The School of Business at Kentucky State University offers a regular graduate program leading to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and a five-year undergraduate/graduate program leading to Baccalaureate and Master's (B.A./MBA) degrees in Business Administration. Consistent with the liberal arts mission of the University, the objective of the MBA Programs is to provide essential knowledge and skills that can be directly utilized by business professionals in both the private and public sectors. The program emphasizes a solid grounding in graduate education in business administration, combined with sufficient elective course work to provide for individual preferences and career enhancement. The programs strive to develop outstanding, globally competitive business leaders through high quality educational experience, implemented in an innovative community of learning facilitated by a faculty oriented toward teaching effectiveness, service, and research.
The Chairperson of the School of Business and the MBA Coordinator oversee the programs. Both are members of the University’s Graduate Council. Admission decisions are made by the MBA Admissions Committee.
The regular MBA program is designed to allow flexible curriculum plan. A fulltime student, with undergraduate business background, can complete the program in one year. For working professionals, enrolled on a part-time basis, it will take longer time to complete the program.
The program is designed based on the best practices in graduate business education and accreditation standards to meet the changing demands of the global marketplace. The program requires a total of 30 graduate hours, including 21 hours of core requirements and 9 hours of electives. These elective course hours allow students to specialize in the areas of Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing. To receive an MBA degree with specialization in any business area, the student must complete all 3 elective courses in that area. Elective coursework may also be chosen from the fields of Aquaculture, Computer Science or Public Administration.
The program will accept students with a bachelor’s degree in any field. Those students without undergraduate business degrees will be required to show proficiency in the principles of accounting, economics, management, marketing, management information systems, finance, quantitative methods and statistics before enrolling in the MBA courses. A set of foundation courses has been developed for this purpose. Students without some or all of the prerequisite proficiencies will be required to complete one or more of the foundation courses.
undergraduate business degrees will be required to show proficiency in the principles of accounting, economics, management, marketing, management information systems, finance, quantitative methods and statistics before enrolling in the MBA courses. A set of foundation courses has been developed for this purpose. Students without some or all of the prerequisite proficiencies will be required to complete one or more of the foundation courses.
Students may be admitted to the MBA program on a regular or probationary basis.
For regular admission to the MBA program, the student must:
For regular admission to the MBA Program, an applicant must have a score of at least 1000 points based on the formula: GPA × 200 + GMAT score. The score of 1000 will make a student eligible for regular admission assuming all other application materials are favorable, as determined by the MBA Committee. For scores of less than 1000, an applicant may be considered for probationary admission. However, the minimum requirements for graduate studies at KSU, as specified in the Graduate Studies section of the catalogue, must be met. The GPA/GMAT Index is based on the requirement for a minimum GMAT score of 400 and a GPA of 3.0.
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