Overview
Enter the Global Mix
Your immersion begins the moment you arrive—the majority of our MBA students on our main campus are internationals from Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa. This is an ideal environment for recent college graduates interested in preparing for business in the 21st century.
Develop Your Strategic Thinking
Your emphasis will be on strategic decision making in a changing global economy. Choose a concentration in accounting, finance, human resources, international business, marketing, or supply chain management—and then take that expertise to the global market.
Experience an MBA with Real ROI
An MBA from the Eberly College of Business is for Pennsylvania residents the most cost-effective MBA on the planet. In this down economy, why not upgrade your worth?
Highest Accreditation
The Eberly College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—the gold seal for MBA programs.
ROI
More About the ROI of IUP's MBA
Excellent Financial Support
Take advantage of graduate assistantships that come with stipends and partial tuition waivers.
Support for the International Student
If you live outside the United States, we make it possible for you to study here. Not only do we surround you with fellow international students (more than 60 percent of each class), but we also support you financially by offering partial tuition waivers.
Scholarship for Study Abroad
Want a true taste of international business? Take advantage of our summer study abroad program in Bangalore, India—travel support scholarship included!
Best Value
If you’re a graduate fresh out of college with little to no work experience, you get the benefit of being taught by IUP’s nationally recognized educators at a fraction of the cost of a private institution.
Executive Track
Advance Your Business Career without Interrupting It
The MBA program for the working professional.
Go Local, Prepare Global
Your classes are only minutes from home. Your emphasis is on strategic decision making in a changing global economy.
50 Percent Online
What’s better for you—being taught face-to-face in a classroom or working online? Why choose, when you can have both?
Continue Working, Plan Ahead
Classes are held Saturdays and online, and the program is spread out over a 16-month period. You get the flexibility of online, the attention of face-to-face teaching, and a workload designed to fit around a full-time job.
Start Networking for Life
From the start you’ll be with a cohort of the same students. While you enhance your analytical, managerial, and decision-making skills, you’ll have a network of professionals to support you through the program and beyond.
Convenience at Monroeville, Johnstown, Northpointe
Designed to fit your schedule and aspirations.
7 Saturdays
Fifty percent of your classes are online. The rest take place on seven Saturdays per semester at our Monroeville, Johnstown, or Northpointe campus.
4 Semesters
You want to enroll in an MBA program to advance your career opportunities. So why wait longer than you have to? Our MBA program will get you a degree in just four semesters.
Optional Concentrations
Everyone has a different reason for getting an MBA. After completing your core MBA, take advantage of our wide range of online courses to help your prepare better for your career
Faculty
Eberly College of Business: Internationally Recognized Educators
Krish Krishnan, Ph.D., Director, MBA Program
In his 25 years at IUP, Krishnan has grown the MBA program into one in which students from 20 countries make up 60 percent of the program. He has also built partnerships with 15 business schools around the world that enable IUP students to travel abroad and international students to travel to IUP. He was named one of the Top 100 People of 2009 by Pennsylvania Business Central.
Other Key Members of the Faculty
Accounting Department: Germain Kline, Ph.D., Chair
Finance and Legal Studies Department: Ibrahim Affaneh, Ph.D., Chair
Management Department: Ramesh Soni, Ph.D., Chair
Marketing Department: Parimal Bhagat, Ph.D., Chair
Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences: Pankaj, Ph.D., Chair
