The William & Mary Difference: Real Skills. Real Impact. Real Results.
An online master's degree from William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business is based on a simple but revolutionary premise: The most effective way to develop successful business leaders is to provide them with world-class instruction and unparalleled mentorship and experiential learning opportunities.
Build the dynamic mindset and skills necessary to lead in today’s complex and rapidly changing business environment at Bloomberg’s No. 1 Best Business School for Learning.1 The Raymond A. Mason School of Business delivers career-defining programs taught by faculty who are trusted leaders in the business field, regularly featured in CNN, Newsweek and MarketWatch by the Wall Street Journal. With capped class sizes, you’ll develop personal relationships with faculty and program staff while gaining essential business knowledge that creates immediate impact.
Experience our unique Residency Weekends in Williamsburg, allowing you to dive deeper into specific topics, network with classmates and connect with faculty without sacrificing your busy work schedule. The results speak for themselves: Alumni increased their salaries by 19% on average during or after their degree program, and 96% recommend their program to others.2
Set your sights higher than you thought possible. Learn leading-edge strategies for dynamic leadership at the home of the No. 1 Best Business School for Learning1 and the Top 25 Best Online Master’s in Business Programs (non-MBA).3 Graduate with the perspective to envision positive change, the skills to strategize it and the confidence to make it happen. Then, land your dream job, whether you want to advance your career or find your ideal work environment. Alumni have proudly stepped into the roles of president, CEO, vice president and owner.
Connect and Collaborate
A William & Mary education is not just a degree, but a unique connection to a tight-knit community of bold, driven, principled and connected leaders. Surround yourself with an active network of highly-accomplished alumni who generate big ideas, solve wicked problems and do bold things. Master essential teamwork and leadership skills through our collaborative online coursework and develop an outward-looking mindset that will make you an asset to any organization.
Experience Online Distinction and World-Class Faculty
Don’t settle for a substandard online learning experience. Discover William & Mary’s refined approach to online education and see what you can achieve with an intuitive learning management system and direct access to faculty members who made their way to the C-suite.
Your future professors have led as CFOs, COOs, senior partners and EVPs for global companies like General Electric, Kraft Foods, IBM, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Walt Disney Company, Department of Homeland Security, KPMG, PWC and Geico. No wonder we were ranked No. 5 for Best Business Professors.4
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(The Princeton Review)
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Find Your Place
At William & Mary, you are connected to students, alumni and educators who are willing to go the extra mile for you. Your network of support builds before you enter the university as you engage with a tenured and knowledgeable Admissions Outreach Advisor. Your Admissions Outreach Advisor acts as your personal point of contact and advocate, saving you time and guiding you through the application process.
The community of William & Mary is the thing that makes this place and this program so special. There are other top-flight academic institutions like William & Mary, but there are very few, I think, that have the kind of community and dedication to one another that you’ll find here.
Join a Powerful, Lifelong Network
When you choose a W&M online business program, you will benefit from our “Public Ivy” excellence. W&M Mason School of Business Online MBA alumni were asked to share their thoughts on their education and experience, and the results are in:
Go Further With the Mason School of Business
W&M is also the highest-ranked national university for placement of its graduates in public or government services, according to Washington Monthly magazine.
Check out some of our distinguished alumni:
Former Vice-chair of GE, co-founder of Hulu, Author
CEO at Disruptor Capital
Former Chief Scientist at NASA
Named by Treasury & Risk Management as one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Finance (2005)
Explore Our Online Graduate Programs
The online graduate programs at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business are built on William & Mary’s centuries-long commitment to educational innovation and academic excellence. Choose a program below and see how our mission to revolutionize business and transform careers remains as vibrant as ever.
Online Master’s Programs
Online MBA
Online MS in Business Analytics
Online MS in Marketing
Online MS in Finance
Online Master of Accounting
Online Graduate Certificate Programs
Online Business Analytics Certificate
Online Investment Management Certificate
Online Corporate Finance Certificate
Enrich Your Leadership Development
Take this opportunity to expand your leadership skills, guided by the experts in the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Register now to receive a select series of leadership development emails from William & Mary. You’ll gain access to faculty-led discussions of inclusion and strategies to drive employee engagement, a guide to solving big business problems and more tools to help you create and lead an admirable, enviable workplace.
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- Retrieved on April 2, 2025, from bloomberg.com/business-schools/william-and-mary-mason
- Based on a limited sample of self-reported data from alumni of W&M’s Online MBA program from graduating cohorts between 2015 and 2024
- Retrieved on February 26, 2025, from usnews.com/education/online-education/college-of-william-and-mary-231624
- Retrieved on February 13, 2024, from princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings?rankings=best-professors
- Retrieved on February 26, 2025, from usnews.com/education/online-education/college-of-william-and-mary-OBUS0134/mba
- Retrieved February 26, 2025, from poetsandquants.com/2024/12/15/best-online-mba-programs-in-the-u-s-for-2025/7/