Master of Business Administration Online
Earn a respected online MBA designed to give you the knowledge and flexibility to reach new heights in your career or shift to a new one.
Program Overview
Get to know our online MBA program
The 100% online Master of Business Administration program at Northern Kentucky University gives you valuable tools for career advancement while empowering you to tailor your degree to meet your personal and professional goals. Featuring a streamlined admission process, this AACSB-accredited MBA program delivers relevant curriculum in an accelerated online format designed to fuel your ambition.
Select Your MBA Curricula
Make the most out of your MBA experience through our wide selection of curricula offerings. You can choose our General MBA to gain relevant knowledge across a wide range of business disciplines, or opt for the customizable MBA through our stack combinations by mixing and matching courses across subjects. Our MBA advisors will work with you to choose the best MBA option that fits with your career goals. Throughout all coursework, you will learn from real-world practitioners who bring their wealth of experiences back to the classroom to prepare you for today’s business challenges and opportunities.
Find out more about potential careers when you combine stacks. Some of our most popular dual-study options include:
Health Care Commercialization and Marketing
Human Resource Management and Legal Studies
Or work with your advisor to select from these options to create your own program:
General
Expand your understanding of core business functions and how they interact, while strengthening leadership, project management, negotiation, and innovation strategy competencies.
Expand your understanding of core business functions and how they interact, while strengthening leadership, project management, negotiation, and innovation strategy competencies.
Cybersecurity
Learn how to lead cybersecurity teams and protect an organization’s most valuable data, with an in-depth understanding of network security, risk management, and cloud computing.
Learn how to lead cybersecurity teams and protect an organization’s most valuable data, with an in-depth understanding of network security, risk management, and cloud computing.
Data Analytics
Understand and apply advanced methodologies to analyze data and produce solutions to complex business challenges.
Understand and apply advanced methodologies to analyze data and produce solutions to complex business challenges.
Finance
Understand the principles of finance within a corporate setting. Enhance your knowledge of corporate finance, investments and security analysis, international financial management, and more.
Understand the principles of finance within a corporate setting. Enhance your knowledge of corporate finance, investments and security analysis, international financial management, and more.
Global Supply Chain Management
Develop an understanding of global supply chain management, including supply chain design, integration and sustainability, as well as distribution logistics and strategic sourcing/purchasing.
Develop an understanding of global supply chain management, including supply chain design, integration and sustainability, as well as distribution logistics and strategic sourcing/purchasing.
Healthcare Administration
Explore the unique challenges in the healthcare industry and analyze the external factors facing the industry. Understand and apply the tools to effectively manage healthcare organizations.
Explore the unique challenges in the healthcare industry and analyze the external factors facing the industry. Understand and apply the tools to effectively manage healthcare organizations.
Health Care Commercialization
Prepare to revolutionize the healthcare space by learning how to translate objective research into medical products, services, and procedures that are cost efficient and effective.
Prepare to revolutionize the healthcare space by learning how to translate objective research into medical products, services, and procedures that are cost efficient and effective.
Human Resource Management
Gain comprehensive insight into the responsibilities involved in HR management, from talent acquisition through compensation, benefits, training, and development.
Gain comprehensive insight into the responsibilities involved in HR management, from talent acquisition through compensation, benefits, training, and development.
Innovation Through Competitive Intelligence
Broaden your perspective on ideation and innovation strategies, formulating accurate competitive intelligence techniques and finding value for organizations.
Broaden your perspective on ideation and innovation strategies, formulating accurate competitive intelligence techniques and finding value for organizations.
Leadership
Explore leadership and organizational change as the key components of effective management. Develop leadership competencies to transform organizations to ensure current and future success.
Explore leadership and organizational change as the key components of effective management. Develop leadership competencies to transform organizations to ensure current and future success.
Legal Studies
Expand your knowledge of legal challenges, especially related to technology and digital commerce. This program is ideal if you want to manage the intersection of the digital world and law.
Expand your knowledge of legal challenges, especially related to technology and digital commerce. This program is ideal if you want to manage the intersection of the digital world and law.
Marketing
Evaluate the appropriate elements and develop effective marketing strategies for business decision-making.
Evaluate the appropriate elements and develop effective marketing strategies for business decision-making.
Project Management
Increase productivity and efficiency with a turnkey, practical understanding of project management, from initial resource planning through successful completion and repeatable outcomes.
Increase productivity and efficiency with a turnkey, practical understanding of project management, from initial resource planning through successful completion and repeatable outcomes.
Sales
Develop the expertise to recruit, train, and manage highly effective sales teams. Gain experience with current industry platform tools like Salesforce and HubSpot and advance your ability to craft data-driven sales strategies.
Develop the expertise to recruit, train, and manage highly effective sales teams. Gain experience with current industry platform tools like Salesforce and HubSpot and advance your ability to craft data-driven sales strategies.
As a graduate of this MBA program, you will be prepared for higher-level roles in business, such as:
- Operations Manager
- Management Analyst
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Information Officer
- Operations Manager
- Management Analyst
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Information Officer
Also available:
Northern Kentucky University offers a variety of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration programs online. View our online business programs.
Accreditation
The Haile College of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
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MBA Online Program Advantages
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Tuition
Enjoy convenient pay-by-the-course tuition
The Master of Business Administration online program offers the same affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition for in-state and out-of-state students. Financial aid may be available to eligible students.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Required Fees | Total Program with Fees |
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MBA | $507 | $528 | $17,259 |
Tuition and fees subject to change at any time.
Tuition Breakdown:
Top-Rated Online MBA Programs
Ranked among the "Best Online MBA Programs" and “Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans” by U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Calendar
Important dates you need to know
The MBA online program is flexible and efficient for busy schedules, with accelerated courses that start multiple times a year. View the calendar to find the best start date for you, and be sure to submit your application, registration, documents and tuition by the corresponding deadlines.
Session | Program Start Date | Application Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Payment Due |
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Fall 3 | 11/11/24 | 10/30/24 | 11/4/24 | 11/8/24 | 11/11/24 |
Spring 1 | 1/13/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/7/25 | 1/10/25 | 1/13/25 |
Spring 2 | 2/24/25 | 2/12/25 | 2/17/25 | 2/21/25 | 2/24/25 |
Spring 3 | 4/7/25 | 3/26/25 | 3/31/25 | 4/4/25 | 4/7/25 |
Summer 1 | 5/19/25 | 5/7/25 | 5/12/25 | 5/16/25 | 5/19/25 |
Summer 2 | 7/7/25 | 6/25/25 | 6/30/25 | 7/4/25 | 7/7/25 |
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Admissions
Follow our streamlined admission requirements
The admission process is the first step toward earning your MBA degree online.
Admission Requirements:
- Official transcripts of all coursework from accredited institutions
- Current resume
- 2.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale
MBA Online Admission Requirements
A portfolio approach is used in evaluating prospective students for acceptance into the MBA program. Factors considered for admission include:
- Complete online application and pay $40 non-refundable application fee
- If you are an NKU alum or active/veteran military member, your application fee will be waived
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate (if applicable) coursework from accredited institutions with a minimum undergraduate overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.5
- Applicants with an undergraduate overall GPA under 3.0 must have three years of professional work experience
- Current resume
- International applicants must achieve a TOEFL iBT (or equivalent) score of at least 80 or an IELTS score of at least 6.5; score must be submitted to the NKU Office for International Students and Scholar Services
Official documents may be mailed or emailed to:
NKU Office of Graduate Education
302 Lucas Administrative Center
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Have a question? Call us at 800-985-7215.
Courses
Course details for our Master of Business Administration online program
For the Master of Business Administration online program, students must complete a total of 33 credit hours. These include eight essentials courses (16 credit hours), 12 credit hours of stacks specialization courses, and five credit hours for a capstone project.
Students must take the following courses, totaling five credit hours, as part of the MBA practicum.
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