The College of Business Administration, through the departments of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Information and Decision Sciences, and Marketing and Management, offers a Master of Business Administration degree. The MBA degree program is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The objective of the MBA program is to give students the opportunity to prepare for executive careers in business or in institutions that use business techniques and policies in management and administration. The program meets this objective by being broad in nature and aimed at general competence in overall management and administration. The majority of the coursework is devoted to a broad understanding of the environment, controls, and practices, which are
common to most institutions.

Admission Requirements 

For admission into the Master of Business Administration program, students must present:

1. Online Application for Admission into a Graduate Degree Program.
2. Official transcript from an accredited institution demonstrating completion of a four-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent in the case of an international institution) and official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended.
3. One –page Statement of Purpose
4. Résumé
5. Two letters of reference from professional and/or academic sources.
6. Official GMAT score required for AMBA and Full-Time MBA.
7. Applicants who submit a transcript demonstrating a conferred graduate degree may request a GMAT waiver.
8. Applicants with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.50 or better from UTEP or a comparably accredited University may request a GMAT waiver.
9. Official TOEFL score of at least 550 (paper based) for international students.
10. Accelerated MBA applicants must have at least one year of professional work experience.
11. Executive MBA applicants must demonstrate at least 5 years of managerial experience.
12. Applicants to the Accelerated MBA program with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.30 or higher from UTEP or a comparably accredited University and at least one year of professional work experience may request conditional admission. As a conditional admit, student must earn a 3.3 GPA during the first 9 hours of program-designated MBA coursework, with no grades lower than a B. All conditionally admitted students who have not successfully completed quantitative coursework in their undergraduate coursework MUST successfully complete a program-designated online primer prior to enrollment.

Degree Requirements 

1. All students must complete 36 credit hours of Course of Study for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) which includes the 27 hours of the Required Graduate Core plus nine (9) credit hours of-MBA concentration electives. Courses in the Requires MBA Core can be substituted for other graduate courses in the same academic discipline if the MBA student has shown an appropriate understanding of the subject matter in previous undergraduate or graduate coursework.

2. No more than three (3) hours in any concentration can be undergraduate courses available for graduate credit.

3. Full-time MBA students are required to complete a program-approved internship prior to graduation. This internship requirement can be satisfied through the successful completion of BUSN 5392-Corporate Engagement Project. Students with two or more years of relevant professional work experience may be exempt from this requirement.