野狼社区 University is making its industry-leading Master of Business Administration degree even more attainable for students 鈥� especially for working professionals looking to advance their career through a graduate degree.
OCU has introduced the university鈥檚 first accelerated MBA degree, featuring a total of 30 credit hours covered in 10 fully online courses.
The 30-credit-hour degree program represents the fastest route to an MBA offered by an 野狼社区 metro-area school.
The move to reduce the degree from 36 to 30 credit hours comes on the heels of OCU鈥檚 recent decision to reduce the total program price of its online MBA to $15,000. That price point makes OCU鈥檚 online MBA the most affordable AACSB-accredited MBA in the metro area and one of the most affordable in the state and region.
鈥淭his is about meeting students where they are,鈥� said Sri Beldona, dean of OCU鈥檚 Meinders School of Business. 鈥淭his program matches the rigor and prestige you would expect from an OCU degree, while elevating convenience for the working professional.鈥�
Students are able to complete coursework and weekly assignments on their own time, enabling them to choose their optimal study windows. Meanwhile, they still have full access to OCU鈥檚 business faculty and their industry-relevant insights and experience.
Participants also have the option to select from any of six fully online accelerated MBA tracks, including OCU鈥檚 flagship MBA in Leadership as well as the concentrations of Corporate Accounting, Data Analytics, Energy, Financial Analytics, and Health Care Administration.
While these options allow students to specialize and grow in an area related to their job, the overall value of earning a master鈥檚 degree in business is also a vital consideration for a prospective student.
According to the most , those with a master鈥檚 degree earn more money and enjoy lower levels of unemployment than employees at all lower levels of educational attainment. To be specific, those with a master鈥檚 degree earn 16.3% more than those whose highest degree is a bachelor's, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
For prospective students hoping to capitalize on those statistics, applications are now being accepted for the OCU accelerated MBA program鈥檚 next start in January. This is one of five different start windows for the program throughout the year; others are March, June, August and October.
For more information or to start an application, go to .
