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American University

Online Master of Business Administration (MBA)

American University's Kogod School of Business publishes an online Master of Business Administration of 45 credits that can be finished on a 12-, 15-, or 18-month track. The program page says the curriculum includes two in-person immersions, with at least one in Washington, DC, each year. Focus areas named on that page include business analytics, cybersecurity, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, legal studies, and marketing. Admissions prefer two or more years of full-time work experience and require a bachelor's degree. A GMAT or GRE score is encouraged, and applicants who do not submit one must write a waiver essay. The 2026-2027 tuition page lists $2,163 per credit and an estimated total of $97,335 for 45 credits.

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Country of the award
United States
Delivery
Online with required residency
Residency
Required
Duration
Options to complete the program on a 12-month, 15-month, or 18-month track.
Language
English
Tuition
Tuition not published
Admissions test
GMAT or GRE waiver published
Business school
Kogod School of Business

Overview

Official award title
Online Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University
American University
Business school or department
Kogod School of Business
Awarding institution
American University
Awarding note
Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program.
Country of the award
United States
Location recorded
Washington, United States
Executive MBA label
Not labeled executive
Named pathways
Business Analytics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Marketing

Study format and residency

Delivery
Online with required residency. The Online MBA page says the program is online and that the curriculum includes two in-person immersions. It says at least one of those sessions takes place in Washington, DC, each year.
Intensity
Flexible pace
Duration
Options to complete the program on a 12-month, 15-month, or 18-month track.
Credits
45 credits
Teaching languages
English
Complete program in English
Yes
Mandatory residency
Yes
Residency detail
Two in-person immersions are part of the curriculum. The program page says at least one session each year takes place in Washington, DC.
Intakes
On the program page, fall application dates shown include October 15, 2026 (closed), January 15, 2027 (priority scholarship), and March 15, 2027 (final). A spring final deadline of November 1, 2026 is also listed.

Admissions

Previous degree
An undergraduate bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a satisfactory GPA. A numeric GPA minimum was not stated.
Work experience
Two or more years of full-time post-undergraduate work experience is strongly preferred. The admissions page says meaningful internships and other criteria can be considered.
GMAT or GRE
GMAT or GRE waiver published
Test detail
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a GMAT or GRE score. If they do not, they must submit a separate GMAT/GRE waiver essay of about 500 to 750 words on quantitative readiness.
Geographic eligibility
Not published. Online delivery is not treated as worldwide eligibility.

Tuition and funding

Published tuition
Tuition not published
Fee notes
Year: 2026-2027 Scholarships: The tuition page says all applicants are automatically considered for Kogod merit-based scholarships, including international students. The Online MBA tuition page lists $2,163 per credit for 2026-2027 and says tuition is charged by credit hour. A $1,000 deposit is applied toward tuition. The page says the total is estimated from academic year 2026-2027 rates. The figure previously noted was not found in the HTML of the official page on re-check, so it is not stored.

Accreditation

Accreditation
No accreditation or recognition record is stored for this profile. That is not a finding that the school is unrecognized.
Outcomes
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