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 | Financial Accounting |
| or ACC 2203 | Survey of Accounting |
| BQA 3123 | Business Statistical Methods II |
| or BQA 8443 | Stat. Analysis for Bus Dec |
| FIN 3123 | Financial Management |
| EC 2123 | Principles of Microeconomics (CLEP) |
| BIS 3233 | Management Info Systems (CLEP) |
Courses
(Prerequisites: IE 4733 and IE 4773). Three hours lecture. A study of models used to describe and analyze manufacturing systems. Development of models using queuing networks, mathematical programming, simulation, and other techniques.
OR
(Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Principles, analysis, and design of production and inventory planning and control. Demand for forecasting, aggregated planning, inventory management , production scheduling and control systems.
(Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Use of CPM, PERT, and GERT for planning, managing and controlling projects. Computer procedures for complex networks.
Three hours lecture. Introduction to quality and productivity improvement methodologies and tools. The design and implementation of continuous improvement systems in organizations.
OR
(Prerequisite: IE 4613). Three hours lecture. The theory and application of statistical quality control; statistical process control; and statistical acceptance sampling.
Admissions
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