Develop Your Career as a Complete Professional
St. Bonaventure University’s fully accredited online MBA goes beyond the traditional Master of Business Administration. Through personalized and interactive coursework, you’ll become a well-rounded professional prepared to lead and innovate in a variety of business environments.
- Advance Your Skills – Develop the skills that matter to employers and your future: essential business competencies, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication.
- Cultivate Specialized Knowledge – Customize our program to suit your skills, experience and goals. Specialize in Business Analytics, Finance, Marketing or opt for our General track.
- Lead More Effectively – Grow your understanding of business operations and the fundamental functions of management to take on more responsibility and improve your leadership potential.
- Improve Decision Making – Understand the interaction among business functions to better assess the full organizational impact of your decisions.
- Employ a Different Way of Thinking – Overcome business challenges as you incorporate cutting-edge tools such as AI to form strategies from the perspective of an Organizational Change Manager.
Graduates are equipped with strong ethical judgment, advanced business skills, and interdisciplinary knowledge. With an online MBA from St. Bonaventure, you can achieve extraordinary outcomes for the greater good and the bottom line.
St. Bonaventure is top value school and we have great financial aid options for active military members and veterans.
MBA Program at a Glance
Flexible Schedule
100% Online
Program Length
Graduate in as few as 20 months
Affordable Tuition
No. 8 Best Value School, U.S. News
No GRE/GMAT Required
Start right away upon acceptance
AACSB Accreditation
Join an Accredited Program With a Great Reputation
The reputation and quality of our accredited online MBA program give graduates a competitive edge. St. Bonaventure’s School of Business is among only 5 percent of business schools worldwide accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This accreditation is an incredible distinction that ensures:
- Our business professors are professionally and academically qualified.
- Significant learning resources are in place.
- Our program is regularly assessed through student and faculty input.
Admissions Requirements
At Bona’s, our mission is to see you succeed. To be considered for enrollment in this program, you must meet the following requirements:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum 2.75 GPA
- Complete the online application, including the submission of:
- Transcripts from all institutions attended
- Resume
No GMAT/GRE is required for applicants with a 3.3 GPA and over or a 3.0 GPA with two years of relevant work experience (as determined by the program director).
Curriculum Highlights
Foundation courses ensure preparation for upper-level courses. Some of these courses for our accredited online MBA program may be waived based on prior schooling and/or work experience.
- MBA 515F Intro to Business Analytics I
- MBA 516F Accounting & Finance Foundations
- MBA 517F Economic Foundations
The business core ensures that you’ll develop an advanced conceptual framework for analyzing and solving business problems.
- MBA 610 Financial Management
- MBA 616 Accounting Practices and Analysis
- MBA 649 Business Policy (Capstone)
- MBA 698LC: Leadership Development & Change Management
- MBA 698SMO: Strategic Marketing Operations
The graduate electives allow you to pursue studies in five subject areas of special interest:
- Legal & Ethics
- Finance
- Marketing
- Business Analytics
Students complete a total of six elective courses (18 credits) of which six credits must be three credits each of Qualitative and Quantitative breadth courses. This structure allows you to customize your education and prepare for your ideal career.
- MBA 611 Legal Environment of Business
- MBA 650 Business Ethics
- MBA 620 Marketing Analytics for Data Driven Decision Making
- MBA 621 Data Visualization and Analysis
- MBA 625 Project Management
- MBA 634 Financial Modeling
- MBA 626 Investments
- MBA 628 Managerial Economics
- MBA 639 Behavioral Finance
- MBA 636 Marketing Research
- MBA 638 Consumer Behavior
- MBA 644 International Marketing
This course provides an in-depth investigation of the human side of management, examining how individuals, teams, and organizations function and interact in the workplace. Emphasizing both theory and application, the course explores the psychological and social processes that shape behavior in organizational settings. Through case studies, discussions, and in-class exercises, students will understand how to influence organizational outcomes, foster a positive organizational culture and implement organizational change. Students will also assess the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence (AI) in management, including its influence on team dynamics, leadership, and strategic decision-making in global and technologically evolving environments.
This course introduces students to the foundational elements of marketing strategy by examining how organizations understand and respond to customer needs, market dynamics, and competitive forces. Students will apply these concepts to develop strategic marketing plans that define target audiences, articulate effective positioning, and integrate decisions around product, pricing, promotion, and distribution. Emphasis is placed on leveraging data and marketing analytics to inform decisions, identify opportunities, and evaluate performance. The course also explores the role of marketing in broader business management, preparing students to lead strategic initiatives across diverse organizational contexts. Through case discussions and project work, students will engage in critical thinking and apply strategic marketing principles to real-world business challenges. Students will also use artificial intelligence (AI) and marketing analytics tools to gain customer insights, make better marketing decisions, and improve results in ethical and diverse business settings.
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Next Term: Spring 2026
Start Date: March 16, 2026
Limited seats are available. Secure your spot today!
Specialized Knowledge
Choose a Concentration
An online Master of Business Administration from St. Bonaventure is ideal for students from diverse undergraduate backgrounds. Our curriculum is carefully designed to reflect the real world where business functions interact, helping you cultivate interdisciplinary knowledge.
You’ll develop essential business competencies before deciding whether to specialize in Business Analytics, Finance, or Marketing or opt for our General MBA track incorporating electives across each of the three specializations. You can even combine two concentration areas and graduate with a dual specialization MBA.
General
Expand your marketability with diverse expertise. Gain broad business and management knowledge across finance, marketing, analytics, ethics and more. Apply your skills to almost any industry.
Business Analytics
Every company needs someone who can leverage data to inform strategic business initiatives and guide operational decision-making. Grow your career by understanding how to use data to gain critical insight into customers, the marketplace, your organization, and the global business environment.
Finance
Financial leaders use their advanced knowledge and leadership confidence to help people and companies succeed financially. Equip yourself with the tactic, strategic, and leadership skills needed to build, manage, and support a strong finance team and to stand out as a specialist in this highly competitive field.
Marketing
Companies need innovative, insightful marketing professionals to drive their business objectives. Strengthen your ability to navigate our dynamic global business environment with leadership, management, and problem-solving skills, as well as proven marketing strategies and modern tools.
Career Outlook
Achieving extraordinary success takes extraordinary character.
Our alums distinguish themselves as leaders in various professions with strong ethical judgment, advanced business skills, and interdisciplinary knowledge.
We have Bonnies working across a variety of professions according to the results of the Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey for 2021-2022. During the program, some students received promotions. Others went from Director to Senior Vice President after graduation. Our MBA gives you the flexibility to explore leadership roles across Operations, Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, and more.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, leadership roles are projected to grow 8 percent from 2021 to 2031, faster than the average for all occupations. This increase will result in about 883,900 new jobs over the decade.
Career & Professional Readiness Center
As a Bonnie, you’ll be encouraged to tap into our Career & Professional Readiness Center to establish a solid foundation to build your career. We partner with Handshake, the No. 1 career network and recruiting platform for college students, career centers, employers, and young alums. Our staff can help you define your goals and help you prepare for interviews, among many things.
More than 70% of jobs are obtained through some sort of career or professional networking.
Our team offers several ways for you to develop beneficial professional relationships, including:
- A LinkedIn group to connect alumni and students.
- A Digital Engagement Room, giving students access to cutting-edge virtual networking technology, enhancing their ability to land a key internship or vie for a full-time position after college.
- An annual Bonnies4Bonnies event at our campus offering students the opportunity to connect with alumni in-person.
An Online MBA
Perfected Since 2013
An abrupt switch to online classes and continuously changing guidelines in response to COVID-19 rocked universities across the globe. For us, it was business as usual.
We took insights from our on-campus programs, which have been around for over 165 years, to design a flexible online experience that allows you to:
- Tailor degrees based on your educational background, work experience and goals.
- Receive one-on-one attention from faculty members who focus on you as an individual.
- Master new skills and concepts through readings, scenario-based projects, videos and other methods.
“The formation of my business took place while I was enrolled in the MBA program, so every class was applicable to something I needed to know. My MBA concentration was in marketing, and the marketing courses really helped me to establish my company’s brand and build a reputation in the community. Even after two years in business, I use marketing metrics and client feedback every day to better understand my target market and how to reach them.”
Theodora Turner, MBA 2018
“I have had many wonderful outcomes from my online MBA at SBU: I was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, which introduced me to an international network of business professionals for future career opportunities; I gained the necessary confidence I previously lacked to advance my career in the financial services industry; and, I have been granted job offers from several corporations who are aware of the excellent career preparation SBU’s business school has to offer.”
Marcus Jones, MBA 2021
“St. Bonaventure’s MBA program is incredible. Not only is the structure of the program accommodating for the working professional, but the class sizes allow for both one-on-one interaction as well as group participation. Because of my experience at St. Bonaventure, I have a much better understanding of the ins and outs of a business, what truly makes a business successful and where I see myself in the future. SBU was the perfect fit for me.”
Christy A. Williams, Alumni
Faculty of Experts
Our MBA faculty members are practitioners and scholars who love teaching. They have extensive corporate backgrounds, some serving on boards, and have published countless research papers. They bring expert insight and instruction to the classroom to make you think differently.
John B. Stevens
Faculty Member
John is an organizational development, training and human resources consultant who teaches in the online MBA program.
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Matrecia James
Dean of the School of Business
Dr. Matrecia S.L James is the Dean of the School of Business and joined the St. Bonaventure community in 2016.
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Giles Bootheway
Faculty Member, School of Business
Lecturer of Finance at St Bonaventure University’s School of Business
Learn MoreFrequently Asked Questions
Our MBA is flexible. We recommend discussing your goals and experience with an enrollment advisor because you have the option to double up on courses and may be eligible to transfer credits. Most students complete their degree in 20 - 24 months.
The cost of your MBA will depend on your background and experience. You will be told how many total credits you are required to take during the enrollment process. Tuition is charged per credit hour and can range from $24,000 to $34,000. We do offer financial aid and scholarships to those who qualify. Learn more on our tuition page.
St. Bonaventure’s School of Business is among only 5 percent of business schools worldwide accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This accreditation ensures our faculty are professionally and academically qualified, significant learning resources are in place, and we are regularly assessed through student and faculty input.
Flexibility is built into our MBA program. You can choose a Marketing, Finance or Business Analytics concentration or opt for a general track incorporating parts of each discipline area. People choose a general MBA for a 360 view of business.
No. The certificate you receive at graduation does not specify whether you completed your degree in person or online.