Master of Business Administration

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Students in Marquette’s Top 50 MBA program learn from expert faculty and apply their skills to real-world business challenges in the heart of Milwaukee’s vibrant corporate landscape.

Our flexible enrollment options allow students to pursue their MBA in tandem with their professional and personal commitments with full-time or part-time enrollment options and courses offered on campus, online or in a blended format.

The Power of a Marquette MBA

Over $105,000

Average starting salary for MBA graduates

First destination survey, 2021-2024

98%

Job placement rate

First destination survey, 2021-2024

#41

Part-time MBA

US News & World Report, 2026

Benefits you’ll get from Marquette’s Graduate School of Management

At our Graduate School of Management, you’ll gain real-world experience through ethically grounded curriculums taught by expert faculty. Our graduates leave inspired ready to lead with purpose in the world of business. Your next step is bolstered by our strong career outcomes, with an average salary of over $105,000 for our recent MBA graduates.

 

What can you do with an MBA from Marquette?

Many of our graduates advance in their careers or seek new positions. Here’s where some of our recent graduates landed.

  • Advocate Aurora
  • Ascension
  • Baird
  • Fiserv
  • GE HealthCare
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Husco

  • Johnson Controls
  • Kohler Co.
  • Kohl’s Corporation
  • Komatsu
  • Milwaukee Brewers
  • Microsoft
  • Milwaukee Tool

  • Molson Coors
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Regal Rexnord Corporation
  • Rockwell Automation
  • SC Johnson
  • Versiti
  • Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

 

What makes a Marquette MBA stand out?

With a Marquette MBA, you’ll get ahead with our nationally ranked programs, AI-forward lens and an engaged alumni network eager to connect with you.

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National Rankings

Marquette’s MBA program is ranked in the Top 50 nationally by U.S News & World Report. Specialties in marketing, supply chain, business analytics, accounting, management and finance are ranked in the Top 20.

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AI Forward

Within Marquette’s MBA program, the ethical implications of technology and AI are integrated throughout the curriculum. Students are challenged to consider how to use AI both strategically and responsibly in their businesses, continuing the Jesuit ethos of business with a purpose.

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Alumni Network

When you graduate from Marquette, you join an active alumni network with over 20,000 business alumni and 100,000 university alumni worldwide. Our Marquette Business Alumni Association (MBAA) spans the globe and counts Fortune 500 executives, top entrepreneurs and everything in between as members.

Marquette MBA Program Information

 

The Marquette MBA curriculum prepares students in the areas of business strategy, analytics, leadership and ethics through an individualized curriculum. For those without prior business course work, you will be exposed to business foundation courses in accounting, finance, economics, information systems, marketing, supply chain and statistics.

The individualized curriculum ranges from 31.5-42 credits, based on a student's prior business learning, and includes 15 credits of electives that may be pursued across interdisciplinary subject areas or focused within a specialization.

The MBA curriculum is summarized through this flowchart.

Students may specialize their MBA studies by aligning elective credits with a specialization. Specializations are offered in the areas of leadership, business and managerial analytics, finance, marketing, health systems leadership, international business, supply chain management or economics.

Explore MBA specializations.

Marquette undergraduate students can earn their bachelor’s degree and an MBA in as little as five years. In the MBA Accelerated Degree Program, students take business foundation courses as part of their undergraduate curriculum and then begin graduate-level course work during their junior or senior year.

Learn more about ADPs here.

Read all application instructions prior to beginning an application.

  • A completed form and fee online
    • The application fee is waived if you were a former student or alum from Marquette University. Applicants that attend an information session will also receive a waiver of the application fee.
  • Transcripts: Submit copies of all current and previous college/universities except Marquette1
  • A statement of purpose outlining relevant work experience or education, career goals, possible areas of interest, and reasons for seeking admission to this program
  • Three letters of reference from professors or professionals familiar with the applicant's abilities, academic work and/or professional background
  • Resume/CV

For international applicants: Duolingo English Test, IELTS, TOEFL or other acceptable proof of English proficiency

1) Upon admission, final official transcripts from all previously attended colleges/universities, with certified English translations if original language is not English, must be submitted to the Graduate School within the first five weeks of the term of admission or a hold preventing registration for future terms will be placed on the student’s record.

MBA part-time students are admitted on a rolling basis, which means when your application is complete, we review you for admission. Admission is offered for the summer, spring and fall terms.

  • Fall: apply by Aug. 15
  • Spring: apply by Jan. 5
  • Summer: apply by May 5

Private scholarships may be available. U.S. citizens and permanent residents may be eligible to apply for need-based federal aid (loans) to help fund their educational expenses.

Cost of attendance for all graduate and professional degrees can be found here.