Taking your career to new heights starts here and now.

Build on your undergraduate learning and professional experience while preparing to tackle advanced business challenges. Upon completion of your online MBA program at UC, you’ll be fully prepared to apply all you've learned to your current organization or a new business administration position. Whether you’re interested in taking your current career to a management level, switching industries, or preparing to launch a new venture of your own, earning an online MBA is certain to prepare you for new and exciting business opportunities in the future!

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Programs & Requirements

Programs & Requirements

Master of Business Administration

With an MBA from Cumberlands under your belt, you will be fully prepared to climb the ranks within – or embark upon – a successful career in business, government, or education. As a leader in graduate business education, UC’s Robert W. Plaster Graduate School of Business offers an online MBA designed to prepare you for long-term success. Your coursework will cover a variety of career-applicable topics, including current issues in business, leadership, and management techniques, managerial accounting, and strategic decision making.

Course Requirements

MBA Concentrations

Choose a concentration to boost the value of your MBA. Content concentrations are taken in place business electives.

Course Requirements

With an online Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development Certificate, you can root your aspirations in foundational skills across leadership, entrepreneurialism, business strategy and new venture development.

Courses (12 hours)

  • BADM 644 New Venture Development (3 credits)
  • BADM 648 Entrepreneurial Strategy (3 credits)
  • BADM 624 Competitive Strategy (3 credits)
  • BADM 645 Strategic Leadership (3 credits)

Courses may be taken as a stand-alone certificate or as an initial step toward our Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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Missions and Goals

The mission of the Plaster Graduate School of Business is to foster academic excellence and student achievement at the graduate level.

Strengthen your understanding of key business principles and best practices.
Evaluate your personal values and connect them with ethical behaviors that align with your goals.
Examine real-world business models, current issues, and solutions.
Improve your financial literacy, management skills, and strategic mindset.
Prepare to advance your career to the next level.
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Business Administration Careers & Outcomes

Project Manager: $94,500

Project Manager: $94,500

Project management specialists coordinate the budget, schedule, staffing, and other details of a project. 

Financial Advisor: $94,170

Financial Advisor: $94,170

Personal financial advisors provide advice to help individuals manage their money and plan for their financial future. 

Management Analyst: $95,290

Management Analyst: $93,000

Management analysts recommend ways to improve an organization’s efficiency. 

Development Manager: $120,130

Development Manager: $120,130

Training and development managers plan, coordinate, and direct skills- and knowledge-enhancement programs for an organization’s staff. 

Financial Manager: $131,710

Financial Manager: $131,710

Financial managers create financial reports, direct investment activities, and develop plans for the long-term financial goals of their organization. 

Logistician: $77,520

Logistician: $82,000

Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain. 

I completed my MBA online at the University of the Cumberlands, which allowed me to optimize my schedule and maintain a good balance between my professional workload and the MBA program. Upon finishing my MBA, it allowed me to advance my career more quickly into a senior analyst role. Without the MBA, I would not have had these opportunities.

Bradley Paynter '17, MBA '18
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Faculty Experts in Business

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Margaret Combs

Margaret Combs

Professor
Accounting
Business Administration
Doctor of Business Administration
Master's in Strategic Management
MBA - Master Business Administration
PhD Business

Margaret Combs

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Dr. Stephanie Thacker

Dr. Stephanie Thacker

Associate Professor
Business Administration
Doctor of Business Administration
MBA - Master Business Administration
PhD Business

Dr. Stephanie Thacker

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stephanie.thacker [at] ucumberlands.edu
Hutton School of Business
Dr. Vonda Moore

Dr. Vonda Moore

Professor
Business Administration
Doctor of Business Administration
MBA - Master Business Administration
PhD Business

Dr. Vonda Moore

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vonda.moore [at] ucumberlands.edu
Hutton School of Business

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Program Accreditation

The Hutton School of Business at University of the Cumberlands has received specialized accreditations for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please refer to our IACBE member status page

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