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Achieve More With a Premier Online MBA for Working Professionals

The Online MBA program from the Raymond A. Mason School of Business imparts essential business knowledge and builds the dynamic mindset necessary to lead in today’s challenging business environment. Designed specifically for working professionals, this program delivers tangible career outcomes while allowing you to maintain your current position.

Your William & Mary AACSB-accredited degree opens doors through the power of the Tribe network—a global community of alumni who support each other across diverse business sectors. While the respected William & Mary name helps get your foot in the door, our specialized Graduate Career Management Center provides personalized support to help working professionals secure and negotiate job offers.

Throughout the program, you’ll hone problem-solving, innovation and leadership skills through the “wicked problem” framework. These are problems that lack a clear definition and do not have clear solutions. You’ll learn how to work through these problems and apply your skills to real workplace challenges, creating immediate ROI by allowing you to solve business problems relevant to your current role or professional aspirations. For past students, this has led to promotions before graduation. Our graduates consistently outperform their peers—the average starting salary for new MBA hires in the U.S. is $120,000,2 while the average William & Mary Online MBA graduate earns $135,879,1 positioning them for impressive career advancement. It’s no wonder over 94% of our Online MBA alumni rate their satisfaction with the online program as “high” or “very high.”1

Online MBA Program Details

Why Get an Online MBA From William & Mary?

98%
of alumni surveyed would recommend the W&M Online MBA program for working professionals1
80+%
of graduates surveyed reported receiving a raise either during or upon completion of the program1
27%
average raise among graduates who reported receiving a raise during or after the program1

Join an Expansive Network and Find Your Own Success

Whether you’re looking to advance your current career or dive into something new, you’ll stand out with William & Mary’s elite Online MBA. Program alumni shared various career outcomes after completing the online program themselves. They reported that they held the following professional titles shortly after graduation:

  • CEO
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Program Manager
  • Senior Director/Manager
  • Business Owner
  • Technical Consultant

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Three people in discussion at a networking event
“Because I was earning my MBA and learning skills that a vice president would need to be able to work effectively across the organization, I got promoted to vice president for communications.”
– Cherise N., MBA ’23
Cherise Newsome

The William & Mary Difference: On-Campus Residency Weekend

Connect with your cohort and the William & Mary campus community at Residency Weekend. The Online MBA for working professionals includes one required on-campus Residency Weekend at our beautiful Williamsburg, Va., campus. This immersive experience allows you to meet with faculty, peers and business leaders from across the country while diving deep into practical business applications.

During the residency, you’ll participate in hands-on workshops, leadership development sessions and networking events that enhance your learning experience. Residency Weekend offers a unique opportunity to build lasting professional relationships with fellow working professionals, further strengthening the William & Mary Tribe network.

As you plan your trip to campus, consider bringing your family along and turning the weekend into a longer trip. William & Mary’s hometown is known for Colonial Williamsburg, where history comes to life. Further from campus, you’ll find Busch Gardens, Water Country USA and the Jamestown Settlement.

Learn more about the Residency Weekend experience and how it enhances the online learning journey for working professionals.

Two female students smiling during Residency Weekend
Nick B.
“The connections that I made, the people that I met and meeting the faculty in person was something that was very impactful to me. The topics that they have for Residency are high octane. You are learning a lot, you’re making connections. Even though they only require you to do one residency weekend, I decided to go back.”
– Nick B., MBA ’24

Military Leadership Meets Business Excellence

William & Mary’s Online MBA program proudly serves military personnel, veterans and their families. We understand that military experience provides valuable leadership skills that translate powerfully to the business world.

As a Yellow Ribbon school with a dedicated Center for Military Transition, we offer specialized support for service members transitioning to civilian careers. Our Online MBA for working professionals provides the flexibility needed for active duty personnel while delivering the business education necessary for post-service success.

Learn more about the Mason School of Business’s support programs for military-affiliated students.

Two students that are also in the military
Kwesi Campbell
“I was a veteran, I’d seen the world and that brought a lot of power. You bring a lot of expertise, and this William & Mary brand is just icing on top of it.”
– Kwesi C., MBA ’23

The Value of Cohort Diversity

Our Online MBA cohorts have historically represented over 100 undergraduate universities and an impressively diverse student body in terms of ethnicity, career field and professional history. The story these statistics tell is that this program is one in which a variety of voices come together to develop their skills while also contributing to the personal and professional growth of others.

Gain invaluable exposure to a varied group of peers with new and important perspectives, and let their insight help you navigate the challenges and opportunities created by the wicked problems of modern business.

The Who’s Who of the Online MBA

A snapshot of the people most likely to be in your cohort:3

  • 9 average years of work experience
  • 3.2 average undergraduate GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
  • 32% U.S. minority
  • 46% female
  • 16% from a military background

An MBA Curriculum That Advances Your Career

The William & Mary Online MBA curriculum is designed for working professionals who need to balance career demands with academic growth. Our “wicked problem” framework threads throughout the program, allowing you to apply new concepts immediately to workplace challenges.

Year 1 Courses

BUAD 5017: Renaissance Manager (4 credits)

This course provides a context for business, historically, functionally, and cross-culturally. It addresses the nature of problems; modes of thinking and inquiry; approaches to problem identification, framing/reframing, and problem-solving; and approaching problems from multiple, interdisciplinary perspectives.

BUAD 5107: Financial and Managerial Accounting (4 credits)

This course introduces students to the roles that accounting systems play in various organizations and global markets. Accounting is frequently referred to as “the language of business,” emphasizing its prominent position in both business communications and decision-making. The reports derived from accounting systems are often the primary way that information within organizations—as well as from organizations to various stakeholders—is communicated. Such information provides essential input and serves as a fundamental basis for managerial and stakeholder decisions. At the conclusion of this course, students should understand the primary elements of this language so that they are able to communicate more effectively about important business matters.

BUAD 5507: Organizational Behavior (4 credits)

Organizational behavior is a field of study that seeks to understand, explain, and improve human behavior. The structure of this course is designed to explore how Renaissance Managers can improve two aspects of human behavior. The first is job performance, or the degree to which employees can perform the behaviors necessary to help the organization reach its goals. The second is organizational commitment, which is the extent of an employee’s loyalty to the present organization rather than seeking employment elsewhere. This course will guide students through a model that seeks to explain both areas of organizational behavior.

BUAD 5707: Business Analytics (4 credits)

The primary aim of this course is to supply the student with the analytical tools that are needed for success in business. The course covers various tools that are necessary to analyze and understand the implications of collected data, including statistical tools (hypothesis testing, correlation and covariance analysis, probability distributions, simple and multiple regression, forecasting), statistical decision-making, simulation, constrained optimization and sensitivity emphasized throughout the course.

BUAD 5607: Operations (4 credits)

To achieve competitive advantage, managers must understand how to design and control products and services, as well as the systems for their delivery. To reach that understanding, this course focuses on issues of planning and control of complex products and services, as well as managing quality and continuous improvement and control of the supply chain.

BUAD 5947: Global Managerial Economics (4 credits

This course explores the essential macro- and micro-economic theories and evidence about how markets work and the factors that hinder their execution in an applied, global framework. As part of the course, students will assess the effects of other countries’ differing monetary and fiscal policies in relation to the competitive conditions in various industries. They will also apply demand and cost analysis and industrial structure to frame and answer the questions of optimal pricing, resource allocation, global outsourcing, and competitive strategies.

Year 2 Courses

BUAD 5307: Finance (4 credits)

This course teaches students about the concepts and tools of valuation, financial and project analysis, financial forecasting, risk and return, cost of capital and mergers and acquisitions.

BUAD 5407: Marketing (4 credits)

This course will focus on developing the integrated marketing programs that address customer needs, competitive activity, channel and supplier behavior, macro environmental factors, and market evolution. Strong emphasis is placed on assessing the market and developing a responsive marketing mix that includes product policy, pricing, channels of distribution, integrated marketing communications and support structure.

BUAD 5227: Integrated Technology (4 credits)

This course is designed to introduce students to basic information technology and digital fluency. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how managers can participate in opportunities to select and successfully implement information technologies in order to promote business strategy. Interactive analytic tools will be used to solve business problems involving various functional areas.

BUAD 5517: Leadership for the 21st Century (4 credits)

Leadership in the 21st century extends beyond the traditional topics of culture, networking, change management, and diversity. In a society where technologies are constantly disrupting communication and teams are becoming increasingly global, managers must be able to cope with constant change, messaging and empathy, and the powerful leadership trends that are emerging.

BUAD 5907: Strategy (4 credits)

This course covers analysis for decision-making at industry, firm and business levels, concentrating specifically on multi-business firms and global industries. Firm resources and competencies, business and environmental demands, and the sources of competitive advantage are also major points of focus throughout the course, which stresses the practical applications of theory.

BUAD 5967: Revolutionary Leader Practicum (4 credits)

The Revolutionary Leader Practicum is a supervised business workshop that allows each student to apply the functional and design skills they have learned to the “wicked problem” of their choice. As a final deliverable, students must provide a detailed description of the problem itself, the approach(es) taken to address it, overall results, lessons that were learned and any next steps.

Year 1 or Year 2

BUAD 5237 Residency (1 credit)

The residency is designed:

  • To help students better understand and assimilate into the culture of William & Mary and the Mason School of Business
  • To teach content that is best learned in a face-to-face environment (e.g., experiential exercises)
  • To allow students to make connections with faculty and each other along with an opportunity to create relationships that will endure beyond the end of the program

Working Professional MBA With an Analytics Focus

We recognize that many motivated working professionals today wish to build a set of technical skills that fall outside of our standard Online MBA curriculum’s focus. Likewise, corporate leaders are looking for employees who can work effectively with data to drive key business decisions. For these reasons, we’re excited to offer two options to accommodate student demand for more robust programming and analytics courses.

Complement the Online MBA program with our Online Foundations in Business Analytics Certificate to add hands-on technical experience to your leadership skills and leadership toolkit over a five-course (12-credit) curriculum

Both of these options can be integrated seamlessly into your Online MBA program sequence, allowing you to build these additional skills without extending your time to degree. And, with either of these options, you will graduate with a greater understanding of the language of data and be able to turn patterns into actionable insights. Redefine strategies to enhance agility and better drive profits.

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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. 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
  2. Retrieved on May 6, 2025, from gmac.com/-/media/files/gmac/research/employment-outlook/2024-corporate-recruiters-survey/2024_gmac_crs_report.pdf?rev=43588bfef9a549af9bb00a432a3d7b06, pg. 52
  3. Based on cumulative self-reported W&M Online MBA Student Profile Data collected from all cohorts between 2020-2024