Doctor of Business Administration

The challenges facing the business world are numerous and complex, but they aren’t impossible. Through the DBA program, Concordia prepares Christian leaders to address those problems holistically by combining quantitative and qualitative business concepts. The outcome? Actual change that translates to long-term growth and profitability.

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is the highest accredited academic business degree at Concordia University designed to address the current challenges facing companies, leaders, and teams in today’s business environment. Students will develop scholar-practitioner skills from industry experts skilled in blending applied learning with theory development. Students will leave the program equipped with the tools, experience, and knowledge to transform organizations and improve performance through grounded research methods.

We are a learning community at the junction of knowledge and Christian faith. Students develop their God-given potential and prepare to lead uncommon lives of higher professional purpose to better self and community. All of the university's schools, programs, and initiatives are guided by shared fidelity to this central promise.

Concordia University Ann Arbor is part of the Concordia University System, a nationwide network of colleges and universities that are each independently run. Still, all affiliated with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Our university educates students across a broad range of professional fields. Also, it offers professional church career education in the areas of Pre-Seminary studies, Lutheran teacher training, parish music, and church ministries leadership.