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Lead with JMU's Top-Ranked MBA

Friendly, real people. Small classes. Nationally recognized. Affordable. In JMU’s Master of Business Administration program, you aren't just a number. You’re a valued member of a diverse cohort with a myriad of business experiences and perspectives.

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Our MBA is for you

Our top-ranked programs feature a unique blended class format designed to give you the benefits of a traditional face-to-face MBA program with the flexibility and convenience of an online degree. You'll also get the kind of faculty engagement with students that JMU is famous for, all at a very reasonable cost. Highlights include:

  • Completion in as little as 21 months
  • Three concentrations
  • Hybrid format
  • Optional 10-day international residency
  • Networking opportunities
  • Exceptional professors

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Concentrations at a glance

Executive Leadership
For tenured professionals seeking to enhance and re-invigorate their skillset, expand professional networks and become an effective leader. Meets once every other month in person at our Tyson’s Corner, Va location.

Information Security
For the manager wanting to lead an information security team, as opposed to becoming a programmer or developer. Meets once every other month in person at our Tyson’s Corner, Va location.

Innovation
For professionals looking to promote the development of skills and patterns of thought necessary to lead innovation in an organization. Meets in person at JMU in Harrisonburg, Va. on a one-week in person, two-weeks online rotating schedule.

#25

Online U.S. MBA Program

—U.S. News & World Report,
2025

99%

of MBA alumni would recommend this program to a friend or colleague

1 of 6%

of business programs with AACSB international accreditation

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About James Madison University

Founded in 1908, James Madison University is a public university located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. JMU is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading lights in higher education because students enjoy unusually engaged relationships with world-class faculty who are here because they want to pursue knowledge and make teaching their No. 1 priority. JMU's campus is located only two hours from Washington D.C.

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