Online MBA FAQs

Winthrop’s online MBA program is unique in providing you:

• Coursework that builds your expertise and skills while also focusing on globalization, analytics, technology and communication.
• Résumé-building micro-certificates in Business Analytics, Financial Analysis, and Leadership in Organizations (Leadership in Organizations is also available as a standalone certificate).
• The ability to individualize your studies by choosing an optional 6-credit-hour concentration in Marketing or Strategic Leadership.
• Learning from faculty who care about your success. Most of your classes will be taught by the same full-time faculty who teach our on-campus program.
• An AACSB-accredited curriculum held to a higher standard that assures quality, promotes excellence and fosters continuous improvement.
• Advising and degree progression support throughout the program from the director of graduate student services.
• The convenience of completing any prerequisite courses prior to beginning your degree through separate modules in a convenient online platform.

Students who have not had specific quantitative foundation courses will need to pass online self-paced modules to receive credit for missing prerequisites.

Required Foundation Courses:

Financial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

Microeconomics

Principles of Finance

Excel

Each of the self-paced prerequisite courses can be completed in approximately fifteen hours.

It is encouraged that foundations are completed prior to enrolling in the program when possible. Foundation courses may also be taken congruently while in the program but must align with prerequisite requirements of all MBA coursework.

Winthrop University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and specialist degrees.

The online MBA program is among only 5 percent of MBA programs worldwide to achieve accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Yes, a GMAT score of 400 or higher is required. A GMAT waiver is available for candidates meeting the waiver requirements.

Visit the admissions overview page to learn more about the admissions requirements. Requirements will vary in the cases of international students and other situations.

Students enrolled in the MBA program that complete one course at a time, every seven weeks can earn their degree in as little as two years.

No. The degree is fully online, with no residency or campus visits required.

The 30-credit online MBA program costs $780 per credit hour.

Financial aid is available to those who qualify. To apply for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Winthrop University’s FAFSA code is 003456.

For more information about financial aid visit our tuition and financial aid page.

As a student in Winthrop’s online MBA program, you will develop your skills in:

• Strategic Thinking. Devise strong strategies to address organizational situations.
• Problem Solving. Apply quantitative tools, strategies and data for successful decision-making.
• Critical Thinking. Develop innovative approaches to change using knowledge of the factors that underlie business issues.
• Leadership. Demonstrate natural leadership in organizational situations.
• Ethics. Recognize ethical dilemmas and apply ethical frameworks in addressing the consequences of business decisions.
• Communications. Deliver professional, researched, business presentations and documents.
• Marketing. Create powerful, evidence-based marketing and pricing strategies that drive profits.

Students will have access to our online learning system and coursework can be accessed online anytime, day or night. However, course-specific tasks, including readings, assignments, and tests, must be completed by the due dates set by each professor.

Yes. It covers the same curriculum and is taught by many of the same instructors in a fully online format. Online students receive the same diploma as on-campus students. The diploma will not specify the modality of the program.