Online Master of Business Administration
Overview
This program helps students develop analytical skills and creative abilities – so that students learn to not only understand data, but also how to use it to make sound predictions and explain what it means to the bottom line. The end result: graduates who ready for today's industry challenges and trained to be forerunners in tomorrow's workplace.
Find Your Stride
The Online MBA attracts a broad diversity of students from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. Most students are working full-time while enrolled and complete the program in two-three years. Others may choose to enroll full-time and finish in one year.
Choose a Customized Area of Study
This is not a "one-size-fits-all" program. Students work with an advisor to choose electives curated for this limited access program according to particular career aspirations -- or may opt to can select one of seven optional concentrations unique to the online program:
- Blue Economy
- Compliance, Risk and Anti-money Laundering
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Finance
- Healthcare Analytics
- Personal Financial Planning
Study Online - Anytime, Anywhere
Online MBA faculty work with instructional designers trained in the latest technologies and best practices in online learning. The result is a nationally recognized curriculum that delivers dynamic courses and skill sets that can be immediately applied in industry. The program is designed to help busy working professionals like you balance life’s demands and grow in their careers.
Courses are asynchronous, allowing students to consume the dynamic prepared content of the courses when it makes the most sense for them. Teamwork, weekly discussions and collaboration sessions provide the important network building and engagement that is fundamental to a quality MBA experience.
The Online MBA includes top tier online instructors across USF’s campuses. Students who can make it to any campus can enjoy on-site access to resources available to all USF students.
The online MBA program ranked No. 26 – No. 19 among public universities – on the U.S. News and World Report’s annual survey released in January 2021. Additionally, Online MBA Report, in its most recent ranking, placed the online MBA program No. 25 on a list of the 50 best online MBA programs in the United States. The Princeton Review placed the program at No. 21 of the top 50 programs in the United States and Poets&Quants named the online MBA program No. 23 in its ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs of 2023. The Best Schools ranking of the 50 best online MBA programs in the nation put online MBA program at No. 29.