Accelerated Master’s in Business Administration

Program: Master’s in Business Administration
Degree awarded: MBA
Total credit hours: 36
Graduate Assistantship/Internship opportunities: Visit the Career Development Center for internship information. Graduate students will work with the program director to identify graduate assistantship opportunities.
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About the Accelerated MBA Program

Designed for professionals early in their careers, the 11-month accelerated MBA allows you to enhance your undergraduate degree. Blending student-centered experiential learning with on-campus courses, you will benefit from cutting-edge courses taught by faculty with world-class business experience. We will help get you on the quickest pathway to achieving your academic and professional goals. No GRE/GMAT requirement

Program Objectives

The MBA program focuses on the idea of measuring performance with a balanced scorecard that includes both shareholder and other stakeholder perspectives. Students learn to construct business metrics that include traditional measures of financial and operational achievement coupled with nontraditional measures that incorporate ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability.

Upon completion of the MBA program, you will be able to:

Cultivate close, long-term relationships with our business faculty.
Enjoy a highly individualized experiential learning experience that includes intensive project-based coursework.
Identify, assess and resolve ethical dilemmas in dynamic business environments.
Employ entrepreneurial thinking to create innovative new ways of achieving objectives.
Use the balanced scorecard approach in solving complex business problems. Think critically to evaluate a situation, identify the problem, collect, manage and analyze data, generate and weigh alternatives to select executable and sustainable solutions that satisfy multiple stakeholders.
Present business knowledge and decisions individually and as a team in both oral and written formats.
Understand and apply adaptive leadership and collaboration skills to effectively lead and motivate individuals and teams to achieve business objectives.
Cultivate interpersonal skills and learn to be a valuable member of a team.
Network with distinguished business alumni.

Accelerated MBA Curriculum

Thiel’s full-time MBA program is rigorous, engaging, and built with experiential learning as a standard part of its curriculum. Because the program includes access to real-world training, students are prepared to face the complex challenges of today's global marketplace.

A graduate assistantship and an internship are essential components of the MBA curriculum.

MBA curriculum

Alumni & Careers

Students in the Business Administration and Accounting Department are exceptionally successful in finding first-time jobs after graduation. Our faculty members work closely with students to assist them in developing the knowledge and skills they need, as well as mentoring them as they prepare for and pursue a range of professional opportunities. For example, the department hosts many networking events that allow students to speak with professionals from numerous companies in the area.

Aligned with our business administration program, you’ll be in excellent company upon graduation. Countless Thiel graduates have joined Fortune 500 companies and become successful business owners and community leaders in the local western Pennsylvania region and beyond.

Thiel College has a strong and active alumni community that supports recent Thiel graduates as they begin their business careers.

Learn More About Thiel’s Master’s in Business Administration Program

Thiel's accelerated MBA program makes it easy to move from college to graduate school, so you can earn your master’s in just 11 months – saving you time and graduate tuition!