Online MBA for Professionals

Online MBA for Professionals at St. Mary’s

The Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University offers exceptional business education and a unique chance to engage with influential leaders, preparing students for future success. The Greehey School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) for Professionals program is highly regarded for its rigorous academic standards and innovative student projects.

This program allows students to complete their degree within 18 to 36 months, with classes available online during the evenings. There are no prerequisite courses or GRE or GMAT requirements for admission into the program.

• Highly Ranked MBA Program

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  We are proud to be listed in the Best Online MBA Programs by the Princeton Review (PR). The Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University is listed in the PR’s Best Business Schools of 2024. Additionally, St.MU has done great in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report: #1 Best Value in the West, #1 Best College for Veterans in San Antonio and #1 for Social Mobility in San Antonio.

• Degree Plans

  Learn business the same way you will lead it: across platforms, formats and locations. Our comprehensive 30-credit-hour program, consisting of 18 core credits and 12 concentration credits, empowers you with a flexible online curriculum while allowing you to tailor your studies to a specific concentration of your choice.

  Students who pursue the Online MBA for Professionals can choose a concentration to focus on. Learn more about each path.

  Students who pursue this concentration will take 12 credit hours of Compliance courses. Possible courses include:

  Contracts
  Fundamentals of American Law
  Compliance, Ethics and Risk Management

  Compliance

  Students who pursue this concentration will take 12 credit hours of Data Analytics courses. Possible courses include:

  Applied Business Analytics
  Data Story Telling with Visual Analytics
  Business Intelligence
  Predictive Modeling

  Data Analytics

  Students who pursue this concentration will take 12 credit hours of General Management courses. Possible courses include:

  Strategic Decision Making
  Organizational Culture, Power, and Politics
  Improving the Performance and Productivity of Teams
  Rapid Innovation of Social Enterprise
  Digital Transformation

  General Business
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• Course Highlights

  The 30-credit-hour program provides students with a flexible online curriculum with the option to choose a specific concentration.

  Core courses include:

  International Business
  Marketing Management
  Management of Information and Technology
  Accounting for Decision Making
  Financial Management
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Find course descriptions and requirements:

  Course Descriptions

• Work at Your Own Pace

  Our program offers rolling admissions, providing you with the flexibility to commence the program in the fall, spring, or summer. This allows you to structure your course load at a pace that fits with your individual schedule and commitments.

  The following is a sample schedule for a part-time MBA student.

  Year 1

  Fall

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Accounting for Decision Making
  Marketing Management
  Management of Information and Technology
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Spring

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Financial Management
  International Business
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Summer

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

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  Year 2

  Fall

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Accounting for Decision Making
  Marketing Management
  Management of Information and Technology
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Spring

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Financial Management
  International Business
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Summer

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

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  Year 3

  Fall

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Accounting for Decision Making
  Marketing Management
  Management of Information and Technology
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Spring

  Choose one or two from the following core courses:

  Financial Management
  International Business
  Leaders, Strategy & Society

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Summer

  Choose one or two courses in your chosen concentration.

  Sample Schedule Progression and Course Options

Why choose the Online MBA for Professionals from the
Greehey School of Business?

Earn an accredited advantage: Our program boasts then prestigious AACSB accreditation, placing it among only 5% of business schools globally accredited by AACSB International.

Learn from the best: Gain invaluable insights from renowned faculty, seasoned in both academia and industry, ensuring a practice-focused and enriching learning experience.

Forge enduring connections: Join a diverse network of accomplished professionals, fostering meaningful relationships that extend beyond the classroom and propel your health care career forward.

Balance work and growth: Our flexible online format accommodates your busy health care schedule, allowing you to complete your degree at your own pace within 18 to 36 months.

Streamlined admission: Forget the hassle of entrance exams. Our program requires no prerequisite courses or GRE/GMAT scores.

For more information on the MBA and the HCA Scholars Health Care Scholarship, contact Sergio Palacios, Ph.D., Interim MBA Program Director, at spalacios3@stmarytx.edu or 210-431-2027 or reach out to Oralia Gomez, MBA Program Administrative Assistant at ogomez@stmarytx.edu  or (210) 436-3708.

Outside the Classroom

The St. Mary’s University Greehey School of Business and Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden, Germany, invite students to participate in a joint degree program. Schmalkalden University is located at the edge of the Thuringian Forest and is considered one of the most beautiful campuses in Germany. 

The Schmalkalden University Joint Degree Program is a two-year, full-time program open to students in the MBA for Professionals program. There is no additional tuition cost; however, students must pay for travel, living and other associated costs. Living expenses are relatively reasonable and pre-arranged housing is available. 

The Joint MBA/Schmalkalden M.A. program is currently not accepting students.

Joint Law and MBA Degree at St. Mary’s

The J.D./MBA is designed for law students who desire to broaden their knowledge and skills to include an in-depth understanding of business. The joint degree program is designed for students who wish to serve as counsel to corporations or specialize in business and commercial law.

This knowledge and the skills and abilities that will be developed add great value for the student who is interested in working in a corporate legal department (in the office of the general counsel), representing corporations as a corporate law practitioner, one who aspires to be managing partner of a large firm, or who plans to own a firm at some future date.

Students must apply and be admitted to St. Mary’s University School of Law as a J.D. student and successfully complete at least one semester of law school before applying to be admitted into the online MBA for Professionals.

• J.D./MBA Degree Plans

  In addition to separate degree programs in law and business, the St. Mary’s University School of Law and the Greehey School of Business also offer a joint program of study leading to the simultaneous awarding of graduate degrees in law and business, the J.D. and online MBA.

  The joint degree allows a student to complete the requirements for both degrees in three to four years, depending on business prerequisite requirements.

• MBA and Law Courses

  For students with the appropriate business background, the J.D. and MBA degrees may be earned in the joint program with the completion of 112 hours of law and business courses, 12 hours less than the normal requirements for both degrees if pursued separately.

  To satisfy the 91 hours of law courses for the J.D. degree and the 33 hours of business courses for the MBA degree, six hours of law courses are transferred as elective credit for the MBA degree and six hours of MBA courses are transferred as elective credit for the J.D. degree.

Faculty

• 
  Cody Cox, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Industrial Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
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  Barclay James, Ph.D. Associate Professor of International Business
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  Jeffrey E. Johnson, Ph.D. Emil C.E. Jurica Professor of International Business
• 
  Sung-Tae (Daniel) Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance and Quantitative Management
• 
  Hong-Hee Lee, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance and Quantitative Management
• 
  Seongbae Lim, Ph.D. Professor of Information Systems Management
• 
  Thomas Madison, Ph.D., CPA (TX – Ret.) Chair of the Department of Accounting
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  Sergio Palacios, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management
• 
  Gregory Pool, Ph.D. Professor of Graduate Industrial Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
• 
  Ajaya K. Swain, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Quantitative Management
• 
  Sharmistha Swain, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor
• 
  Gail Ribalta Adjunct Professor
• 
  Jialin (Jolene) Zhao, Ph.D. Associate Dean and Myra Stafford Pryor Chair of Free Enterprise

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