Business Administration, M.B.A.

Our Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) programs take your ideas – and your expertise – to the next level. Whether you are advancing through the ranks of an international corporation or re-entering the workplace, your Park M.B.A. program is the edge you need to succeed in business.

Locations & Learning Options

Park University offers a flexible, affordable M.B.A. program without sacrificing academic excellence. M.B.A. program courses are offered in an eight-week format which provides the opportunity to complete your M.B.A. program requirements and earn your graduate degree in as few as 15 months.

We offer a fully online M.B.A. program as well as a blended format M.B.A. program at the following locations:

• AZ: Gilbert
• CA: Camp Pendleton
• KS: Lenexa
• MO: Independence
• MO: Kansas City
• MO: Parkville
• TX: Austin
• TX: El Paso
• OH: DSCC
• Online

The versatility of Park University’s blended format and online M.B.A. programs allows you to tailor electives to your professional interests. You may select to pursue a general M.B.A. program, or choose from one of the following formal areas of concentration:

• Business Analytics
• Disaster and Emergency Management
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Innovation and Quality Management
• Management
• Management Accounting
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Project Management

Graduate Admissions Requirements

Applicants must:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited United States institution of higher learning or a degree equivalent to a United States bachelor’s degree from an accredited foreign institution.
• Have a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from all colleges and universities attended; and,
• Students with a cumulative grade point average below 2.75 may be considered for conditional admission. Submission of additional documentation may be requested by the Program Director.

Admission to Park University’s M.B.A. program is open to graduates of all fields of undergraduate study.

Types of Admission

Students will be admitted to the M.B.A. program with one of the following statuses:

1. Full Admission – Applicants who meet all admission requirements and the Office of Graduate Admissions has received all necessary documents, are granted full admission.
2. Provisional Admission – Students may be admitted to a program on a provisional basis. The provisional status will be removed when applicants submit test scores or other required documents. Students accepted provisionally must submit complete and satisfactory records before completing 12 credit hours in the graduate program.
3. Conditional Admission – In certain exceptional cases, a student who does not meet the minimum grade point average requirement, but who presents other evidence of ability to succeed in a graduate program, may be granted provisional admission by the director of the graduate program in which the applicant is applying, in concurrence with the dean or designee. The probationary status may be removed after the student has demonstrated academic ability by maintaining a “B” average for the first six credit hours of graduate courses, with no grade lower than a “B”.