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Business Administration (MBA)

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App State's Master of Business Administration program provides educational experiences to prepare students for lifelong learning and professional leadership responsibilities in a dynamic global environment. The program’s flexibility allows each student to receive the best educational experience possible with the opportunity to complete your degree in one year through our full-time program on the main campus in Boone or two years through our part-time on-campus program or our online program.

Our program provides individualized attention through dedicated career services and academic advising, as well soft skills and professional development. App State's MBA program believes that networking and team building are extremely important in the process of building future leaders. Wherever you find yourself in life, you can always call on an App State graduate for help, advice and support.

App State’s main-campus MBA program offers seven concentrations, all of which require the completion of at least one course with an international focus. This requirement can be fulfilled through an optional faculty-led study abroad experience.

Students in the online program will take preapproved courses that lead to the Interdisciplinary Concentration.

More Information

Courses

  • Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog

    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

Application Essentials

Required Entrance Exam: GMAT OR GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old; entrance exam may be waived for students meeting waiver guidelines.)

Required number of references to specify in the online form: 3

Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission)

Basic Conditions for Consideration of Admission: Meeting or exceeding the conditions below does NOT guarantee admission. All applications for a given entry term will be weighed based upon the number of seats available and the quality of the complete application packages. With special permission from the Graduate School, a program may admit a limited number of students with exceptional circumstances who do not meet the graduate school minimums.

Students applying to the MBA program who need prerequisite courses have the option of an accelerated prerequisite program. The accelerated program offers a range of self-paced courses that are designed to be used as prerequisites to a core set of courses in graduate business education. This will allow the MBA to be open to all undergraduate majors who wish to apply and finish the degree in one year.

Graduate School: GPA in the last earned degree and official GMAT or GRE scores, along with application materials including the applicant’s letter of intent (personal statement), resume, and recommendation letters, are all considered in making admission decisions.

Admission to Business Administration: Both qualitative and quantitative aspects of applications are reviewed in comparison to the current applicant pool.

Employers

  • Accenture
  • IBM
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Hanesbrands Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Mariott International
  • Hillshire Brands
  • PNC
  • Syngenta
  • BB&T
  • 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
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Spring Admission
(main campus program only)
November 1

Summer Session
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April 1

Fall Admission
(main campus and online)
July 1

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Why Appalachian?

  • The MBA program’s accolades include Top Tier ranking for North American schools by the International Graduate Forum (IGF), Global MBA Super Table, Triad Business Journal’s Largest N.C. MBA Programs, and CEO Magazine MBA Rankings-Tier One.
  • You will study in the Walker College of Business, accredited by AACSB since 1976 and ranked in The Princeton Review’s Best 295 Business Schools for 2016.
  • The program offers high value for the cost. 
  • Students enrolled full-time in the main campus program can complete their degree in one year.  Students enrolled in the online program can complete their degree in two years.
  • You will benefit from dedicated academic advisors who assist students with their programs of study and course schedules and a career services office that assists students with professional, leadership and career development opportunities.
  • The optional international experience provides study-abroad opportunities in various countries.
  • There is the option of an accelerated prerequisite program.
  • All graduate programs at Appalachian have small class sizes, providing intimate classroom interaction.
  • The School of Graduate Studies offers scholarships, fellowships and assistantships to support eligible, full-time, degree-seeking students. 

Location

On campus and online

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

Contacts

Dr. Neel Das
Program Director
mba@appstate.edu
828-262-2922

Walker College of Business

  • Walker College of Business

    Accredited and well ranked

    • Accredited by AACSB International – the premier global accrediting body for schools of business – since 1976. It is among only one-third of U.S. business schools and 15 percent of business programs worldwide that hold this accreditation.
    • Consistently named one of “The Best Business Schools” by The Princeton Review.

    Global Emphasis

    • An international requirement of all business majors, which can include study abroad in traditional and emerging markets.
    • Opportunities to participate in a variety of short-term international programs in locations throughout the world which are open to all business majors and designed to develop international business skills and intercultural knowledge – including the Holland Fellows Program for Business Study in Asia, which provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for selected students to collaborate with students from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
    • The annual Global Opportunities Conference each spring, which highlights innovative and entrepreneurial ways of addressing global challenges. 

    Highlighting Sustainability

    • Leaders in creating a world where environmental, societal and economic qualities exist in balance to meet the resource needs of today and of future generations.

    Outstanding Academics

    • Small classes and easy access to faculty, who are focused on teaching and learning and engaged in research.
    • An emphasis on practical experience and interaction with professionals through the Boyles Lecture Series, McLeod Entrepreneur Summit, Global Opportunities Conference, Business for Good conference and other annual events.
    • Accelerated Admission for select MBA programs

    Student Support Services

    • Student Support Services that include academic advising, scholarships, the BB&T Student Leadership Center, which provides opportunities for business students to build job and life skills through professional and leadership development training, and the Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship, which aims to help students and recent alumni launch successful businesses and enhance Western North Carolina’s economy.

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