boundaries. Learn more

Professional Development

Invest in yourself with opportunities designed to stimulate career growth. Learn more

Graduate Assistantships

Earn some money while you earn your degree. Learn more

Accelerated Master’s

Get started on your master’s while you’re an undergrad. Learn more

Accreditation

This program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) — the hallmark of excellence in management education.

Dual Degrees

Double up on degrees for less. Learn more

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Program Contact

Dr. Neel Das
Program Director
mba@appstate.edu
828-262-6219

Walker College of Business

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