Updated 2026-10-27
Online MBA Admission Requirements
How to read degree, experience, and test rules without filling gaps.
Admissions pages usually mention a prior degree, work experience, a transcript, a résumé, and sometimes an interview or a test. Each of those can be required, optional, waivable, or simply not mentioned.
Not mentioned is not the same as not required. If a page is silent on the GMAT, this directory says the test rule is not published. If a page says there is no minimum experience, that is a published no, which is different again from a school that expects ten years.
Executive programs often state a management-experience rule on top of general work experience. Read that sentence rather than assuming the job title executive MBA creates one.
Deadlines and intakes go stale. Use the review date on each profile and the school’s own page before you apply.