Professional MBA
You have hurdled challenges and achieved benchmarks—ready to go even further with your professional aspirations? Our Professional MBA helps you build on your expertise and achievement while offering the flexibility of a part-time degree program experience. As a busy professional you can continue to commit to the work you are passionate about while you invest in the education you need to make the most of this passion.
Program Highlights
We build in advantages where we can so you can build the future you aspire to. That’s our promise and our mission. Here are just a few of these advantages in your program:
- In-Person Modality
- Ranked as the 15th best among public business schools by Fortune magazine
- Flexible evening and online class options
- Complete in as little as 22 months
- 20+ in-program certificate completion opportunities
- 100+ elective course options in high-performance fields
- Dual-degree program options in business analytics, finance, global energy leadership and more
- Experiential learning opportunities through your progra
Course Highlights
The Professional MBA focuses on coursework in business management and leadership. Required and/or elective course topics covered in your program may include the following:
- Managerial Finance
- Business Communications
- Ethical Leadership and Critical Reasoning
- Organizational Behavior and Management
- Strategic Analysis
- Supply Chain Management Concepts

What Can I Do With an MBA?
An MBA can position you for roles in business management, leadership and more. A few career paths that value a background in business leadership can include:
- General Manager
- Operations Manager
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Chief Technical Officer
- Business Manager
Why Bauer?
As a Bauer graduate student, you’re more than a number. You’re part of a community of motivated, hardworking, passionate students supported by faculty, staff, alumni and partners with one common goal — to see you succeed.
We know that you have options when it comes to your education, and that’s why at Bauer, we are committed to offering the highest quality program at a fraction of the price of other business schools. Here, you’ll get a world-class education that doesn’t break the bank.

ROI
Industry-relevant programs led by renowned faculty and personalized academic and career services shouldn’t cost a fortune. And at Bauer, it just doesn’t. The ROI on a Bauer graduate degree is unmatched — last year, our Professional MBA students saw a 44 percent salary increase upon graduation with an average starting salary of nearly $110,000 and a 93 percent placement rate six months post-grad (PMBA, 2023).

Student Relationships
Bauer students are just like you: driven and diverse. You’ll foster relationships inside the classroom through collaborative projects that replicate the teamwork of the boardroom.

Excellent Faculty
Our faculty are academic powerhouses who are leading scholars ranked among the very best in their fields for research quality and productivity as well as industry veterans and former c-suite leaders who share their experience in the classroom, making for an unparalleled experiential learning experience.

Rockwell Career Center
Our dedicated career center offers on-site coaching from a staff team that will help you discover and achieve your professional goals through self-discovery, opportunity exploration, resource creation and interview preparation.