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Combine the prestige of a “Public Ivy” business education with the agility of a short-term, targeted professional skills-development program. In a few courses and a matter of months, you can acquire skills and the background necessary for a career in business leadership.

An online business certificate from William & Mary creates opportunities for you. The credits you complete in your certificate program can be the foundation of your master’s degree from the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.

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Business Analytics Certificate

Build a foundation of hard skills, soft skills and business acumen to propel your career transition into the field of analytics.
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Real Estate Finance Certificate

Develop your expertise on a four-part foundation covering diverse topics, from various mortgages to funding complex real estate deals.
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Investment Management Certificate

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

Delve into corporate financial strategy, financial valuation models, firms’ interactions with financial markets, and corporate investment valuation.
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How long to get an MBA
How Long Does It Take to Get an MBA?
20 Sep
Getting an MBA is an achievement that can lead to great things for your career, but mastering the material and finishing assignments requires both hard work and time. But exactly how long it takes to get an MBA depends on a number of factors. Read more here.
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Thinking of earning an MBA while working full-time?
16 Sep
Ahh, the MBA: the gold-standard credential of business expertise, offering the promise of better jobs, higher salaries and enviable careers. It holds such appeal that, according to Poets&Quants, an increasing number of graduate students are choosing to pursue the degree online “because they don’t have to give up their jobs and lose their income” while adding this feather to their caps.
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Careers Ahead: Pursue These Jobs with a Master’s in Finance
31 Aug
What’s the best way to move ahead and continue getting ahead? While some people might quickly choose to pursue an MBA, there are many strong, professionally beneficial reasons to earn a specialized finance degree, instead.
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NEW: Online Master of Accounting Program
25 Aug
William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business is launching an Online Master of Accounting (MAcc) program.
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Top Five Graduate School Interview Tips
02 Aug
As a graduate student, you’re going to be fielding a lot of advice. It starts before you enter the program—with application tips and strategies for how to craft the perfect essay—and it carries right on through to graduation. Graduate school interview preparation, in particular, is a topic prospective students sh...
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Admissions 101: Tips for Writing the Best Grad School Essay
02 Aug
Once you've completed your admissions essay for the Online MSBA, take some time to explore the technical skills and business acumen you'll build in preparation for your future as a data scientist, storyteller and strategist.
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Grad School 101: How to Build Your Resume
02 Aug
Sometimes the hardest thing an emerging and even established business professional can do is sell themselves. Whether the struggle stems from humility or self-doubt, nothing embodies this challenge greater than the resume, that one-page summary of your years of life lessons and work experience. Be...
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500 MSBA Graduates
William & Mary Celebrates 500th MSBA Graduate
22 Jul
Graduating from a master’s program is always an impressive and praise-worthy feat. But the class of 2022 reached a particularly momentous milestone as their numbers included the 500th recipient of an MSBA degree from William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business.
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2022 MSBA Student Spotlight Ted Hallum
W&M’s Ted Hallum Connects Veterans with Opportunities
08 Mar
Meet Ted Hallum, MSBA ’20. This U.S. Army veteran and Senior Defense Machine Learning Engineer for Octo Consulting Group hosts The Data Canteen—a podcast that grew out of the Veterans in Data Science & Machine Learning (VDSML) community, which he founded.
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Cherise M. Newsome, MBA ‘23 Candidate,, smiles while enjoying a beautiful day at a cafe patio.
W&M's Cherise M. Newsome Named in the “Top Forty Under 40”
07 Mar
Meet Cherise M. Newsome, MBA ‘23 Candidate. Named one of the “Top Forty Under 40” by the Virginia Pilot in October 2021, she’s Vice President for Communications and Marketing at Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
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Five Reasons to Get a Master’s in Marketing
12 Jan
In recent years, business schools have seen increased interest in specialized master’s degree programs, even as applications and enrollments in full-time MBA programs have declined somewhat. One of the four most popular business master’s degrees offered today by business schools attempting to meet this shifting demand is a master’s in marketing.
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Why Earn a Master of Science in Marketing Online?
29 Dec
You’ve made up your mind: To launch yourself on the path to a fulfilling career in one of the most dynamic and creatively invigorating areas of the business landscape, you’ve decided that you’re going to pursue a master of science in marketing. Congratulations!
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