Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies
Master of Business AdministrationMalvern, USA
DURATION
12 up to 18 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 1,992 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* out-of-state residents and students holding visas
Key Summary
About: The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program equips students with leadership and management skills essential for today's dynamic business environment. You’ll explore various aspects of business, including finance, marketing, and operations, through a rigorous curriculum that combines theory and practical applications. The program usually spans one to two years, depending on the mode of study.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can explore diverse career paths, such as business analyst, marketing manager, operations manager, and financial consultant. Opportunities also exist in entrepreneurship, allowing you to start your own ventures or consult for established companies.
Introduction
Sharpen your business acumen and learn to lead and communicate with purpose with the customizable Penn State Great Valley MBA. By the time you graduate, you'll feel prepared to articulate a vision, motivate your colleagues, and run an organization.
Features of the Penn State Great Valley MBA program include:
- For maximum flexibility, courses are delivered in an in-person/online hybrid format; some courses may be delivered fully online.
- Pursue your MBA part-time at your own pace in as little as two years, or full-time within 12-18 months.
- Join a network of more than 750,000 Penn State alumni globally.
- Courses are taught by world-class faculty and industry experts.
GMAT/GRE scores are not required for admission, but may be advantageous for scholarship consideration.
Program Advantages
- Build a program to fit your career path through our customizable curriculum, including stackable graduate certificates and specific focus areas like:
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Entrepreneurship
- HR Management
- Leadership
- Management Accounting
- Managerial Analytics
- Sustainability
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Entrepreneurship
- HR Management
- Leadership
- Management Accounting
- Managerial Analytics
- Sustainability
- Benefit from an AACSB-accredited program that prepares you to be a strong ethical leader ready to solve any workplace problem.
- Learn to run organizations, lead and communicate with purpose and vision, and motivate colleagues and employees.
- Immerse yourself in a collaborative and engaging learning experience with faculty and classmates who are business professionals and managers in the private and public sectors.
- Take advantage of Career Management Services, which offers a variety of programs, resources, and networking opportunities for students and graduates.
- Ability to simultaneously pursue another degree as part of the concurrent degree program.
Hybrid Delivery
Hybrid delivery combines flexibility with the advantages of in-person instruction on our state-of-the-art campus. Courses are delivered in convenient, seven-week sessions via an in-person/online hybrid format. Many of these courses meet once a week in person and once a week online. Some courses may be delivered fully online.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
There are a variety of scholarships available to half-time and full-time students at Penn State Great Valley who meet individual scholarship criteria.
Scholarships for New Program Applicants
- Chancellor’s Scholarship for students enrolled in at least 12 credits per first two semesters
Scholarships for Enrolled Students
- Merit scholarships
- Need-based scholarships
Curriculum
Courses for the Master of Business Administration program are listed below. All courses offered are three credits unless otherwise indicated.
- ACCT 550 - Professional Responsibilities and Ethics in Accounting
- ACCTG 800 - Financial and Managerial Accounting
- BA 800 - Marketing Management
- BA 810 - Supply Chain and Operations Management
Prerequisite: BUSAD 801 - BADM 828 - Negotiations
- BADM 834 - Portfolio Management
Prerequisite: Six credits in business - BLAW 444 - Advanced UCC and Commercial Transactions
- BUSAD 523 - Prices and Markets
- BUSAD 542 – Global Intercultural Management
Prerequisite: MGMT 501 - BUSAD 801 - Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decision Making
- BUSAD 802 - Cornerstones of Sustainability
- BUSAD 809 - Triple Bottom Line Accounting
- BUSAD 811 - New Ventures Ideation and Feasibility Analysis
Prerequisite: Six credits in business - BUSAD 819 - Developing Creative High Performance Organizations
Prerequisite: Six credits in business - BUSAD 822 - New Venture Start-Up
Prerequisite: Six credits in business - BUSAD 824 - Finance and Investment for Sustainable Growth
- BUSAD 827 - Fixed Income Securities
Prerequisite: FIN 813 - BUSAD 828 - Mergers and Acquisitions
Prerequisite: ACCTG 512 or background in accounting - BUSAD 837 - Managing Digital Enterprises
- BUSAD 855 - Full Range Leadership Development
Prerequisite: MGMT 501 - BUSAD 856 - Diversity Leadership
Prerequisite: MGMT 501 - BUSAD 879 - Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Prerequisite: BA 810 - BUSAD 882 - Social Entrepreneurship & Community Leadership
Prerequisite: Six credits in business - DAAN 871 Data Visualization
Prerequisite: Approval of Engineering Division - FIN 805 - Multinational Managerial Finance
Prerequisite: MBADM 820 - FIN 808 - Analysis of Financial Markets
Prerequisite: MBADM 820 - FIN 813 - Speculative Markets
Prerequisite: FIN 808 - IB 800 - International Business Management
Prerequisite: MGMT 501 or LEAD 501 - LEAD 501 - Leadership Across the Lifespan
- LEAD 561 – Dynamic Communication for Leadership Contexts
- LEAD 863 - Ethical Dimensions of Leadership
- MBADM 820 - Financial Management
Prerequisites: BUSAD 801 and ACCTG 512 or ACCTG 800 - MBADM 815 - Ethical and Responsible Business Leadership
- MGMT 501 - Behavioral Science in Business
- MGMT 807 - Positive Organizational Behavior and Wellbeing
- MGMT 823 - Organizational Change: Theory and Practice
- MGMT 841 - Human Resources Management
- MGMT 871 - Strategic Management
Prerequisite: 27 credits including all Foundation Courses - MGMT 873 - Corporate Innovative Strategies
Prerequisite: MGMT 501 - STAT 500 - Applied Statistics
Program Outcome
Upon completion of the MBA program, our graduates will be able to:
- Integrate theory, research, and practice from all functional areas—accounting, economics, finance, marketing, operations research, management, and organization—to solve business problems within dynamic environments.
- Demonstrate ability to integrate the various business functions to good effect.
- Demonstrate appreciation of the role of contexts when developing and executing strategy.
- Demonstrate ability to integrate the various business functions to good effect.
- Demonstrate appreciation of the role of contexts when developing and executing strategy.
- Critically evaluate and make ethical decisions with consideration for multiple stakeholders.
- Evaluate and analyze the ethical dimension of decision-making.
- Evaluate and analyze the ethical dimension of decision-making.
- Demonstrate communication behaviors that reflect an awareness of context, relationships, others’ perspectives, and individual and organizational goals.
- Communicate their intended message clearly and professionally to individuals, teams, and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate an ability to engage in perspective taking and conflict management.
- Demonstrate an ability to adapt communication behaviors to dynamic, multicultural, and/or complex contexts.
- Communicate their intended message clearly and professionally to individuals, teams, and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate an ability to engage in perspective taking and conflict management.
- Demonstrate an ability to adapt communication behaviors to dynamic, multicultural, and/or complex contexts.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of technology as a strategic tool.
- Identify and evaluate the functional, financial, operational, and social impact of technology.
- Identify and evaluate the functional, financial, operational, and social impact of technology.
- Demonstrate knowledge of business in multicultural contexts and the opportunities and challenges of globalization.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of global markets and finance on business decisions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of global markets and finance on business decisions.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Hiring Organizations
Our alumni have been hired and promoted at organizations such as:
- Amazon
- Comcast
- DuPont
- Johnson Matthey
- Morgan Stanley
- Pfizer
- Roche
- Vanguard
Job Titles
Alumni have reported holding the following positions:
- Assistant vice president
- Financial and licensing analyst
- Global procurement director
- Portfolio project manager
- Strategic planning manager