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Master of Business Administration

36 semester hours, twelve courses, online in eight‑week terms. No GMAT, no thesis, and no residency. Most students finish in 18 months while working full time.

36

Semester hours

12

Courses

18 mo

Typical completion

0

Entrance exams

Who this is for

You got promoted into work nobody trained you for.

The people in our MBA are usually four to fifteen years into a career. They were good at the technical part of the job, so they were handed a team, a budget, and a set of numbers they are now expected to explain to someone above them.

This program fills those gaps in the order they tend to hurt: reading financial statements, building a forecast you can defend, pricing, deciding what to stop doing, running a difficult conversation, and writing a strategy that survives contact with the people who have to execute it.

  • No GMAT or GRE. Work experience and your undergraduate record are what we look at.
  • Case-based assignments drawn from mid-market companies, not only Fortune 500 examples.
  • A capstone you build on a real decision facing your own organization.

Curriculum

Twelve courses. Eight are the language of business, four are the judgment.

Each course is three semester hours over eight weeks. Take two at a time and you finish in eighteen months. Take one and you finish in three years. Both are normal here.

Core · 24 hours
CourseTitleHours
MBA 600Financial Accounting for Managers3
MBA 610Managerial Economics3
MBA 620Marketing Management3
MBA 630Corporate Finance and Capital Decisions3
MBA 640Operations and Process Management3
MBA 650Leading People and Organizations3
MBA 660Data Analysis for Decision Making3
MBA 670Business Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance3
Advanced management · 9 hours
CourseTitleHours
MBA 710Strategic Management3
MBA 720Negotiation and Influence3
MBA 730Managing Growth and Change3
Capstone · 3 hours
CourseTitleHours
MBA 795Applied Strategy Capstone3
Total program36 hours

The capstone is a written strategic recommendation on a live decision at an organization you choose, defended in a recorded presentation to two faculty reviewers.

Coming in without a business background? Applicants whose bachelor's degree is in an unrelated field complete two bridge courses, Accounting Foundations and Quantitative Foundations, before starting MBA 600. Each runs four weeks, carries no graduate credit, and is billed at half the standard per credit rate.

Admission requirements

A degree, some mileage, and a reason.

Decisions are usually issued within five business days of a complete file. Applicants who fall just short of the grade point average requirement may be admitted on academic probation for the first two terms.

  1. A bachelor's degree

    From an institution that was licensed or accredited at the time you attended. Official transcripts are sent directly to our registrar. Degrees earned outside the United States require a course-by-course evaluation from a recognized credential evaluation service.

  2. A 2.5 undergraduate grade point average, or two years of professional experience

    Either one satisfies the requirement. Experience is counted from the point you held responsibility for results, a budget, or people.

  3. A current resume

    One or two pages. We use it to place you in the right capstone track and to decide whether the bridge courses apply.

  4. A statement of purpose

    About 500 words on the decision or problem in your current work that you want this degree to help you handle. The best ones are specific and unflattering.

Common questions

Before you apply

Can I transfer graduate credit in?

Up to 9 semester hours, which is three courses. The work must be graduate level, completed within the last seven years with a grade of B or better, and cover material equivalent to one of our core courses. Send the transcript and the course syllabus and the registrar will decide before you enroll.

How much time does it take each week?

Two courses at a time run about fifteen hours a week. One course runs about eight. Reading and case preparation are the bulk of it, and there is a written deliverable in nearly every course every week.

Is there a thesis?

No. The capstone replaces it. You produce a strategic recommendation for a real organization and defend it in a recorded presentation. It is graded on the quality of the reasoning and the evidence, not on length.

Will this MBA be accepted by my employer or a doctoral program?

That decision always belongs to the receiving organization. NextGen Online University is licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education, and our degrees are conferred under that license. If acceptance by a specific employer, licensing board, or doctoral program matters to you, confirm it with them in writing before you enroll. Our registrar will send them anything they need to make that determination.

Can my company pay for it?

Yes, and it is common. We invoice employers directly on a per term basis and send the grade documentation most tuition assistance programs require. Ask an advisor for the employer billing packet.

Is federal financial aid available?

No. The university does not participate in federal Title IV programs, so there are no federal grants or federal student loans through NextGen. Tuition is paid by the student or a sponsoring employer, and interest free monthly payment plans are available for every term.

Next start date

Classes begin Monday, August 31, 2026.

Applications for the Fall I term close on August 21. Have your transcripts sent now and an advisor will confirm your file is complete before the deadline.