Leading in today's complex business world requires an entrepreneurial mindset, resilience in the face of change, and an ability to harness data and technology to make smart decisions. In our Full-Time MBA program, you'll gain all of these things, plus a broad foundation of business expertise built through experience-powered learning.
You'll also choose from a wide-ranging list of in-demand electives and concentrations, including our signature MBA x concentrations, which each allow you to develop a unique non-business skill set that makes you an asset to employers.
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MBA x concentrations offered through other Northeastern graduate schools
“My military time has translated to my education well. The military is structured and rigorous, and so is the Northeastern MBA program. The expectations from professors and the program are clear; you know what to expect each day, and you understand the learning objectives.”
Alexander Cropley, MBA'24
“After two years in the workforce, I knew I wanted to be in the business world and build the skills to become an entrepreneur. Earning an MBA felt like a natural step for me to gain the education, network, and foundational business acumen to succeed in my career as an entrepreneur.”
Comus Hardman, MBA'22
“Working towards my MBA has helped me realize that I can solve problems, meet deadlines, provide insights, and work with others. This program has allowed me to realize my potential.”
Tyler Walker, MBA'22
“This experience showed me the true value of experiential learning; there's a significant difference between going to class and hearing about the passing of FDA approval versus being a part of it.”
Priscilla Colon, MBA'22
Speak directly with some of our students and gain valuable insights based on their firsthand experiences in the program.
| Application Deadlines | Decision Notifications | Classes Begin |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 24, 2024 | Dec. 19, 2024 | September |
| Jan. 9, 2025 | March 20, 2025 | September |
| March 27, 2025* | May 8, 2025 | September |
| May 15, 2025 | June 12, 2025 | September |
*March 27, 2025 deadline is the final deadline for international candidates who require a new F-1 or J-1 visa
Tuition Cost and Financial AidNortheastern Student Financial Services publishes the tuition rates for the Full-Time MBA program. Under the “Graduate Programs” section, the cost per credit appears next to “D'Amore-McKim School of Business Programs.”
Northeastern's Student Financial Services team will guide you through options to help you finance your graduate education. You can learn more about graduate financial aid options on their website.
Once you become a student, your financial aid advisor will work with you to answer your questions, and provide valuable insight as you navigate the financial commitments of your program.
D'Amore-McKim and Northeastern University offer a variety of scholarships. As a Full-Time MBA applicant, you'll automatically receive consideration for a merit scholarship. The following scholarships are also offered for the Full-Time MBA program: AmeriCorps/Teach for America, City Year, Latin American Achievers Scholarship, Prospansica MBA Scholarship, Posse MBA Scholarship, Reach Out MBA Fellowship, Returned Peace Corps, and The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Graduate Fellowship.
You may qualify for funding support as an alum, U.S. servicemember, or veteran.
D'Amore-McKim offers application fee waivers to applicants that meet specific criteria. You can review the policy on the Graduate Application FAQ web page.
The D'Amore-McKim School of Business community stands with our university and its leadership in our dedication to cultivating equity and inclusion for all humankind. Understanding and solving our problems requires constant interaction among people who bring their own diverse contexts and experiences to the conversation. Therefore, we must be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community that values the uniqueness of its members, recognizes the power and importance of diversity in our own and surrounding communities, and ensures their engaged participation.
Northeastern and D'Amore-McKim offers and partners with organizations that provide a variety of scholarships and fellowships to foster diversity and inclusion. Examples of these include The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Graduate Fellowship, Prospansica MBA Scholarship, Posse MBA Scholarship and Reach Out MBA Fellowship.
There are numerous university-wide and D'Amore-McKim-affiliated student groups that you may wish to join, and several are grounded in building inclusive communities and resiliency. Many of our graduate business students participate in the Graduate Students of Color Collective, Grad Q, and Out in Business.
Participate in community-building programs, lectures, and events offered by Northeastern's cultural centers representing a range of affiliations and interests including the LGBTQA Resource Center, Latinx Student Cultural Center, Asian American Center, Office of Global Services, and many more.
Your global business education will be comprehensive and forward-looking, complemented by a specialized focus on an in-demand concentration of your choice—or two, if you like—and opportunities for gaining expertise in non-business topics. Seasoned business leaders and entrepreneurs as well as renowned researchers and educators will guide you on your academic journey.
You'll amplify your learning through experience, including our signature corporate residency where you apply your learnings at a real company, build relationships that form the core of your professional network, and develop the kind of confidence that comes only from experience.
The following is a sample curriculum and is subject to change. Enrolled students should reference the academic catalog for current program requirements.
Highlights managerial decisions affecting a company's performance in generating revenues, controlling costs, and producing profits. Begins with a brief review of financial accounting, then focuses on the development and use of information, especially financial information, for managerial decisions related to the firm's planning—operations—control cycle.
ACCT 6318 | 2 Hours
Managing Operations and the Supply ChainFocuses on the integrative management of processes and activities involved in transformation and delivery of goods and services. Emphasizes foundational knowledge on supply chain and operations management concepts, techniques, and functions. Topics covered include sourcing and procurement, manufacturing and service operations, logistics management, process design and control, inventory management, interfirm relationship management, and attendant information flows.
SCHM 6318 | 2 Hours
Customer Value and the EnterpriseExamines the role of marketing as an organizational function and a set of processes to manage offerings that provide superior value to customers. Focuses on developing student skill in analyzing the customer and business environment and using that analysis to build an effective marketing strategy. Emphasizes methods for the identification, acquisition, and retention of customers in a way that provides mutual value to the customer and the organization.
MKTG 6318 | 2 Hours
Innovation Driven StrategyIntroduces several entrepreneurship and innovation topics, including innovation and entrepreneurship as a value-creating activity for economies and firms; types of innovation (technological, process, products, business models); fundamentals of product development (design thinking, rapid prototyping, ethnography); startup creation and articulating a value proposition; the role and traits of the entrepreneur; maximizing odds of success and minimizing odds of failure; growing the startup and creating a market; finding or creating the right niche; pivoting and judo strategy; lean startup approach; innovation in established firms and resistance to change; organizational inertia; business model change; and technological discontinuities.
INNO 6318 | 2 Hours
Managing the OrganizationOffers key insights every business professional should understand working in, managing, and leading organizations in today's complex, diverse, and dynamic business environment. The primary goal of this course is to challenge—and improve—students' understanding of human behavior in organizations so that they are better positioned to strategically leverage human capital. Introduces critical theories and concepts through case analyses, debates, TED Talks, and exercises that aim to help students understand, analyze, and ultimately address real business situations and problems.
HRMG 6318 | 2 Hours
Career ManagementBegins with an introduction to the career planning process and to the services of the Graduate Career Center. Topics include resumé writing, videotaped practice interviewing, job search strategies, interview preparation, salary negotiation, marketing communication, and visa issues for international students seeking employment in the United States. May include additional topics depending on student interest. May be repeated once.
BUSN 6200 | 0 Hours
MBA Skills WorkshopContinues the full-time MBA orientation program. Offers students an opportunity to develop the management skills necessary to become effective managers, including communication skills, qualitative and quantitative business analysis, and ethics and values.
BUSN 6950 | 0 Hours
Introduces time value of money calculations and applications. Building upon a basis in accounting, offers students an opportunity to learn how to extract relevant information from the accounting statements for use in financial calculations and ratio analysis. Also examines capital planning, including determining relevant cash flows, calculating decision measures, and making the correct decisions.
FINA 6318 | 2 Hours
Innovating and Creating FuturesIntroduces a number of entrepreneurship and innovation topics, including innovation and entrepreneurship as a value-creating activity for economies and firms; types of innovation (technological, process, products, business models); fundamentals of product development (design thinking, rapid prototyping, ethnography); startup creation and articulating a value proposition; the role and traits of the entrepreneur; maximizing odds of success and minimizing odds of failure; growing the startup and creating a market; finding or creating the right niche; pivoting and judo strategy; lean startup approach; innovation in established firms and resistance to change; organizational inertia; business model change; and technological discontinuities.
ENTR 6318 | 2 Hours
Strategic Planning for the FutureProvides the fundamental concepts for understanding and managing strategy in a competitive context. Focuses on analysis, critical thinking, and making strategic decisions. Discusses the analytical tools to understand the industry and firm context. Explores the design and execution of strategies to compete successfully. Investigates the strategic changes involved as firms grow and expand into new businesses and geographic markets.
STRT 6318 | 2 Hours
Social Impact of BusinessExplores how business practices affect society and how society affects business practices. Addresses topics such as social impact investing, sustainable supply chains, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and global perspectives on corporate citizenship. Business and society have never been more intertwined. Executives are increasingly called upon to consider the larger societal impacts of their decisions and at the same time find themselves subject to demands from multiple societal stakeholders that include customers, suppliers, employees, governments, and interest groups, among others.
BUSN 6363 | 2 Hours
Corporate ResidencyProvides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. Explore our one-of-a-kind program.
BUSN 6964 | 0 Hours
In consultation with advisor, complete 3 graduate-level semester hours for which prerequisites are met. Choose from the following subject codes:
ACCT, BUSN, ENTR, FINA, HRMG, INTB, MECN, MGMT, MKTG, SCHM, STRT, and TECE
Any graduate-level course at D'Amore-McKim | 3 credits
In consultation with an advisor, complete 6 graduate-level semester hours, for which requirements have been met, offered in partnership with other Northeastern University colleges. Explore interdisciplinary course options.
Co-op Work ExperienceProvides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated up to five times.
BUSN 6964 | 0 Hours
Co-op Work Experience – Half-TimeProvides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. May be repeated without limit.
BUSN 6954 | 0 Hours
Professional ProjectsOffers graduate students an opportunity to participate in flexible, professional work experiences through micro-internships, an alternative to a traditional corporate residency or co-op. Students demonstrate and enhance their career readiness competencies, explore career paths, and expand their network. These project-centered experiences are primarily remote, involve 10 to 40 hours of work, and are deadline driven as opposed to set during specific hours.
BUSN 6970 | 0 Hours
Choose two—including an option to choose one of our first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary MBA x concentrations
Learn how to manage the integrity of a brand across all marketing activities and communication channels.
Develop the knowledge, perspective, and leadership skills needed to be an agent of change and renewal within established organizations.
Master a range of financial, analytical, and communication skills for increasing profitability and shareholder value.
Develop the knowledge, skills, and perspective necessary to conceptualize, launch, manage, and grow a new business.
Master a range of financial, analytical, and communication skills for increasing profitability and shareholder value.
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Become a knowledgeable manager of assets for individuals or institutions, building your expertise in capital allocation, valuation, and risk management.
Learn how to build relationships with your customers and create a brand or product that engages them.
Learn analytics skills taught from a marketing perspective—and create agile strategies that put your customers first.
Forge a path for yourself as an innovative business leader in the complex and rapidly evolving biotechnology industry where the work has the potential to be lifesaving.
Forge a path for yourself as an innovative business leader in the complex and rapidly evolving biotechnology industry where the work has the potential to be lifesaving.
As big data and business operations merge, it's more important than ever for business leaders to speak the language of data science.
The ability to analyze and present information so that it can be clearly understood by your audience is a critical leadership skill. You'll gain a firm grasp on best practices for information visualization and delivery systems-based on a deep understanding of the principles of human cognition.
Learn to lead with a knowledge base in experience design. This concentration will give you the chance to learn the tools, technologies, and processes for developing prototypes; and develop an understanding of human motivations and expectations.
Gain an understanding of the framework for analyzing and designing games based on a wide range of disciplines. You'll synthesize tools and theories from psychology, sociology, anthropology, media studies, data analytics, biometrics, and other relevant fields to help you learn to design digital gaming environments that satisfy the user.
Learn to evaluate the risks and rewards of new technology from an ethical perspective, as well as a business perspective.
Develop strategies for communicating a powerful message across a range of platforms via sound storytelling and design.
Develop keen business insight into how social factors affect human health to identify innovative ways to tackle complex public health challenges.
