United States
University of Colorado Denver
Online MBA
The CU Denver Business School offers an Online MBA of 45 credit hours that is fully online and asynchronous, in eight-week courses. The school page says recommended completion is three years and that students may take up to five years, with fall, spring, and summer starts. No work experience is required, and applicants need an undergraduate degree. The GMAT or GRE is optional for students with at least a 3.0 GPA and may be requested below that, with published alternatives. The online programs page lists in-state tuition at $720 per credit and out-of-state tuition at $820 per credit, and it states AACSB accreditation. Specializations named on the school page include accounting, business intelligence, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, sustainable business, and information systems.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- United States
- Delivery
- Fully online
- Residency
- Not required
- Duration
- Not confirmed
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- $820 per credit
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE optional
- Business school
- CU Denver Business School
Overview
- Official award title
- Online MBA
- University
- University of Colorado Denver
- Business school or department
- CU Denver Business School
- Awarding institution
- University of Colorado Denver
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program.
- Country of the award
- United States
- Location recorded
- Denver, United States
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- Accounting; Business Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Marketing; Sustainable Business; Information Systems
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Fully online. The Business School page says the Online MBA is fully online, with eight-week courses and no specific meeting day or time. The online programs page also labels the class type 100% online.
- Intensity
- Flexible pace
- Duration
- The Business School page says recommended completion is 3 years and the program can take as long as 5 years. The online programs page also lists full-time or part-time.
- Credits
- 45 credit hours
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Live or asynchronous
- Asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- No
- Intakes
- Fall, spring, and summer.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- An undergraduate degree from an accredited U.S. college, or an equivalent abroad, by the start of the program. Final-year undergraduates may apply.
- Work experience
- The Business School page says no work experience is required for admission.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE optional
- Test detail
- The Business School page says the GMAT or GRE is optional and is not required for applicants with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Below a 3.0, a score may be required, with alternatives such as 3 or more years of work experience, a prior master's degree, CFA Level 1, CPA, or a completed General Business Certificate. Waiver requests are reviewed case by case. A separate online programs page says GMAT and GRE are not required.
- Geographic eligibility
- In-state and out-of-state per-credit rates are published. Residents of WICHE member states and territories may qualify for the in-state rate through the Western Regional Graduate Program.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- $820 per credit
- Fee notes
- Who this fee applies to: domestic students The CU Denver online MBA page lists $720 per credit as the in-state cost. An academic year and a program total are not printed on that page. The figure previously noted was not found in the HTML of the official page on re-check, so it is not stored.
- Fee notes
- The same page lists $820 per credit as the out-of-state cost. It does not label that rate as international-only.
Accreditation
- Business-school accreditation
- AACSB — stated_on_page. The CU Denver online MBA page says the MBA is accredited by AACSB. Checked 2026-10-27.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- CU Denver Business School Online MBA · checked 2026-10-27
- CU Denver 100% Online MBA overview · checked 2026-10-27