School of Business Graduate
Master of Business Administration
MBA Master of Business Administration
A 36-credit MBA with eight concentrations, offered on campus and online through the Ernest C. Trefz School of Business. ACBSP accredited, with a Bloomberg Terminal lab on site.
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Three reasons students choose the MBA
The degree is the same in each case. What differs is the concentration you choose for your nine credits of specialized study.
Route 01
You are moving up where you already work
You are good at the work and now you are being asked to run the people doing it. The gap is finance, strategy and the vocabulary of the room you are about to sit in.
Management or Human Resources Management is usually the fit. The online route exists so you can do this without leaving the job that is promoting you.
Route 02
You are changing industry, not just role
You want out of the sector you started in: into healthcare, into technology, into finance, and you need a credential that makes the move legible to somebody screening applications.
Pick the concentration that names your destination: Healthcare Management, Artificial Intelligence, Finance. Nine credits is enough to be a real signal on a CV.
Route 03
You came straight from an undergraduate degree
You have little or no professional business background and you are wondering whether you will be behind on day one.
You may be asked to take preparatory business coursework, and waivers of up to 6 credits are assessed from your transcripts after you apply. Send every transcript. That is what the waiver decision is made from.
Choose your concentration
Eight concentrations, nine credits each
Each concentration adds 9 credits of specialized study to the shared MBA core. This is the part of the degree that appears in your job title.
Not sure yet?
You do not choose at the point of application. Apply first, then work the choice out with an advisor once your transcripts have been assessed: some concentrations pair naturally, and Analytics Intelligence is designed to combine with the others.
Talk to an advisorMBA in Accounting
Develop the skills and knowledge to measure, analyze, interpret and communicate economic data: the discipline underneath every other number a business reports.
What you'll work on
- Financial reporting and the judgements inside it
- Managerial accounting for internal decisions
- Audit, assurance and control environments
- Communicating economic data to non-accountants
Roles graduates target
MBA in Analytics Intelligence
Learn to transform raw data into valuable insight for enterprise decision-making. Designed to be combined with another concentration rather than taken in isolation.
What you'll work on
- Turning operational data into decisions leadership acts on
- Modelling and forecasting for planning cycles
- Visualization and the honest presentation of uncertainty
- Data governance inside a commercial organization
Roles graduates target
MBA in Artificial Intelligence
For leading organizations in AI-driven environments: business strategy combined with enough technical literacy to tell a real capability from a vendor claim.
What you'll work on
- Where AI genuinely changes a business model, and where it does not
- Buying, building and governing AI systems
- Risk, bias and accountability at management level
- Sequencing adoption across an organization
Roles graduates target
MBA in Finance
Develop the technical and analytical skills needed to pursue roles across the finance industry: with a Bloomberg Terminal lab on campus to practice on.
What you'll work on
- Corporate finance and capital structure decisions
- Valuation, and defending the assumptions behind it
- Investment analysis and portfolio construction
- Market data work on the Bloomberg Terminal
Roles graduates target
MBA in Healthcare Management
Organizational leadership competencies for careers across diverse healthcare settings. An industry where the operational constraints are unlike any other.
What you'll work on
- Healthcare operations, throughput and capacity
- Reimbursement, payers and the economics of care
- Regulatory and compliance environments
- Leading clinical and non-clinical staff together
Roles graduates target
MBA in Human Resources Management
Building workplace cultures with an emphasis on equity and inclusion for all: the people system as something designed rather than inherited.
What you'll work on
- Talent acquisition, development and retention
- Compensation and benefits design
- Employment law and organizational risk
- Equity and inclusion as operating practice
Roles graduates target
MBA in Management
Learn to lead with intention, and to plan, build and run business organizations. The generalist track, and the right one when your next role is broader rather than deeper.
What you'll work on
- Strategy formulation and execution
- Organizational design and change
- Operations and process improvement
- Leading teams through ambiguity
Roles graduates target
MBA in Marketing
Learn how to create, promote, distribute, price and manage products, services and ideas, and how to tell which of those levers is actually moving the number.
What you'll work on
- Brand, positioning and product strategy
- Pricing and channel decisions
- Digital acquisition and measurement
- Consumer research and segmentation
Roles graduates target
A Bloomberg Terminal lab, on campus since 1981
The Ernest C. Trefz School of Business has run a Bloomberg Terminal lab since 1981. The same market data system used on trading floors. It is the difference between reading about a yield curve and pulling one up. The school also houses the Student Entrepreneur Center and the Bauer Hall Innovation Center.
Getting in
Admission requirements and deadlines
A bachelor’s degree and your transcripts. There is no published GMAT or GRE requirement for this program.
What you need
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or recognized international institution
- The online application
- Official transcripts from every institution you have attended: these are also what scholarship consideration and prerequisite waivers are decided from
- GMAT and GRE: not listed among the published requirements for this program. Ask an admissions officer if you want that confirmed for your own file.
- Preparatory coursework: waivers of up to 6 credits of preparatory business coursework are assessed after your application is reviewed.
- International applicants: English proficiency evidence and visa documentation are handled by International Admissions.
Deadlines & entry terms
Accredited
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
Business programs at University of Bridgeport, at both undergraduate and graduate level, are accredited by ACBSP. The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. The University itself is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Accreditation status is published on the University’s accreditation and memberships page.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Can I do the whole MBA online?
Yes. The MBA is offered both on campus and online, and the degree is the same either way. The on-campus route gives you the Bloomberg Terminal lab and the entrepreneurship centers in person, which matters more for some concentrations than others.
How many credits, and how long does it take?
Thirty-six credits, of which nine are your concentration. Your pace depends on how many courses you take per term, which is the main reason the online route exists.
Do I need the GMAT or the GRE?
Neither test appears in the published admission requirements for this program. The requirements listed are a bachelor’s degree, the application, and official transcripts. If your situation is unusual, confirm with an admissions officer rather than assuming either way.
What if my bachelor's degree is not in business?
That is common and it is planned for. You may be asked to complete preparatory business coursework, and waivers of up to 6 credits are assessed from your transcripts once you have applied. Submit transcripts from every institution you attended, not just the one that awarded your degree.
When do I choose a concentration?
After you apply, with an advisor. Analytics Intelligence in particular is designed to be combined with another concentration, so the choice is worth having a conversation about rather than making from a list.
Is the program accredited?
Yes. Business programs at both undergraduate and graduate level are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), and the University is institutionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
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Take the next step
Talk to graduate admissions about the online and on-campus routes, prerequisite waivers, and which concentration matches the role you are aiming at.