Master of Business Administration Degree Program

Master of Business Administration Program

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is a graduate professional program that emphasizes breadth of preparation in the various competencies required of business executives. The MBA program allows students to pursue a general MBA through traditional on-campus offerings. The MBA program is ideally suited not only for individuals with undergraduate degrees in business, but also for individuals with undergraduate degrees in other fields who have career goals that demand the competitive edge of quality graduate education in managerial decision-making.

Class sizes are small, providing students with strong student-to-student relationships and increased access to faculty.

Admission Requirements

The applicant to the MBA program must have a bachelor's degree; however, the degree need not be in business administration. Applicants who are graduates of non-business programs are encouraged to apply, but may be required to complete certain foundation courses to better prepare for some of the advanced business courses required in the MBA program. The number of needed foundation courses depends on the business courses completed by the applicant during his or her undergraduate studies. An applicant is assigned an adviser soon after acceptance into the program, and should meet with the adviser to prepare a program plan outlining the courses needed for the degree.

All applicants are required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and obtain a satisfactory score for admission to the MBA program. Students may substitute GRE examination scores for GMAT when circumstances warrant. The only exceptions to this policy are applicants who hold a master's degree at the time of application and Florida Tech graduates with a 3.25 GPA or better. In the United States, the GMAT is only available through Computer-Adaptive Testing (CAT) at specifically designated sites. Official scores should not be more than five years old.

In certain cases, a student may be admitted before receipt of an acceptable GMAT score, and in such a case, the unsatisfied requirement will be treated as a deficiency and will result in Provisional Student status. The student will be notified of the provisional status and of the GMAT score needed to remove the deficiency. Students with Provisional Status are not allowed to register for more than one semester, or to accumulate more than nine graduate credits, before the deficiency is removed.

To learn more about the admissions requirements visit the Office of Graduate Admissions at: http://www.fit.edu/admission/graduate/index.html

Fast Track Degree Program

The fast track program allows all Florida Tech undergraduate students who have completed at least 95 credit hours (at least 35 credit hours at Florida Tech) with an earned GPA of at least 3.25 to complete the MBA program at an accelerated pace.

Students who have completed at least 95 credit hours and students in all other colleges who have completed the sixth semester of undergraduate work who are accepted into the college's fast track program may earn graduate-level credit hours during their senior year and, when earning at least a B grade, apply up to six graduate credit hours to both their bachelor's and MBA degrees (subject to approval of their undergraduate program advisor).

Typically, graduate courses would satisfy required business courses (business majors) or other business, free or technical elective undergraduate requirements (non-business majors). Graduate credit hours applied to both degrees are treated as transfer credit (GPA does not apply) when applied toward the MBA degree.

Interested students should consult the college's associate dean of academics and their department head for more information about graduate and fast track programs available in the college.

What people are saying...

The MBA program provided by Florida Tech helped establish a strong foundation for my growth both as an individual and as a professional. Karen Garrison, President and CEO (retired), Pitney Bowes Business Services

The education provided by the (Nathan M. Bisk) College of Business provided a global perspective for my career in international consulting and gave me an understanding of how companies succeed in a highly competitive multicultural environment.   Christine Murstad, Consultant, Capgemini, Norway