Business Administration: Online or Hybrid (MBA)

The Online/Hybrid MBA program is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report and gives you the opportunity to enhance your career with the flexibility to learn on your own schedule.

Highlights

• We are the only Online/Hybrid MBA program in the state of New Hampshire in an AACSB-accredited college or university. This places our program among the top 6% of MBA programs worldwide.
• You take the same courses, taught by the same world-class faculty, and have access to the same resources as Full-Time MBA students.
• Earn your MBA in 16 to 36 months from anywhere in the world.
• You can access course materials 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• You will collaborate with working professionals with experience in a globally diverse range of industries.
• You will have your own personal program advisor and access to career development tools and services.
• You will have the option to take some of your courses in hybrid format, combining online activity with intensive weekend on-campus learning sessions.
• Seven MBA specializations are available, but are not required:
  • Finance
  • Global Business
  • Growth & Innovation
  • Healthcare Industry
  • Hospitality Management
  • Information Systems & Business Analytics
  • Marketing

Degree Requirements

Students have the flexibility to begin the program at multiple, designated term starts throughout the calendar year.

• Credits: Students will complete 12 courses, or 36 credits (9 core, 3 electives) and one assessment (ADMN 901).
• GPA: Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA at graduation, and earn a B- or better in all classes.
• Program length: Students can complete the program requirements in 16 to 36 months.

Core Courses

Specialized Degree Options

Business Administration: Finance

This option provides students with the tools necessary to make informed financial decisions for themselves and their organizations. Finance students and professionals utilize an exciting mix of quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and creativity. Opportunities exist in a variety of fields, including commercial and investment banking, corporate finance, asset management, risk management, real estate, and private equity.

Business Administration: Global Business

This option helps students develop their global awareness, understanding, and competence so to that they can compete and lead effectively in a transnational environment. Job outlook includes graduate careers abroad or in organizations that are engaged in business or initiatives with a global scope.

Business Administration: Growth and Innovation

This option provides students with knowledge, skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset to apply in smaller, newer firms as well as in larger, established companies in order to drive organizational growth, innovation and change. These can be applied in a range of contexts, including new ventures, corporate entrepreneurship, and social enterprises.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

This option is designed to provide students already in the healthcare field or those interested in entering it with foundational knowledge of the U.S. Healthcare system and health policy, as well as analytic approaches for improving it. Please note that ADMN 801 is the usual required course for the option; others require permission. 

Business Administration: Hospitality Management

This option is directed toward working professionals, positioning them for additional career growth and advancement in the industry. For students who wants to take a coherent set of advanced hospitality management courses offered within the general framework of the MBA, these course offerings provide opportunities in a wide variety of areas, including human resources, operations, and asset management and finance.

Business Administration: Information Systems and Business Analytics

This option provides students with knowledge and skills in the areas of business analytics: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. These tangible abilities will enable graduates to bring added value to any organization through data analysis and visualization; predicting/forecasting future probabilities and trends; and helping decision makers evaluate and determine the best ways to achieve business objectives in resource-constrained environments, while also quantifying the risk present in business situations due to uncertainty.

Business Administration: Marketing

This option is designed around the three strategic initiatives of the marketing department: Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, and New Product Development. Flexibility within specialization provides tracks for less seasoned students (Marketing Analytics and tools), and for more seasoned students (Product and Service innovation focus). Designed to help students recognize, prioritize, and execute opportunities for growth through new and existing customers.

Approved Elective Courses

*Not all approved electives are offered on a regular basis

MBA graduates will be able to:

• Synthesize and apply knowledge across business disciplines.
• Apply analytical tools to solve complex organizational problems.
• Apply theories and frameworks to effectively lead teams and organizations.
• Communicate quantitative and qualitative assessments of business information.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities and challenges in the global business environment.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and extend ethical and sustainable business practices; consider and address the relevant range of stakeholders affected by business decisions.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and extend diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness in the work environment.

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Deadline

Applications must be completed by the following deadlines in order to be reviewed for admission:

• Fall: August 1
• Spring: December 1st (strongly recommended), December 15th (final deadline for completed application with all required test scores, transcripts and supplemental materials submitted) (Deadline extended to January 7 for Spring 2025)
• Summer: May 1st
• Special: N/A

Application fee: $65

Campus: Online, Durham, and Manchester

New England Regional: No

Accelerated Masters Eligible: No

New Hampshire Residents

Students claiming in-state residency must also submit a Proof of Residence Form. This form is not required to complete your application, but you will need to submit it after you are offered admission, or you will not be able to register for classes.

Transcripts

If you attended UNH or Granite State College (GSC) after September 1, 1991, and have indicated so on your online application, we will retrieve your transcript internally; this includes UNH-Durham, UNH-Manchester, UNH Non-Degree work and GSC. 

If you did not attend UNH, or attended prior to September 1, 1991, then you must upload a copy (PDF) of your transcript in the application form. International transcripts must be translated into English.

If admitted, you must then request an official transcript be sent directly to our office from the Registrar's Office of each college/university attended. We accept transcripts both electronically and in hard copy:

• Electronic Transcripts: Please have your institution send the transcript directly to grad.school@unh.edu. Please note that we can only accept copies sent directly from the institution.
• Paper Transcripts: Please send hard copies of transcripts to: UNH Graduate School, Thompson Hall- 105 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824. You may request transcripts be sent to us directly from the institution or you may send them yourself as long as they remain sealed in the original university envelope.

Transcripts from all previous post-secondary institutions must be submitted and applicants must disclose any previous academic or disciplinary sanctions that resulted in their temporary or permanent separation from a previous post-secondary institution. If it is found that previous academic or disciplinary separations were not disclosed, applicants may face denial and admitted students may face dismissal from their academic program.

Letters of Recommendation: 2 Required

Recommendation letters submitted by relatives or friends, as well as letters older than one year, will not be accepted.

Test Scores: GMAT Optional

GMAT test scores are optional. Applicants may provide their GMAT or GRE scores to supplement their application or to be considered for department scholarships. 

Please, request official test scores to be sent directly to the Graduate School by the testing service. Test scores more than five years old will not be accepted. Student copies and photo copies of scores are not considered official.

Personal Statement/Essay Questions

Applicants to the MBA Program must provide answers to these specific questions: 1) What are your short and long term goals? Why is an MBA a critical step toward achieving these goals? Why are you interested in UNH? 2) List 10 facts about yourself that will help your future classmates get to know you. *Optional: Please provide any additional information you believe is important and/or address any areas of concern that will be beneficial to the Admissions Committee in considering your application (e.g. unexplained gaps in employment, choice of recommenders, academic performance, or extenuating personal circumstances).

Statements must be included with your submitted application.

Resume

A current resume is required with your submitted application.

Department Requirements

Two or more years of experience required.

Important Notes

All applicants are encouraged to contact programs directly to discuss program-specific application questions.

International Applicants

Prospective international students are required to submit TOEFL, IELTS, or equivalent examination scores. English Language Exams may be waived if English is your first language. If you wish to request a waiver, then please visit our Test Scores webpage for more information.