Master of Business Administration - Residential

Go Further with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Liberty!

Your career as an industry leader in the business field is waiting! Gain the skills and connections you’ll need to navigate this competitive field. Partner your passion with Liberty’s expert professors and academic excellence to go further.

Our Master of Business Administration degrees is designed to prepare you for careers in executive leadership, financial management, marketing research, and healthcare administration. Wherever your aspirations are leading you, we have a business degree to help you get there.

From lucrative positions as a Chief Executive Officer to global outreach as an international ministry worker, our MBA degree is created with you in mind. Our professors have years of industry experience and are excited to mentor you throughout your time with us. Your future in business administration is just a degree away.

Why Choose Liberty’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree?

You deserve a master’s degree that prepares you to land a financially rewarding job once you graduate. Let us help you develop the skills you need to stand out to future employers.

Business can be a competitive field to break into, but with an MBA from our nonprofit, Christian university, you will be set apart with integrity and academic excellence.

Center for Entrepreneurship

• Our center hosts many programs and events for students to meet with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from all around the world.
• Our 2,000-square-foot Center for Entrepreneurship is the largest center within our School of Business.
• Our Spark! Incubator training program provides a variety of events created to give you experience with real clients and industry leaders.

More Networking Potential with HandShake

• HandShake is a fast and powerful job recruitment platform, where students, university career centers, and employment recruiters can connect.
• As a Liberty student, you will receive a free HandShake account where you will showcase your skills to employers across the globe.
• We partnered with this cutting-edge service with the knowledge that employers are constantly seeking out students from university settings.

What Will You Learn in Our MBA Degree Program?

Our Master of Business Administration degree will provide you with a broad understanding of business operations necessary for a flexible and successful career in business leadership. As a student in this program, you will gain a foundational awareness of marketing management, finance, business law, research, accounting, international business, global economics, human resources, and operations management.

Choose a specialization to take your degree further! We offer specializations in accounting, criminal justice, finance, healthcare management, and human resources, to name a few. You can direct your study to a specific area of business as you become an expert in your field.

Check out our featured courses below for more information.

Highlights of Our MBA Degrees

• Our School of Business is among only 3% of business schools worldwide to earn ACBSP accreditation.
• We tailor our graduate business degrees for the working professional. Take evening classes, one-week intensives, and online courses to make your degree a better fit for your busy schedule!
• Our 78,000-square-foot School of the Business building provides:
  • A simulated stock trading room with New York Stock Exchange display boards.
  • A 2,000-square-foot Entrepreneurship Center for Innovation.
  • A Center for Cyber Excellence and Center for Financial Literacy.
  • Information technology labs and a networking and data center.
• Get involved with our business-related student organizations and honor societies!
• 3+1 Accelerated Business Program: You can get your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just 4 years!

Master of Business Administration Degree Information

• Residential.
• 36-45 total credit hours.
• Transfer in up to 50% of your credits.
• This program falls under Liberty’s School of Business.

Who We Are

In 1971, the Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell dreamed about making the world a better place. He envisioned a generation of professionals in every field who loved God, served others, and were the best at whatever they were called to be. He saw a university on a mountain where this training could happen—and he started to build it. Less than 50 years later, Liberty University is a world-class accredited evangelical liberal arts institution with 17 colleges and schools, over 100,000 students, and 600+ programs of study from the certificate to the doctoral level.

Liberty's world-class campus is rated as one of the five best in the U.S. by niche.com. Its online program is rated by niche.com as one of the top ten in the U.S. Liberty's campus hosts over 700 international students from 70+ countries studying in all fields and at all levels. Over 400 programs are available to students around the globe through our online programs.

Liberty University trains pilots, engineers, counselors, CEOs, nurses, teachers, artists, law enforcement personnel, professionals in almost every field who love God, serve others in their communities and are the best at what they are called to be. Liberty University trains champions for Christ.

Impact the World

Emphasizing the right balance between academic theory, research, and hands-on training, Liberty’s unique approach to education means that you can be prepared to not only succeed in your profession of choice but also to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing marketplace.

At Liberty University, you’ll be equipped to do your job ethically and with excellence. You will also gain the critical thinking, research, data analysis, and communication skills needed to become an essential contributor in your field and the kind of leader who inspires others. This is why Liberty graduates are sought after by many organizations and companies.

Hard work, courage, and integrity define our faith, so we don’t just equip students with a degree — we Train Champions for Christ who impact the world.

Online Programs – An Extension of Our Mission and Our Campus

What started as a vision for a thriving faith-based university in Virginia has now spread across the world. Online education programs have been growing in popularity, but Liberty University has been paving the way in distance education since the mid-1980s . Our online program began in 1985 as the Liberty University School of Lifelong Learning because we recognized that through distance education, many older students were able enroll in college for the first time while they continued working. Liberty is an innovative pioneer in distance education!

Today, students access course content through a cutting-edge learning platform. Liberty’s state-of-the-art digital resources allow students to connect with experienced professors and classmates as well as access the best in academic resources, including over 750,000 electronic books, journals, and peer-reviewed articles. Students also have access to the Online Writing Center and various online student communities.

Many online students even decide to enroll on Liberty's award-winning campus after they begin their online program, which is a simple switch. Online students are welcome to visit and explore Liberty’s campus in Lynchburg, Va at any time. Homecoming, and Commencement are wonderful events to participate in as an online student and provide opportunities for you to connect with your school. But even if you don’t, know that the most important thing we build here is changed lives — at Liberty, you’ll benefit from over 30 years of learning, growing, adapting, and innovating for the distance learner and more than a decade of researching the needs of the online student. You can be confident that we’ve taken the time to learn what’s important to you.

Affordability, Accessibility & Academic Quality

With so many online colleges and universities to choose from, it can be difficult to find programs that are both flexible and affordable. Liberty University’s Online Programs offer both!

Our online programs r anked in the top five out of more than 2,100 online colleges and universities, for quality, affordability, and accessibility by BestColleges.com.

We have been pioneering distance education since 1985 and offer a unique and proven approach to online education.

Residential tuition is in the lowest 1/3 of all private colleges in the US and all international students enrolled in bachelor's degree programs on campus receive some level of institutional aid. We work to make your education affordable!

Academic Quality

Liberty University’s Residential and Online Programs bring you state-of-the-art technology as we strive towards new educational advancements and increased degree availability. We want you to be able to pursue a degree that best fits your passions and career goals, residentially or online.

Liberty University offers:

• Over 250 available online degree programs to choose from.
• The same quality standards as our residential programs.
• Continuously updated course content designed to reflect current industry practices.
• A faculty comprised of leaders from each field who bring real-world experience to the classroom.

Accessibility

We understand that fitting a degree into your busy life can be challenging. For this reason, we give you the ability to customize your Liberty University degree completion plan to fit your schedule best.

To meet your personal and education needs:

• Most online degrees are offered in a 100% online format. No residential experience is required, but you may want to consider attending campus for an amazing experience.
• Online degree programs are offered in an eight-week sub-term format with eight start dates per year.
• Most of Liberty’s online degree programs offer flexibility to complete assignments at any time of the day with no required login times for most programs. (Asynchronos).
• Online students can enroll part-time or full-time.

Affordability

Liberty University wants to not only provide you with quality education but also offer tuition rates at an affordable price. We understand that finding ways to pay for your education can be difficult. For this reason, we have worked on ensuring that tuition remains at a reasonable price while still providing an advanced, accredited, and excellent education.

Apply Today to Begin Your Journey at a Top Christian University!

Join the mission of Liberty University and see the value of Christian education for yourself. Start on the path toward continuing your education through one of Liberty University’s online or residential degree programs. Liberty is, in every way, a world-class institution of higher learning devoted to preparing you for success in all aspects of life.

Ranking and Awards

1 Best Online College in America

Gold Level - School of Distinction Top Online University in Virginia Top Online Christian College in the Nation

Top 10 Colleges in Campus Dining (College Magazine)

4 Best College Campuses in the Nation (niche.com)