Flexible M.B.A.

Your MBA, Your Way: Online, In-Person, or Both

Overview

Designed for working professionals, this program will help you achieve your goals, including advancing in your career, transitioning to another field, networking, and professional development.

The URI M.B.A. program meets you where you are by providing maximum flexibility.

  • 100% online
  • 100% in person
  • Alternate between in person and online offerings based on your unique needs.
    • Usually each course meets one night a week at the URI Providence Campus RI Nursing Education Center at 350 Eddy Street.
  • Summer courses, accelerated January term courses, and Global Immersion courses are also available.
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Flexible M.B.A. At a Glance

3Format options: online, in-person, or hybrid
7Specializations offered
42Credits
2-5Years, average completion time

Why Choose the URI Flexible M.B.A.?

Learn At Your Pace

Choose 100% online, 100% in-person, or alternate between the two in a curriculum designed for working professionals and those who need total flexibility.

Specialize In High-Demand Roles

Focus your MBA in finance, marketing, organizational leadership, sports management or supply chain management, or add on to your education with a graduate certificate.

Learn From a Nationally Recognized Program

URI’s College of Business is named a Princeton Review Best Business School and is double AACSB-accredited, a standard held by a small share of business schools worldwide.

Specializations

The Flexible M.B.A. program is open to students without previous instruction in business administration, and offers specializations in:

  • Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence
  • Finance
  • General Business
  • Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Strategy
  • Marketing
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Sports Management
  • Supply Chain Management

This non-thesis program uses a unique combination of lectures, discussions, case studies, and both individual and group projects to deliver the curriculum.

In this program, you also have the opportunity to earn a URI graduate certificate while pursuing your M.B.A. degree. Students can use electives to satisfy the requirements for a certificate to earn a Blue M.B.A., or you can differentiate your program of study with a certificate in Healthcare Management, Accounting Analytics, Fashion Merchandising, Human Resource Management, or Labor Relations.

Ask Heidi Bucci your M.B.A. Coordinator, for details about how you can customize your program.


Student Spotlights

Student Profile

30Average class size
3.37Average GPA
30Average Age