Purdue University Global Online MBA Program

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• Online MBA - Finance
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• Online MBA - Health Care Management
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• Online MBA - Marketing
• Online MBA - Project Management
• Online MSN-MBA

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The School of Business and Information Technology through Purdue University Global offers an online master of business administration (MBA) program with a general track or one of seven optional concentrations. The program is 100 percent online with no campus visits or internships required. Concentrations include finance, health care management, human resources, information technology, marketing, and project management.

Additionally, an online MSN-MBA dual degree option with the executive leadership MSN concentration is offered. This dual degree reduces the course load from 120 credits to 88 credits allowing students to complete both degrees in just 2.5 years. The MSN portion includes 200 clinical hours. Students in the MSN-MBA dual degree program will be eligible to take the Nurse Executive (NE-BC) or Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) certification exams through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

In addition to the traditional MBA pathway, an accelerated MBA option exists for graduates of Purdue University Global who have earned a bachelor of science in business administration (BBA), have been accepted into the MBA program, and meet the accelerated MBA option requirements. These students may have five courses waived, reducing their total credit load by 20 credits.

Purdue University Global also offers an ExcelTrack MBA option in which most core courses are taken in modules at an accelerated pace for a flat fee. Students are allowed to take as many 1-credit courses as they can handle in a 10-week period, with each course covering a single piece of knowledge or a single skill.

ExcelTrack students work directly with faculty to ensure progression for the final assessment in each course. This pathway is designed for highly motivated students who already have significant professional knowledge and wish to follow a competency-based program. Students begin with assessments to see what they already know and move past these concepts. Not every course is available in the module format. Students must complete two traditional online courses and 52 one-credit modules. Concentration courses are also delivered via the traditional online format.

Graduates of the MBA program may reduce the time needed to also earn an Executive Juris Doctor (EJD) degree at the Concord Law School by applying certain courses to the degree.

No specific work experience is required to apply to the online MBA or MSN-MBA dual degree programs. Courses run six weeks each and the program ends with a capstone project that provides the opportunity for students to apply their learning to a real-world issue, plus clinicals for the MSN-MBA.

Purdue University Global is based in Indianapolis, Indiana with other campuses around the country. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The MBA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). The MSN is accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Admission Requirements: Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. No work experience or GRE/GMAT is required. Applicants to the MSN-MBA dual degree program must hold a bachelor of science in nursing (MSN) and an unencumbered RN license in their state of residence. Tennessee residents are not accepted into the MSN-MBA dual program.

Applicants must complete an enrollment agreement and an informational interview. Admissions materials include an online application, an application fee, and unofficial transcripts with official transcripts due no less than two days before the first term and before any aid is disbursed. A criminal background check may be required, as well as additional requirements for MSN-MBA applicants such as health exams, immunizations, and pathology tests.

International students must submit language proficiency test scores if English is not their first language and students must verify certain technological competencies. The ExcelTrack program may include an orientation.

Study Plan: Courses run six weeks and start dates are offered frequently about once per month. In order to complete the general MBA in two year students would take one course per 6-week term, which is typical. ExcelTrack students can move through modules at their own pace and graduate sooner, as well as those who wish to take two courses per term. Students should expect to spend 20 hours on each course per week. The program is 100 percent online and no internship or practicum is required. Students do complete a final capstone project.

MSN-MBA students can complete the program in as little as 2.5 years, earning both an MBA and MSN in executive leadership. Start dates land about once per month.

Curriculum: The online MBA program comprises 60 credits for the general MBA and 76 credits for the MBA with an optional concentration. Core courses include business perspectives; business communications; business analytics; financial accounting principles and analysis; measurement and decision-making; strategic human resource management; marketing management; economics for global decision-makers; financial management; designing, improving, and implementing processes; managing the value chain; strategic management; ethics in business and society; leadership strategies for a changing world; and MBA capstone.

• Finance Concentration: Financial institutions and markets; risk analysis and management; corporate finance; financial statement analysis.
• Health Care Management Concentration: Health care operations and quality assessment; health policy; health care marketing; and public health leadership and administration.
• Human Resources Concentration: Employment law; training and development; strategic reward systems; and recruitment and selection.
• Information Technology Concentration: Students are allowed to choose four graduate courses from the IT or IN prefix.
• Marketing Concentration: Advertising; marketing research; salesforce management; and consumer behavior.
• Project Management Concentration: Strategic project selection and initiation; project planning and the project plan; project execution with monitoring and control; and project closing, ethics, and professional responsibilities.

There is also an accelerated MBA option for graduates of Purdue University Global who have earned a bachelor of science in business administration (BBA) and who have been accepted into the MBA program. If they meet the requirements for the accelerated option they can have financial accounting principles and analysis, strategic human resource management, marketing management, economics for global decision-makers, and financial management waived. This reduces their initial courseload by 20 credits.

MSN-MBA Curriculum: The MSN-MBA dual degree program comprises 88 credits plus 200 clinical hours for the MSN in executive leadership. MSN courses include advanced nursing roles; theoretical foundations of advanced practice nursing; rating key elements of evidence-rating process; understanding statistical overview of research; evaluating level of evidence in existing practice and research; interdisciplinary system approach in evidence-based practice; epidemiology and health promotion; health policy, ethical, and legal perspectives of the health care system; financial models and reimbursement; health care policy models; health care policy models; health care reform and genetics and genomics research; and interprofessional practice and global health care environments. Executive leadership concentration courses include informatics–science, standards, regulations, and quality improvement; producing positive health care results with data analytics; applying principles of advanced nursing practice – clinical; and evaluating and disseminating principles of advanced nursing practice – clinical.

The MBA portion includes 48 credits from the general MBA as listed above minus business analytics; ethics in business and society; and designing, improving, and implementing processes.

Online Experience: Purdue University Global utilizes Blackboard Learn as its online Learning Management System (LMS). Through the online LMS, students can participate in online seminars, discussion boards, and other interactive content. Faculty and peers communicate through email and message boards. Course content may include online assessments, peer feedback, case studies, seminars, discussion boards, projects, and assignments.

Faculty members provide online office hours and students have access to the online Writing Center, online library services, the Technology Center, Science Center, and Math Center. Each student is assigned an academic advisor and students can access Career Services for resume writing and reviews, career planning, mock interviews, alumni resources, and networking.

On-Site Requirements: There are no on-site requirements for the Purdue Global online MBA as the program is 100 percent online. Students must complete a capstone project at the end of the program. The MSN-MBA program requires completion of 200 clinical hours for the executive leadership portion.

Paying for the Purdue University Global Online MBA

The online MBA at Purdue University Global costs $485 per credit. The ExcelTrack modules are billed at a flat rate of $1,700 per term. The MSN-MBA costs $420 per credit for the MSN courses and $485 per credit for the MBA portion. This averages $455.45 per credit plus fees. Prospective students should contact the Purdue University Global School of Business and Information Technology for current tuition information as costs may change from year to year.

Graduate students may have access to unsubsidized federal student loans in accordance with the FAFSA. Purdue University Global offers discounts to active military members, their spouses, and veterans, as well as to in-state students and alumni. In addition, Purdue Global also has several partnerships with organizations that provide educational benefits to employees. Working students should check with their employers as to the possibility of a tuition reimbursement program. Finally, students can seek outside opportunities to fund their MBA degrees such as community and organizational scholarships.

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Sara Navratil is a freelance writer and a Certified Canfield Success Principles Trainer. She's the owner of Sara Liza Life, a company dedicated to helping people rewrite their lives. She enjoys researching and writing about entrepreneurial and general business topics, and providing detailed information on online MBA programs. When not working she likes to read, bake, and spend time with her family.