Your Career. Your Pace. Your Bulldog MBA. Advance your career with Mississippi State’s Top-50 publicly ranked online MBA—flexible, affordable, and built for working professionals ready to lead. At MSU, we believe in doing business the Bulldog way: with grit, integrity, and real-world impact. Our 100% online MBA program is designed to fit your life while preparing you to make bold moves in your career. From tackling real challenges in our MBA capstone to connecting with a network of driven peers and faculty, you’ll gain more than a degree—you’ll gain momentum. Study online. Lead anywhere. Experience Bulldog Business.
- AACSB Accredited
- #1 Online MBA Program of 2025 by Best Value Schools
- 65th-Ranked Online MBA Program by U.S. News & World Report
- Ranked No.38 Best Online MBA Program for Veterans by U.S News & World Report
- Flexible – admit any semester
- No GMAT/GRE Required
Program Structure
All students are required to take a set of basic business courses, or prerequisites, prior to taking their core courses. Students must complete the set of basic business courses listed below, or submit transcripts from other schools that carry equivalent courses with a grade of "B" or better. We offer survey courses online in place of many undergraduate prerequisites, designed for non-business undergraduates.
If you would like a pre-application evaluation of your transcript and prerequisites, you can e-mail your transcript to Bonner Whittington at bwhittington@business.msstate.edu. Please note that a pre-application evaluation does not imply acceptance into the program.
The MSU Online MBA requires six hours of electives on your program of study as well. The College of Business offers elective courses but other courses may be used.
Prerequisites:
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 2013 or ACC 2203 | Financial Accounting or Survey of Accounting |
| BQA 3123 or BQA 8443 | Business Statistical Methods II or Stat. Analysis for Bus Dec |
| FIN 3123 | Financial Management |
| EC 2123 | Principles of Microeconomics (CLEP) |
| BIS 3233 | Management Info Systems (CLEP) |
Courses
Three hours lecture. Survey of major behavioral skills used by managers to help them build human capital and influence behavior in an organizational setting.
Three hours lecture. Market strategic analysis, research and planning necessary to effectively match marketing strategies with changing macro, micro and organizational environments.
(Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and FIN 3123 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. An examination of the interaction between financial accounting, cash flow estimation, capital budgeting, risk and return, capital structure, and working capital management.
(Prerequisites: ACC 2203 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Analysis of financial statements and internal accounting reports to help management make decisions.
(Prerequisites: BQA 3123 or equivalent). Basic/medium-level quantitative analysis methods for business decisions, including optimization modeling using spreadsheets, queueing service system, Newsboy models, customer choice models, and simulation. It serves students who want to grasp the techniques to solve real-world business decision problems.
Study of how operations and logistics, both within and between firms in a supply chain contribute to creating customer value propositions, and achieving competitive advantage.
This course focuses on how organizations create sustained competitive advantages through environmental scanning, strategic thinking, strategic communication and a commitment to action.
MGT 8123 Strategic Business Consulting
(Prerequisite: BQA 8233, MKT 8153, EC 8103, ACC 8213, FIN 8113, MGT 8113). Three hours lecture. A study of strategic management covering environmental analysis, competition between firms, competitive advantage, and strategy implementation culminating in a consulting project with participating organization.
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