An online professional MBA program focused on management, strategy, and teamwork.
What will get you noticed in today's job market? Successful business leaders never stop sharpening their management skills and strategic acumen. If you’re ready to drive your career forward, and you’re looking for the best way to get to that next level, a reputable, high-quality MBA can be the difference-maker—the asset that sets you apart from the competition.
WGU’s online MBA program is designed for business professionals focused on advancing their careers. It can also benefit anyone who wants to further develop their knowledge of business, management, and strategy. Our affordable programs are designed to help you graduate as quickly as you can master the material, so you can get to work faster. The curriculum and our experienced faculty emphasize the principles of effective management and leadership that maximize performance and improve the bottom line.
80% of graduates finish within
24 months
WGU lets you move more quickly through material you already know and advance as soon as you're ready. The result: You may finish faster.
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Tuition per 6-month term is
$4,180
Tuition charged per term—rather than per credit—helps students control the ultimate cost of their degrees. Finish faster, pay less!
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Average salary increase
$16,200
MBA graduates report an average salary increase of $16,200 after completing their WGU degree.
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Make an executive decision to boost your career.
Shrewd business leaders are required in every industry—professionals with the strategic and management skills to navigate a path to greater success. WGU's highly regarded, online MBA program, with a focus on strategy and management, incorporates teamwork, development, and simulations that will help you master the knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for executive positions—or to start your own successful business.
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Master the principles of effective business management that maximize performance.
The WGU Master of Business Administration is an affordable, online MBA program designed for experienced business professionals who seek to advance their careers. As a WGU MBA student, you will learn the role and functions of a manager, personal leadership styles, approaches to self-awareness and self-assessment, and application of foundational leadership and management skills.
To ensure WGU graduates acquire the knowledge and skills sought by today’s employers, our Master of Business Administration—like all of WGU's College of Business programs—was developed with significant input from experts and business leaders who serve on our Business Program Council.
Key Subject Areas
Your program consists of courses focused on business function, leadership, and management, including:
Managing Organizations and Leading People
Managing Human Capital
Management Communication
Operations Management
Global Economics for Managers
Marketing
Accounting for Decision Makers
Ethical Leadership
Financial Management
Data-Driven Decision Making
MBA Capstone
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Areas of Study
The competencies you gain through this program will span these crucial topical areas:
Management
Economics
Marketing and communication
Accounting
Leadership
Finance
Strategy
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The WGU Difference
We reimagined the path to a degree. How it works for you:
It’s doable. Efficient, flexible, individualized, and supportive, WGU puts you in the driver’s seat—allowing you to advance as quickly as you're able.It’s surprisingly affordable. Low, flat-rate tuition and the opportunity to speed up your program allow you to control the cost of your education.It’s worth it. Employers love WGU graduates. And grads report greater satisfaction, career advancement, and income growth after earning a WGU degree.
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A supported, personalized experience.
WGU is unlike any university you’ve experienced before—in the best possible way! Take a look at what we mean:
Faculty
Learning
Assessment
Capstone
Alumni Support
Faculty
SUPPORTING YOU:
An entire team of faculty members has one goal in mind: your success. Your Program Mentor is your individually assigned faculty member, providing regular program guidance and instruction from the day you start, to the day you graduate. In addition, Course Instructors provide regular, subject-matter instruction and support, typically one-on-one, throughout each course you take.
Learning
Establish YOUR ROADMAP: A personalized learning plan.
Your program is made up of a series of courses, each a personalized journey toward subject mastery. A preassessment provides insight into what you already know. You’ll then learn what you still need to learn, using online learning resources—available 24/7—along with one-on-one or cohort-based faculty instruction.
Assessment
Learn it, PROVE IT: Show you know your stuff.
WGU measures learning, not time, so each course in your program culminates in an assessment—a test, paper, project, or presentation that allows you to prove what you know. As soon as you’re ready, you take the assessment—including the ability to take proctored exams from the comfort of your own home— via webcam, any time of day!
Capstone
Apply it to the REAL WORLD: You’ll solve a problem.
You’ll complete a final capstone project that allows you to show off everything you’ve learned by working through a simulated business problem. You’ll integrate competencies learned throughout the program, putting your knowledge and skills to the test and preparing you to apply your expertise to your current role or enhance your marketability for advanced roles in your field.
Alumni Support
Once you're a WGU Night Owl, you're ALWAYS a Night Owl.
Continued support after you graduate includes many opportunities for professional development and enrichment, career support, and networking. WGU Night Owls may be independent learners, but they also become highly engaged in our active alumni community through apps, groups, and in-person events.
The accreditation you need, plus industry respect and recognition.
One important measure of a degree’s value is the reputation of the university where it was earned. When employers, industry leaders, and academic experts hold your alma mater in high esteem, you reap the benefits of that respect. WGU is a pioneer in reinventing higher education for the 21st century, and our quality has been recognized.
Accredited
In addition to WGU's regional accreditation through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, WGU's College of Business programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Respected
“I’m impressed by the results in places like Western Governors University. Its low-cost online programs rely on competency-based progression, not class time or credit hours. It uses external assessments to evaluate student proficiency.”
Bill Gates
Recognized
Every student in WGU's HR program is eligible to join our online SHRM virtual student chapter. This organization helps students continue their education and networking with the HR field through events, presentations, and other resources.
Our programs check all the boxes. If this degree is your goal, get started toward becoming a student today—programs start the first of each month.
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