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Sacred Heart University's MBA offers a unique approach to business education, combining managerial skills with technical skills. Offered fully online or at our Fairfield, CT, campus, the program is designed to meet your needs as a student and professional.
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Why earn your MBA at Sacred Heart?
The most successful companies and the most successful leaders are the ones that know how to manage the most valuable asset that a company has: its people, their skills and their creativity. This requires managers and leaders to not only have knowledge of functional skills but more importantly, how to manage interdisciplinary teams and how to create a corporate culture of innovation.
The MBA is still the most widely recognized graduate degree for managerial positions and above. While many specialized master's degrees can help you with your first job, an MBA is key for a career as a leader.
A part of the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology, the MBA at Sacred Heart is one of fewer than five percent of elite business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB International. As a student, you will have access to world class facilities including the IDEA Lab, AI Lab and Finance Lab. You will learn from professors with years of corporate experience; 95% of our full-time faculty also have doctoral degrees.
What makes an MBA from Sacred Heart different?
Using data from an actual Fortune 500 company, teams develop professional strategic and marketing plans, including plans for international expansion for the company and its products. The course is taught by three senior faculty members with backgrounds in strategic planning, international marketing and finance so that student teams can work to effectively integrate the various disciplines.
While all of our courses are taught by applying theory to real world business problems and simulations, our Integrated Core (as explained above) and our Capstone course make Sacred Heart unique among area programs. The Capstone course is completed in conjunction with the Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Sacred Heart, which provides free strategic consulting projects to numerous nonprofit organizations in the Connecticut area. The combination of the Integrated Core and the Capstone provide students with impactful experiential learning. In the last five years, 349 MBA students completed 76 projects and spent 26,175 consulting hours for nonprofit organizations in Connecticut.
As a graduate student, you can take advantage of a number of resources available through the Center for Career & Professional Development including:
- Handshake online recruiting account
- Networking opportunities
- Career development workshops
- A dedicated career development professional mentor for graduate business students
Choose your area of concentration:
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Finance
- Healthcare Administration
- Innovation Management
- Management
- Marketing, including courses in Digital Marketing
- Strategic Human Resource Management
Complete your degree your way
Choose from a full-time or part-time MBA that fits your schedule. Both MBA options are presented fully online or in person with weeknight courses providing an exceptional learning experience taught by the same respected, experienced faculty. Stay on track this summer and enroll in our six-week summer session, online MBA courses.
As a full-time student, you can complete your MBA in one calendar year of study when you attend classes four evenings per week. View a sample schedule.
As a part-time MBA student, you can self-pace your studies. When you take the minimum of six credits per term, you can complete your MBA in two years. View a sample schedule.
Dual Degree Program
Students apply to the Bachelor’s-Master of Business Administration (MBA) 4+1 Dual Degree Program as incoming freshmen and are admitted directly into the graduate program at the same time as their admission as undergraduate students. Students earn a bachelor’s and an MBA degree in five years. Admitted students complete the bachelor’s degree in the traditional four-year time frame and complete one year of graduate study in the MBA program.
Career Outcomes
SHU's MBA graduates have been hired at companies such as:
- Legg Mason
- Vineyard Vines
- Perkin Elmer, Inc.
- Wealth Continuum
- Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky
- Delta and Deloitte
Graduate Certificates
The College of Business & Technology also offers graduate certificates in a wide range of disciplines, including digital marketing, corporate finance, core business skills, business analytics and more. Whether you're a working professional or part-time student, we offer certificate programs to enhance your resume and advance your career. Most credits from a graduate certificate program can be applied toward one of our business master’s degree programs with program director approval.
STEM Designated Program
This is a STEM-designated program, which means you will be trained in areas of technology that are in high demand with U.S. employers. This program allows international students with F1 visas to extend their OPT in the U.S. by 24 months after graduating (36 months in total).
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Earning my MBA from Sacred Heart University’s Welch College of Business & Technology has been the most fulfilling achievement in my life so far. I enrolled in the program full time for one year while also working full time. I was intimidated by the idea at first, but I quickly got into a rhythm and my work ethic progressed to the point where I never felt overwhelmed. Post-graduation, I have continued working for my family’s energy business, Sippin Energy Products, in Monroe, CT. I feel more motivated than ever before to collaborate with our amazing team and apply my skills and passion to grow our company and provide our customers with the best possible experiences. The information and tools I picked up from the MBA program continue to play a role in my daily life and there has been a positive impact on both the professional and personal relationships in my life for many attributing reasons. I would consider this degree an essential stepping stone to help advance my career and my advice to anyone else considering it is to go for it! You might be surprised to find what you are truly capable of during this experience and the impacts will most definitely be positive and stand the test of time.
Sacred Heart University hasn’t just been my school for the past six years; it has been my home. It will always have a special place in my heart. I credit much of my success to this wonderful school. If it weren’t for my amazing professors and classmates I don’t think I would be where I am today. The MBA program provided me with the proper skills and the preparation needed to secure a great job right away and move up quickly. The classes were challenging, but fulfilling. The professors strongly encouraged us to think outside of the box and pushed us to our full potential. I am proud to be a Pioneer and I’m truly grateful for this University and all of the special people I have connected with over the years. I highly recommend this program to anyone who wants to grow in their career and as a person.
I am genuinely appreciative of my time spent within Sacred Heart University’s MBA program. During that time in school, I was able to gain additional knowledge and background in modern techniques and methods. My master’s degree from SHU shows dedication and commitment to my career. The business acumen that I received while at SHU, coupled with my technology skill set, has enabled me to become an influential technology leader within my organization. It has helped me better understand the business landscape and the power that technology can provide when applied appropriately.
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As an MBA student, you will have access to world class facilities including the IDEA Lab, AI Lab and Finance Lab located at SHU's West Campus - an innovation hub for the Welch College of Business.