Online MBA
Prepare to lead in a fast-changing business world with a fully online MBA infused with transformative experiences.
Program details
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Commitment
Part-time, 18+ months
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Entry Terms
Spring, Summer, Fall
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Visa Compliant
No
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STEM-designated
No
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Program Options
Yes
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Locations
Online
This program is ideal for
Aspiring leaders building strategic skills on their own schedule
Professionals balancing work, life, and education
Career pivoters seeking flexible, remote learning
Application deadlines
Decisions are released on a rolling basis.
The Online MBA powered by experience
- Build leadership and analytical skills through a digitally native, future-focused MBA.
- Shape your MBA with electives and experiential learning that make up more than half your program.
- Step into the C-suite in an EXPO course, where you'll tackle real business challenges from a 360-degree perspective.
- Make values-driven decisions in Societal Challenge courses that explore the impact of business on communities, culture, and the environment.
- Harness technology and data to make strategic decisions and adapt in complex, fast-changing environments.
- Connect with expert faculty and global peers through optional live sessions and hands-on learning that brings the virtual classroom to life.
Program options
Build business expertise with real experience—your way
Ready to shape your future on your terms? The Online MBA at D'Amore-McKim lets you personalize your experience while accelerating your career. This flexible program is designed to fit your busy life, whether you want to move fast or take your time. You'll choose in-demand focus areas, shape over half of your curriculum with electives, and gain experience solving business challenges. Plus, you'll stay connected with live weekly sessions, in-person events, and optional travel electives.
Choose the pace that fits your life. Complete your Online MBA in as little as 18 months—or take up to seven years. Most students finish in about 2.5 years, taking one or two 7-week courses at a time. Prefer a faster path? Opt for the accelerated track and take two or three classes at once. Either way, your advisor will help you build a schedule that matches your goals.
Accelerated program | Typical program timeline
Standard program | Typical program timeline
Core courses in accounting, management, marketing, data analysis, and entrepreneurship provide a strong business foundation. Electives make up more than half of the MBA, ensuring a broad understanding of modern business challenges and strategies.
Optional travel-based courses
Stand out further with experiential electives aligned to your career goals. These may include travel—such as a week-long residency in Washington, D.C., to explore how public policy shapes global economies, or a Global Field Study, where you'll travel and immerse yourself in another country's business practices.
You can also choose to use your electives to complete up to two focus areas—or specialize further by completing the AI for Applications in Business concentration plus one additional focus area. If you take three of the four AI courses, you'll earn a focus area in that subject instead.
- Business Analytics: Learn to harness the power of big data, AI, machine learning, and more to drive strategic decisions, optimize operations, enhance customer experiences, and create value for organizations.
- Finance: Become an invaluable expert in today's digitally-driven marketplace with the experience to address the complexities of modern financial markets, leverage technology, and make data-driven decisions.
- Healthcare: Prepare to lead in the complex, rapidly growing healthcare industry, with the skills to manage rising costs, implement patient-centered care, and use data analytics to improve outcomes.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Gain the experience to launch and lead new ventures, with the expertise to identify market opportunities, develop innovative products and services, and adapt to the fast-paced, always-changing marketplace.
- AI for Applications in Business: Build a foundation in AI, with practical insights on business implementation and ethical considerations. You can also choose this as a focus area by taking three out of the four courses.
At D'Amore-McKim, we excel at blending classroom instruction and academic theory with experience-powered learning. This approach broadens your knowledge, fosters creativity, and equips you to navigate the evolving demands of today's business world. This starts with our signature Societal Challenges and EXPO courses. Additionally, you'll have access to experiences like these—designed to broaden your perspective and build real-world confidence.
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non Credit
Bloomberg Terminal
Get Bloomberg certified. Harness powerful financial tools to analyze real-time data, earn Bloomberg Market Concepts and ESG certifications, and compete in global team challenges.
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FOR Credit
EXPO Business Decision Making
Lead like an executive, solve like a strategist. Step into the role of a C-suite executive as you take on a real business challenge. You'll work to solve a high-level question for a leading company, collaborating closely with faculty, peers, and experienced executives to develop a solution.
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FOR Credit
Global Field Study
Consult across borders. Tackle real challenges for a global company—often including a visit to the company's global headquarters—in this immersive team experience. (Application required.)
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FOR Credit
IDEA Student-Led Venture Accelerator
Launch a venture—or help one grow. Build your startup or mentor early-stage teams in strategy, finance, or marketing.
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NON Credit
Micro-Internships
Gain experience on your schedule. Take on short-term, virtual, paid projects. Explore industries, develop your skills, and expand your network.
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FOR Credit
Societal Challenges
Learn to create value for business and society. You'll start with a core course on creating value for all stakeholders, then choose one of four electives aligned with your goals—learning alongside business and thought leaders throughout.
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NON Credit
Virtual Work Experience
Experience a day on the job—virtually. Explore industries and build skills through employer-designed simulations. It's a flexible, risk-free way to gain experience.
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FOR Credit
Washington, D.C. Residency
See policy in action. Spend a week in the nation's capital meeting with policymakers and business leaders. You'll explore how public policy shapes the economy as you meet with executives and lobbyists.
Elevate your expertise with real experience
In our signature EXPO and Societal Challenges courses, you won't just learn about business—you'll do business. These immersive, project-centered experiences are designed by faculty in collaboration with industry partners to reflect the real challenges companies face today. In your core EXPO course, you'll step into the role of a C-suite leader, driving a complex business decision from a high-level strategic perspective—with direct feedback from seasoned executives.
Your Societal Challenges journey begins with a core course where you'll explore how businesses can create value for all stakeholders—not just shareholders. You'll dive into systems thinking, stakeholder strategy, and the role of business in driving meaningful change. Then, you'll choose from four immersive EXPO Societal Challenge electives, each designed in collaboration with industry partners to reflect the challenges companies are facing right now.
We've taken the traditional MBA model—which offers classes with projects attached—and turned it on its head. Here, you'll take on projects with classes attached, which emphasizes your decision-making—how you gather and analyze information, whose input you need, and how you influence stakeholders. Very few Online MBA programs can say they offer this.
Mark Dockser, Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Faculty & learning
Our world-class faculty bring years of experience, innovative leadership, and global perspectives to their teaching and are dedicated to preparing you for success in a rapidly evolving business world. Learn skills and gain experiences to advance your career as you form valuable relationships with mentors and advisors who will collaborate alongside you to solve the most pressing challenges in business today.
In-person learning
All in-person opportunities are optional—but they're a great way to build community. Join us on our Boston campus for events like Campus Connect and other events that foster connections with faculty, staff, and peers across Northeastern's global network. You'll also have ways to engage in real time throughout your coursework. In addition to on-demand content, each Online MBA course offers optional weekly live faculty connect sessions and open office hours.
Careers & support
The dedicated experts at the Graduate Career Center will help you achieve your professional goals and emerge as a responsible, forward-thinking business leader. Whether you want to advance your career in corporate finance or are interested in moving into the field, we'll support you in setting goals, preparing for the job search, exploring learning opportunities beyond the classroom, and staying abreast of events and programs to grow your network.
Alumni network
One of the most valuable benefits of earning your master's degree from D'Amore-McKim is the chance to become part of our elite alumni network—numbering more than 65,500 members spanning 180+ countries who regularly connect through events, programs, services, chapters, volunteering, and more.
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