Online MBA Degree with Career-Aligned Specializations

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Master Leadership Challenges

Businesses today face a myriad of issues that, if not managed well, can hamper an organization’s success. In the Master of Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, you’ll complete real-world coursework taught by instructors who lead their field. At the same time, you’ll develop a professional network that benefits you beyond graduation.

Saint Mary’s also offers multiple specializations for tailoring your education to your aspirations.

“For professionals who want to advance their career, and advance their career quickly, I think the online MBA program is a perfect match.”

– Patrick Lafond, Saint Mary’s MBA online student

“This capstone project stirred my curiosity about how I can be a contributor toward international business development. This was a very rewarding experience; I am confident that the knowledge I have acquired from the Saint Mary’s MBA program can guide me anywhere around the world.”

– Josepha Kodjo, Saint Mary’s MBA Student

“I loved the program. Despite being an online program, I still connected with my classmates and built relationships with them. I could also choose topics that interest me, making big projects more fun and enjoyable.”

–Takara Archer, 2023 MBA Graduate

Choose a Specialization to Tailor Your MBA for Your Goals

Saint Mary’s carefully crafted a suite of optional specializations to help you gain specialized skills for your business career. Each specialization imparts expertise for your chosen field, adding six to nine credits to your MBA program.

Explore real-world case studies to practice and hone your soft accounting skills and become a more well-rounded accounting professional and marketable candidate for promotion or new career opportunities. Through this specialization, you will acquire credits that count toward the CPA licensure exam.

Learn innovative artificial intelligence concepts and methodologies you can apply in a variety of fields. This program features a hands-on curriculum that explores predictive modeling, data engineering, and the Internet of Things using a project-based approach. Graduates are prepared for roles as data engineers, data scientists, and IT developers.

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to help your organization make data-driven decisions and optimize business processes. This program combines topics from computer and data science, business, project management, and communications to prepare you for in-demand careers.

Prepare for leadership roles as you pursue a career in an information security environment or continue your education with an MSCS graduate degree. Study topics include security policy, risk management, operational strategies, security architecture and security planning.

Explore technical topics in cybersecurity to apply computer networking environments, programming, and cloud-based application security. Learn the network-oriented protection techniques that include cloud and network-based aspects of security such as intrusion detection, network security, cloud applications, programming/scripting, and network defense methods.

Access a hands-on curriculum that provides specialized knowledge and training in essential finance skill sets, including financial markets, security analysis, and portfolio management. Courses are taught by experienced faculty who are industry experts.

Get the focused training you need to lead in a variety of healthcare settings. Learn the fundamentals of modern health and human services delivery and study topics.

Gain a deep understanding of the role data analysis plays in clinical and hospital operations. Use the latest industry tools and approaches to apply artificial intelligence techniques to improve patient care delivery and business functions.

Acquire the human resources skills and approaches you need to be successful, including HR management, compensation and benefits, consulting, and employment law.

Upskill your management credentials to gain invaluable leadership qualities that can motivate and inspire a team of employees. The specialization delves into leadership and ethics, communication strategies, collaboration, and team building.

Learn how to develop ethical and innovative strategies to solve complex business problems while positively impacting change for an entire organization and its workforce. Complete this specialization to study organization development, strategy and innovation, leadership, and more.

Gain foundational skills in project planning, resource management, stakeholder analysis, quality control, risk management, and more.

Saint mary’s university is all about awakening, nurturing, and empowering you to live your best life. our faculty and staff are dedicated to quality, diversity, accessibility, social justice, and sound stewardship. join us, and let’s make a difference together.

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Online Convenience, On Point Outcomes

Saint Mary’s online programs are designed to provide excellence in education beyond campus borders. With user-friendly formats and flexible scheduling, our commitment to delivering leading-edge knowledge and valuable credentials allows you to excel in your profession while balancing family and work responsibilities.

Customize Your Curriculum Focus

Saint Mary’s offers career-aligned specializations that allow you to customize your graduate online business administration degree for your goals. You will also complete an array of core courses while earning your MBA, such as:

Focus on the application of economic theory to examine how an organization can efficiently achieve its aims or objectives. The tools and applications used by organizations to make decisions and assess their outcomes in a global context are covered. Topics include advanced supply and demand analysis and estimation, production and cost analysis, market structure and price analysis, regulation and risk analysis, and global pricing practices.

Address the principles of marketing and the tools and practices used to design and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy. Explore the frameworks and strategies behind making effective marketing decisions that build customer value and drive an organization’s growth. Topics include market research, target marketing, product development and positioning, brand-building, buyer behavior, pricing, distribution, and integrated marketing communications.

Gain a practitioner’s ability to utilize quantitative decision-making tools and techniques commonly used in business. The QDM tools and techniques used in operations management, inventory management, marketing, project management, and finance are covered. Topics include hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, subjective probability, decision trees, Bayes Theorem, and regression.

Examine the principles of corporate finance and the tools and practices used in financial decision making. Delve into the treasury function of an organization and the decisions made by the treasurer. Topics include long-term financing, capital budgeting decisions, beta, debt-equity options, dividend policy analysis, and IPOs.

IACBE Program Accreditation

This program is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), recognizing our commitment to delivering business education that aligns with the university’s mission of developing confident, competent, and ethical leaders for today’s changing business environment. 

This accreditation not only reflects the high quality of our graduates — who possess in-demand skills valued by employees — but also reflects the strong presence of the Lasallian mission in action, as witnessed by the IACBE in every interaction with students, alumni, faculty, staff, leaders, and external business partners. At Saint Mary’s, we deliver on our promises. They go beyond words — they’re a commitment we live by.

IACBE Accredited

“The faculty has been a great resource to reach to with questions. The program has been established in a way that guides the student through the necessary information that will prepare them for the capstone requirements.”

–Dan Marshman, 2023 MBA Graduate

MBA Career Outcomes

Professionals with an MBA earn about 29% more than colleagues with only a bachelor’s in business administration,1,2 but that’s not all you stand to gain after completing this program. Every Saint Mary’s MBA student graduates with an education focused on management and leadership, as well as the ability to:

  • Apply quantitative analysis and economic theory
  • Communicate effectively across various modes and to a variety of audiences
  • Exhibit pragmatic decision-making skills and the ability to apply evidence-based solutions
  • Contribute to your organization’s success through a broad knowledge of business
  • Make an impact and lead organizational improvement

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Sources and Disclaimers

  1. Payscale. “Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree.” Retrieved Sept. 2, 2025, from https://www.payscale.com/.
  2. Payscale. “Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration Degree.” Retrieved Sept. 2, 2025, from https://www.payscale.com/.

*GRE not required. GMAT required only if student has less than two years of relevant work experience.

**Completion times may vary

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, www.hlcommission.org.