Accelerate your career without hitting pause. Sharpen your leadership instincts through high-stakes consulting cases, learn from executive mentors, and join a network of graduates leading at some of the world's most respected companies.
Florida Southern College’s AACSB-accredited Master of Business Administration degree program is designed explicitly for the modern professional.
Our core learning objective is simple: to transform ambitious professionals into visionary leaders equipped with real-world capabilities built through experience. When you choose FSC, you are choosing a legacy of excellence that turns immediate career prospects into lasting professional success.
An elite business education isn’t built on theory alone. It is driven by historical strength, opportunities for personal interaction with faculty and peers, and proven return on investment. Learn what defines an FSC MBA.
FSC has delivered top-notch graduate business education for more than three decades. This deep history reflects an MBA firmly grounded in experience while remaining continuously responsive to the evolving needs of the modern global marketplace.
Your professional evolution does not have to look like anyone else’s. Tailor your credentials to your exact career trajectory with specialized pathways built for industry differentiation.
Small, tight-knit classes mean you collaborate directly with ambitious peers and leading faculty. You can ask questions, share perspectives, and build a professional network you'll draw on for the rest of your career.
An MBA from FSC is a strategic investment in professional mobility. This standout median starting salary reflects the high premium national and global employers place on top MBA talent across industries.
Explore how our flexible structures, specialized program tracks, and active learning curriculum help you advance while maintaining your existing personal and professional commitments.
While concentrations are completely optional, tailoring your degree allows you to maximize your industry value. You can even choose more than one. Customize your course architecture across seven focused fields:
Our program adapts entirely to the rhythm of busy working professionals. Students leverage convenient seven-week terms across the fall, spring, and summer semesters to seamlessly balance their educational goals with their careers and families. Choose the method that fits your reality:
Completing your Master of Business Administration requires 33 credit hours, consisting of 21 core hours and 12 elective hours. Our structured course breakdown allows you to map out your academic journey at FSC.
Required Core Courses (21 Hours):
Sample Elective Courses (12 Hours):
Tailor your experience with target-rich electives. We offer focused courses such as:
We value your time from your very first click, so our application process is streamlined and straightforward. From the moment you enroll, the MBA Director will be assigned as your personal Academic Advisor to build an educational plan that matches your priorities.
Apply NowFor admission to the MBA program, applicants must submit the following requirements:
If your GPA is below 3.25 (FSC) or 3.30 (non-FSC) on a 4.0 scale, please also submit the following:
*See if you qualify for a GRE/GMAT waiver.
** Academic Evaluation Services, Inc., Josef Silny, SpanTran, World Education Services, or another similar approved transcript evaluation agency.
*** A bank letter is a written statement on bank letterhead and signed by a bank official.
**** Must have completed an English language training program or at least one year at an English-speaking institution to waive the TOEFL/IELTS testing requirement.
Graduate school is a big decision, but the return on investment is undeniable. For the 2026-2027 academic year, tuition is $1,035 per credit hour. Florida Southern participates in major federal aid systems, offers specialized graduate scholarships, and coordinates seamless tuition deferment options for students utilizing employer tuition reimbursement programs.
With most FSC MBA students already working, your employer may be one of your best sources of funding. Many companies offer tuition assistance or reimbursement, and Florida Southern makes it straightforward to take advantage of it.
Use Your Employer's Tuition Benefits
If your company offers tuition assistance, our team will help you navigate it, from
understanding what your employer covers to providing the enrollment verification,
invoices, and grade reports many reimbursement programs require.
Flexible Tuition Deferment
Many companies offer tuition assistance or reimbursement, and Florida Southern makes
it straightforward to take advantage of it.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Your admission counselor can walk you through your options, including how to approach
your employer about tuition assistance and what documentation we provide.
An MBA is increasingly a vital credential in the modern business ecosystem. The broad applicability and powerful outcomes of an FSC degree maximize your personal value and unlock new corporate doors.
Earning your master’s degree makes an immediate impact on your baseline value. According to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), professionals holding an MBA earn an average of 51% more than individuals with a bachelor’s degree alone.
Build an invaluable, lifelong professional network while you are still a student. Our experiential living case study model puts you in direct contact with executives, clients, and corporate partners, dramatically expanding your placement opportunities and regional connections.
An MBA is as much about who you learn from as what you study. Florida Southern's MBA Mentor Program pairs you with an accomplished executive who provides real-world insight, career guidance, and valuable networking opportunities. You and your mentor set the pace and focus—exploring industries, navigating career pivots, or learning decision-making from real leaders. This personalized guidance helps transform ambition into confident leadership.
Our global alumni network thrives across a wide range of industries, reflecting the versatile, respected nature of an FSC business education. Our graduates lead inside market titans, including:
"When searching for an MBA program, FSC became the prime candidate for me because of its hands-on approach, variety of course options, schedule flexibility, and it was a great option for an international student like myself. The program not only gave me a wealth of knowledge, but I also gained valuable real-life experience through activities, such as competing in two case competitions, presenting a downtown revitalization plan to the city of Lakeland, and participating in an entrepreneurial directed study. I highly recommend this program!"
"FSC's MBA sharpened my managerial skills. Getting a group of smart, strong-minded people to work as a team, knowing when to let others lead, knowing how to get everybody's ideas heard — that has helped me so much in my career."
"I wasn't interested in spending 16 months reading a textbook. I wanted to use what I'm learning. Getting practical experience was really important for what I wanted to do with my career. That's why I chose Florida Southern College."
"I've been to Asia on business many times, but traveling to Vietnam and Hong Kong as part of the MBA's international field experience — having those interactions with the other students and the professor — was a fantastic opportunity."
Textbooks only take you so far; true leadership is forged through action. At FSC, we replace traditional lectures with an immersive learning environment where you analyze real corporate data and tackle genuine business problems.
The core of this program centers on live case studies. Working alongside expert faculty, you will consult directly with regional organizations to optimize operations, solve complex strategic puzzles, and pitch viable solutions. Through the immersive case study project, you graduate with a resume full of practical consulting experience, not just a collection of theories.
Today's markets are global, and leadership means understanding them firsthand. Through an immersive international field experience, you'll study business where it happens, meeting with companies abroad, analyzing global commerce, and building the cultural fluency that sets effective leaders apart. More than 60% of Florida Southern MBA students expand their impact through international travel.
Recent cohorts have visited companies and markets in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Malawi, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, and Vietnam, touring operations at firms like Samsung and Intel and seeing global strategy up close.
Our faculty are far more than teachers; they are dedicated field experts, consultants, and active business professionals who bring real market insights directly to the classroom. They act as your personal career guides, leveraging their networks to help connect you with valuable professional opportunities.
Professor of Supply Chain and Analytics, Lyons Endowed Chair in Logistics, MS in Analytics Director
Associate Professor of Marketing
Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, The Anne and Bill France Chair in Business
Assistant Professor of Finance
Assistant Professor of Finance
Associate Professor of Management, MBA Program Director
The program is designed with maximum flexibility to match your professional routine. Full-time students taking two courses per seven-week term can comfortably finish the entire 33-credit-hour degree in just 12 months. If you are balancing a heavy corporate workload or family obligations, you can scale back your pace and complete the program in 18 to 24 months.
Yes. FSC uses a streamlined, holistic admission process. Applicants with a strong cumulative undergraduate GPA or extensive professional corporate experience are regularly granted full GMAT/GRE waivers.
Our terms are structured for flexible pacing. While many students enroll in two courses per seven-week term to finish in 12 months, the program can be designed for a single class per term to comfortably match professional and personal schedules.
FSC honors the realities of professional life. Our flexible program structure allows students to transition between online tracks and flex-hybrid formats.
Absolutely. Our MBA program welcomes diverse academic backgrounds. Students with non-business undergraduate degrees simply complete foundational prerequisite modules to ensure seamless quantitative and strategic baseline preparation.
The MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a distinction given to only 6% of business schools in the world. This accreditation means you’re learning from faculty of the highest caliber and taking courses that meet the highest standards of business education.
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Finding the right graduate pathway depends entirely on where you want to lead. If you are looking to specialize your management credentials even further, Florida Southern offers targeted programs.
The perfect timing will never simply appear on your professional calendar; you have to claim it. Turn your ambition into bold leadership in FSC’s MBA.
