IU MBA Columbus

Advance your career and expand your opportunities

IU MBA Columbus embodies all the academic quality and prestige one would expect from an Indiana University program.

Innovative and cutting-edge by design with built-in flexibility, our MBA program is completed in only 21 months. Classes take place one designated evening each week allowing for a schedule that fits your professional and personal life, while obtaining an MBA degree imbuing the quality and brand befitting one of the oldest and most respected universities in the Midwest.

Courses are presented in a hybrid fashion retaining the best qualities of face-to-face instruction and technology.  Pursuing your graduate business studies at IU MBA Columbus makes financial sense. We offer unprecedented affordability, and many students cover most of the cost through tuition reimbursement programs offered by their employer.

Graduating from IU MBA Columbus will be a transformational experience that will impact you professionally and personally throughout your life.

Information about IU MBA Columbus

Program Duration

  • Earn an IU MBA degree in 21 months. A part-time program, students complete 7.5 credit hours per semester for a total of five semesters.

Enhanced affordability. Fewer credit hours equate to a reduction in tuition.  Average tuition per semester is $3,800 for Indiana residents.

Flexibility

  • Catering to working professionals is a hallmark of IU MBA Columbus. Courses will be hybrid in which some traditional face-to-face seat time has been replaced by online learning activities. The purpose of a hybrid MBA program is to take advantage of the best features of both face-to-face and online learning.

Alignment with Modern Business Demands

  • IU MBA Columbus program content reflects relevant curriculum calling from decades of peer-reviewed management education while infusing modern business needs. Students are exposed to rigorous business foundational content, as well as contemporary lessons demanded by the marketplace.

  • MBA students can now choose an area to deepen specific content understanding. Students may choose a Student Choice course set in any two courses from: accounting, finance, health services, strategic management, marketing, or supply chain management.

Professional Development

Throughout the history of IU MBA Columbus, we have emphasized professional development. We will continue this tradition, with newly designed courses relevant to today’s business environment. New components include:

  • Ethics continues to challenge business professionals in every field. IU MBA Columbus emphasizes ethics throughout the program, as society’s needs to ethic philosophy continues to accelerate.
  • Social Events that emphasize the development and maintenance of long-term professional relationships and networking skills.
  • Personal Branding Course that encourages MBA students to think of every interaction with others as an opportunity for awareness, value building, and leaving a positive impact at every turn.
  • Mentorship Academy in which each second-year MBA student will be challenged to lead, mentor, and help develop the professionalism of undergraduate business students.  In this manner, our MBA students will be developing within themselves the ability to lead others, which is considered a keystone of what it means to be an MBA, particularly from Indiana University. 

Curriculum

The 36-credit MBA program provides a forward-thinking, modernized, flexible curriculum, led by a faculty who collectively offer decades of corporate and entrepreneurial experiences to complement their success within the IU Academy. This dynamic combination results in a series of rigorous intellectual and practical challenges, which will provide you with a competitive edge in a quickly evolving global business environment.

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Admission Requirements

If you have completed a bachelor’s degree in any academic field from a regionally (or equivalent international) accredited institution, we welcome your admission application to earn an Indiana University MBA.

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Application Timeline

It's important you apply as early as possible since completing your application can be a lengthy process, and since application processing times vary throughout the cycle. Below is a suggested timeline that includes key actions to keep the application process on track. This timeline may need to be adjusted based on your programs' deadlines and requirements.

Application Timeline

Want to learn more about what an MBA from IU offers?

You can reach out directly to Jeanine Scheidler, Director of Enrollment and Learning for IU MBA Columbus, or follow the link below.

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