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PROGRAM TYPE
On Campus, Online, Hybrid

Start Terms 

Students may start every 8 weeks

Fall, Spring, Summer

DEGREES
MBA

Contact

Elzbieta Manos

Chair, School of Business and Associate Professor of Business
Business Administration
(508) 849-3437
emanos@annamaria.edu
Bio

Business Administration | MBA

Program Overview

Gain the skills and tactics to advance. Anna Maria College’s Master in Business Administration (MBA) combines theoretical and hands-on experience taught by faculty with business and industry experience. Our innovative, interdisciplinary approach coupled with both traditional and non-traditional concentrations (tracks), provide opportunities for students and professionals to take different career paths and become leaders in any field.

All of our MBA concentrations are offered in three different learning options: on-ground (classes are on campus), hybrid (a mix of on-ground and zoom classes), and online (100% asynchronous).

Market-Driven Concentrations and Learning Outcomes

General Track / Self-Designed

  • Demonstrate highly-developed communication and collaboration skills needed by effective business professionals
  • Integrate research and theory in complex business problem solving.
  • Analyze complex data with multiple implications for business decision-making.
  • Analyze leadership and strategic management skills for a significant change initiative.
  • Evaluate the legal, social, economic, and global environments of business.

Health Care Administration

  • Describe Organized Delivery Systems, Organization, and Operation of Physician Practices, Medical Terminology and Classification Systems.
  • Interpret Federal and State Laws applicable to Health Care Administration, The Health Record and HIPPA.
  • Analyze Quality Metrics, Performance Improvement Methodologies, Patient Safety, and Reimbursement Methodologies.
  • Analyze and evaluate data-driven information for health care decision making.
  • Demonstrate ability to apply ethical theories to contemporary moral problems.

Human Resource Management

  • Apply the principles of management to organizational and leadership challenges.
  • Interpret theoretical and practical analysis to develop, implement and manage strategic plans and decision making processes within business entities.
  • Utilize psychology and business methods for issues of critical relevance to including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance and work-life balance.
  • Demonstrate ability to apply ethical theories to contemporary moral problems.

Industrial Organizational Psychology

  • Apply the principles of psychology to organizational and leadership challenges.
  • Utilize psychology methods for issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance and work-life balance.
  • Address complex issues brought forth by the current multi-generational workforce.
  • Enhance ability to combine business and psychological intelligence with performance analysis.
  • Demonstrate ability to apply ethical theories to contemporary moral problems.

Marketing

  • Develop strategic analysis, planning and control skills by applying marketing strategic concepts and methods.
  • Create a positioning strategy for the organization and its brands in the marketplace to obtain the best match between distinctive competencies and value opportunities.
  • Measure and manage the return on the investment of marketing strategies.
  • Utilize new marketing technologies including but not limited to: social media.
  • Support marketing in a socially responsible way in a global marketplace.

How to Apply

  • Application: Apply using the Anna Maria College Online Application.
  • Undergraduate Degree: Provide evidence of an earned undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited United States college or university, or an equivalent degree from a nationally accredited institution outside the United States.
  • Pre-Requisite Courses: Five prerequisite courses are required of all MBA candidates who have not previously satisfied these requirements. These requirements may be met by previous education or experience. The specific prerequisite needs to be completed before a student enrolls in the corresponding required course. All prerequisites do not have to be completed before students can enroll in the required courses:
    • BUS 512 Financial Accounting
    • BUS 523 Management
    • BUS 543 Economic Theory and Practice
    • BUS 569 Marketing and Theory
    • BUS 571 Business Statistics
  • Two References: Submit the names and contact information of two references acquainted with the applicant’s ability and aptitude for graduate study. In cases where a student may have been away from an academic setting for several years, employers and supervisors may be a reference.
  • 2.7 GPA or Higher: Provide evidence of a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 and an undergraduate record that demonstrates your ability to be successful in graduate studies.
  • Personal Statement: Provide, in writing, a personal statement (minimum 500 words) that demonstrates your commitment to graduate studies and reflects your writing skills.
  • Resume

Transcripts and other documents can be sent electronically to admissions@annamaria.edu or mailed to:

Admission Office
Anna Maria College
50 Sunset Lane
Paxton, MA 01612

Course Of Study

Why Anna Maria College?

Fast Facts

  • Our MBA degree can be self-designed through the programs unique General Track to meet your own personal objectives and help you advance within your industry. This option allows you to align the program’s curriculum with your own personal and career goals within any given industry.
  • Ranked 15th in the nation’s top 25 Most Affordable Masters programs by www.affordableschools.net.
  • Cut your time in half with 8-week courses you can go twice as fast as traditional 16 week semesters providing you more flexibility and the ability to complete the program in as little as one year.
  • Your work experience counts. Anna Maria College offers a Mid-Career Track. If you have relevant progressive work experience in business, you may be eligible to waive 2 courses or 6 credits from the MBA course requirements as determined by the Program Director on a case by case basis. That means you could earn your Master of Business Administration degree in as few as 10 courses instead of 12.

Return on Investment
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is designed to prepare individuals for professional careers in management and to provide educational enrichment for experienced professionals seeking a broader management perspective.

  • Studies show that MBA graduates who switched careers have a $55,000 increase over their pre-MBA salaries (Poets & Quants, 2015).
  • The faculty members are practitioners in their fields and leverage their experience and networks to guide students through final capstone projects that require them to work as consultants with local nonprofits and start-up companies.
  • Forbes Magazine listed Anna Maria College MBA in their Education Innovators issues as a program with maximum ROI.

The program will prepare and empower students for careers in and related to business including (but not limited to):

  •   Money Management
  •   Risk Management
  •   Organizational Development Consulting
  •   Market Research Management
  •   Principle Industrial Engineer
  •   Information Security
  •   Health Services Management
  •   Clinical Informatics Management
  •   Entrepreneurship

Program Pathways

The Master’s in Business Administration consists of 36 credits; 12 courses with an overall GPA of 3.0 (B) including a capstone project.

Program Pathways

Tuition & Fees

2023-2024 Graduate MBA Tuition and Fees (by semester)

On-Ground, Hybrid, and Online MBA Graduate Tuition (per credit hour) – $599.00

Additional Fees

Credential Fee – $105.00

Late Payment Fee (monthly, per credit) – 1.00%

Audit Fee (per credit) – $115.00