The #1 Business School for Learning1
Expect more from your graduate business education. When you choose William & Mary online, you choose programs that are as ambitious as you are.
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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, innovative business leaders is to provide them with world-class instruction, unparalleled mentorship and experiential learning opportunities.

Build the dynamic mindset and skills necessary to stay ahead in today’s complex and rapidly changing business environment with AACSB-accredited master’s programs at Bloomberg’s #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 business, and regularly featured in CNN, Newsweek and MarketWatch by the Wall Street Journal. With a close-knit graduate community, you’ll develop personal relationships with your classmates, faculty and program staff while gaining essential business knowledge that creates immediate impact.

Residency Weekends in Williamsburg allow 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 surveyed increased their salaries by 26% on average during or after their degree program, and 96% surveyed would recommend their program to others.2

Explore Our Online Graduate Programs

The online graduate programs at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business are built on William & Mary’s 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.

Master’s Programs

MBA

Our top-ranked, comprehensive academic program combines theory and essential knowledge with practical application that you can immediately use in your career.

MS in Business Analytics

Gain a competitive advantage in this top-ranked program by combining expertise in the latest analytical tools with keen business acumen and technical skills.

MS in Marketing

Join a new generation of marketers who are equally versed in the art and science of marketing. Emerge as an innovative marketing leader with a data-driven vision.

MS in Finance

Master the finance principles and practices needed for immediate and sustained success across multiple industries, including corporate and investment finance.

Master of Accounting

Prepare for leadership, not just licensure, with a curriculum that champions both accounting excellence and business leadership strategies

Graduate Certificate Programs

Business Analytics Certificate

Build a foundation of technical skills, soft skills and business acumen to propel your career transition into the field of analytics.

Investment Management Certificate

Gain a strong foundation in financial modeling, analysis and decision-making, global financial strategy and effective communication of complex strategies.

Corporate Finance Certificate

Delve into corporate financial strategy, financial valuation models, firms’ interactions with markets and corporate investment valuation.

Reimagine Your Potential at a Leading University

#1
Best Business School for Learning1
Bloomberg
#5
Best Business Professors3
The Princeton Review
#10
in Academic Experience4
Poets&Quants
#24
Best Online Master’s in Business Programs—Non-MBA5
U.S. News & World Report
#33
Best Online MBA Programs6
U.S. News & World Report

Why Choose William & Mary Online?

Graduates walking across the Crim Dell Bridge

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 make bold decisions.
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Experience the W&M Advantage

Get more from your online experience at a top-ranked business school. 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.
Experience Online Distinction
Deborah Hewitt, Ph.D. leading a lecture

Learn With World-Class Faculty

Your future professors have led as CFOs, COOs, senior partners and EVPs for global organizations like General Electric, Kraft Foods, IBM, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Walt Disney Company, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, KPMG, PwC and Geico. It’s no surprise we are ranked No. 5 for Best Business Professors.3
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Join a Powerful, Lifelong, Global Network

When you choose a W&M online business program, you will benefit from our “Public Ivy” excellence. W&M Mason School of Business alumni were asked to share their thoughts on their education and experience, and the results are in:

93%
of alumni surveyed rate their satisfaction with the program as “very high” or “high”2
96%
surveyed would recommend the W&M Mason School of Business to a friend or colleague2

Find Your Place

At William & Mary, you are connected to students, alumni and educators who are willing to go the extra mile for you. Before you enter the university, you will engage with a friendly and knowledgeable admissions outreach advisor, who acts as your personal point of contact and advocate, saving you time and guiding you through the application process.

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More Than a Degree.
This Is Your Launchpad.

A William & Mary education is not just a degree but a unique connection to a tight-knit community of students, alumni, bold educators and driven, principled, connected leaders. Build your brand with a university known for breaking barriers, championing integrity and channeling academic grit since its inception.

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business imparts essential business knowledge and builds the dynamic mindset necessary to lead in today’s challenging and rapidly changing business environment. As an online graduate business student, you will:

✓ Graduate with the perspective to envision and enact positive change
✓ Access mentorship and experiential learning opportunities
✓ Receive personalized career support
✓ Build a lasting network to bolster your career for years to come

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  1. Retrieved on May 7, 2025, from bloomberg.com/business-schools/william-and-mary-mason 
  2. Based on a limited sample of self-reported data from alumni of W&M’s Online MBA program from graduating cohorts between 2021 and 2025
  3. Retrieved on May 7, 2025, from princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings?rankings=best-professors 
  4. Retrieved May 7, 2025, from poetsandquants.com/2024/12/15/best-online-mba-programs-in-the-u-s-for-2025/7/ 
  5. Retrieved on May 7, 2025, from usnews.com/education/online-education/business/rankings 
  6. Retrieved on May 7, 2025, from usnews.com/education/online-education/mba/rankings