Early Advantage MBA

Top-ranked full-time MBA program in Florida by Forbes since 1999. The Rollins Early Advantage MBA is a full-time day program for recent college graduates with little to no work experience and career changers. Students can participate in our student-alumni mentor program, serve on local nonprofit boards, gain MBA-level internship experience and select from a broad range of elective courses.

Curriculum Overview

Early Advantage MBA students complete four 12-week terms spread out over 16 or 20 months. The credit hours are distributed as follows:

• Foundations courses (8 credits)
• Disciplinary Business core courses (20 credits)
• Elective courses (minimum of 20 credits)
• Integrating course, including international study component (10 credits)

Concentrations

Students will have the ability to achieve an optional concentration (included in tuition) in one or more of the following fields of study:

• International Business
• Finance
• Operations and Technology Management
• Marketing o Entrepreneurship
• Management
• Social Entrepreneurship Sustainable Enterprise

Scholarships

All Early Advantage MBA applicants are automatically considered for merit-based full and partial tuition scholarships. Merit-based scholarships are offered based on students' GMAT scores and GPAs. Students are also eligible to apply for a variety of topic-based scholarships.

Global Opportunities

Studying the effects of cultural influences on business is one thing; seeing them in action is another. Rollins Early Advantage MBA students experience international business first-hand by applying classroom learning to real-world challenges through the following programs:

Global Business Experience

This experiential learning course focuses on the challenges and opportunities of doing business in a particular country or region. It features travel overseas as a group, accompanied by the instructor, to gain practical experience in conducting business abroad.

Global Consulting Projects

Early Advantage MBA students may also participate in Rollins MBA Global Consulting projects. Each Global Consulting project includes a one-week trip abroad to conduct field research and gain a direct understanding of the business and cultural aspects of the market.

International Exchange Programs

Early Advantage MBA students who start the program in August have the opportunity to study with MBA students from around the world at EM Lyon in France. This international exchange program runs approximately four weeks at the beginning of the summer break, which allows students time to return and complete a summer internship.

Global Sustainability: Business and the Environment This course focuses on the principles and practices of environmentally-sensitive “green” business. Students learn how businesses can innovatively enhance profits through careful stewardship of the environment.

Business in Emerging Markets

This course gives students an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in an emerging market and includes a one-week field trip overseas.

Doing Business in Latin America

This one-week course is held at IPADE Business School in Mexico City and provides Rollins MBA students an opportunity to join MBA students from around the world to study Mexico’s tourism industry.

Experiential Learning

Our students work with real companies and take on real business challenges and are prepared to enter the workforce with the kind of practical experience that employers seek. The many organizational contacts our students experience during their program build their professional networks and can lead to internships and future jobs. It is an ideal program for students without work experience or with little work experience, and for career changers.

Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business graduates are coveted professionals, prepared for the challenges of a competitive global economy. They’ve proven themselves through hands-on learning and experiences with top business leaders from around Florida and around the world. The small class environment, access to distinguished faculty, and network of alumni ensure students have world-class skills, resources, and connections to lead for life. We Value:

• the recruitment of outstanding students and their placement in exceptional organizations;
• a rigorous business education grounded in strategic management, taught by experienced faculty with passion and dedication;
• experiential learning with a global focus and use of relevant technology;
• ethical leadership;
• diversity in the workplace and in life;
• outreach and service to our communities;
• intellectual contributions relevant to our constituents and supportive of our teaching; and
• foster collaboration and teamwork.

Rankings

The Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business has been recognized nationally and internationally by some of the most well-respected organizations in the business world. Bloomberg BusinessWeek: #1 in Florida, Top 20 in the Nation Conducted every two years, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine ranked the Rollins Professional MBA program #1 in Florida for part-time MBA programs in 2015. Leadership Excellence: #1 in the Nation The Rollins MBA at the Crummer Graduate School of Business has been recognized as the top leadership development educator by HR.com's 2016 Leadership Excellence awards. Forbes: 52nd in the Nation The Rollins Early Advantage MBA is ranked 52nd nationally and No. 1 among private Business Schools in Florida according to Forbes magazine, September 2015. This ranking is conducted every two years and we have consistently been ranked among the top two full-time MBA's in Florida since 1999. Rankings are based on a student's return on investment 5 years after graduation. The Princeton Review's “The Best 296 Business Schools: 2015 Edition” The Princeton Review features the Rollins MBA in its 2015 edition of "The Best 296 Business Schools." Rollins College Rankings In addition to its business school, Rollins College has received top rankings from national publications for all of its graduate and undergraduate programs. For the 22nd consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Rollins among the top two regional universities in the South and first in Florida in its annual rankings of “Best Colleges.” Rollins College was also ranked 2nd of Regional Universities in the South for Best Colleges for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News and World Report The Rollins MBA has been ranked one of the top ten least expensive private business schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

Rollins College & Winter Park

Rollins College’s campus in Winter Park, Florida, will place you at an exciting crossroads of culture, commerce, and professional opportunities. An afternoon’s walk along Park Avenue—just steps away from campus—will expose you to a few of the exciting cultural and recreational outlets you will enjoy as a student at Rollins.

Business in Our Community

Winter Park is one of the communities that make up the greater Orlando metropolitan region, one of the top 10 locations in the country for business.* Orlando is a hub for business including major offices for Darden, Disney, Lockheed Martin, Tupperware and more.