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The Online MBA from the Leavey School of Business

Strengthen your impact with incomparable business expertise and a powerful network.

Santa Clara University's Online MBA program is designed for ambitious professionals ready to lead in the world’s fastest-growing industries. Situated in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara provides direct access to top innovators, disruptors, and industry leaders. Our influence reaches far beyond: Graduates from the Leavey School of Business are excelling in the hottest tech hubs, coast to coast and around the world.

This powerful combination of location and influence creates opportunities, whether you're looking to break into Big Tech, launch your own startup, or advance in a dynamic industry. With five distinct concentration options, the Online MBA program equips you with the skills, network, and mindset to create lasting value.

The results speak for themselves: As of fall 2024, 93% of Santa Clara Online MBA alumni reported receiving salary increases within six months after graduation.1

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Online MBA Program Snapshot

  • Online curriculum
  • Five concentration options
  • Graduate in as little as two years
  • Two on-campus residencies
  • Four start dates: fall, winter, spring, and summer
  • AACSB-accredited
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Expand Your Opportunities

With Santa Clara’s strong connections in and beyond Silicon Valley, you'll gain access to invaluable networking opportunities and career support that set you apart in today’s competitive job market. Leavey School of Business graduates are making an impact at world-class companies in diverse industries, including:

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Why Choose SCU's Online MBA?

Top-Ranked Excellence

Earn your Online MBA from a program that’s recognized among the nation's best, confident in Santa Clara University’s ongoing commitment to academic rigor and student success. Choose from five concentrations and benefit from an elite education designed for immediate career impact.

Flexible Learning

Complete your degree in as little as two years. Designed as an Online MBA for working professionals, the curriculum will accommodate your busy schedule. With four start dates each year, you’re in charge of your schedule.

Real-World Experience

Engage in two on-campus residencies that provide hands-on learning and networking opportunities with peers, faculty, and industry leaders. Gain practical skills and valuable connections that translate directly to workplace success.

Powerful Connections

Build lasting relationships that extend far beyond coursework. Collaborate with accomplished professionals from varied industries, forming meaningful partnerships and friendships that can transform your career and personal growth.
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Diverse Concentrations

Tailor your MBA to your career goals by choosing a broad-scope curriculum or one of five concentrations: Leading Innovative Organizations, Finance, Marketing, Data Science and Business Analytics, and Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.

Data Science and Business Analytics

The Data Science and Business Analytics concentration provides you with the most up-to-the-minute analytical and data skills, embedded within a context of essential business knowledge. Students will learn to synthesize company data resources with broader knowledge of markets to address a wide range of business problems, offer market-based perspectives and solutions to help business intelligence drive corporate value, and work directly with engineering and technical teams to deliver data-driven solutions.

Leading Innovative Organizations

The Leading Innovative Organizations concentration will help you effectively create, organize, and sustain organizational systems and processes necessary for success in rapidly changing and turbulent environments. Building from the management and innovation core courses, you will deepen your overall understanding of the innovation context, leadership in complex environments, team and project management, and agile decision-making.

Marketing

The Marketing concentration will help you develop a comprehensive understanding of the development, management, and marketing of products, brands, and services in contexts including high tech, business-to-business, services, and more. Students will focus on state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques that are utilized by innovative companies across their marketing applications.

Finance

The Finance concentration will provide students with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and manage financial securities such as stocks, bonds, options, and futures, and it will familiarize students with key financial markets. Students will learn how to apply financial principles in corporate settings, such as choosing and managing investment projects, and in investment settings, such as by constructing investment portfolios. They will also build knowledge of the links between finance and other business functions such as marketing and operations.

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation

Leveraging SCU’s location and strong alumni presence in Silicon Valley, this concentration examines the tools needed to develop ideas into businesses and to stimulate entrepreneurship activities in existing mature businesses.
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Program Highlights

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Expert Faculty

Learn from a dynamic mix of educators and industry veterans with experience in Big Tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, and more. Their backgrounds bridge theory and practice, enriching your learning experience.
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Silicon Valley Network

Build a vibrant professional network that reaches across and beyond Silicon Valley. As your career grows, connect with faculty, classmates, and alumni employed at major companies such as Google, Apple, GoPro, and Tesla.
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Values-Driven Excellence

A hallmark of one of this country’s best Online MBA programs, the Leavey curriculum emphasizes principled leadership, preparing you to navigate complex business environments with integrity.
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Choose A Leader Among Top-Ranked Online MBA Programs

Santa Clara University’s Online MBA consistently ranks among the top programs in the nation:

#3
in Career Outcomes
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#12
Best Online MBA
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#22
in Academic Experience
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These rankings reflect the program’s commitment to delivering a top-tier education that translates into real-world success. From career advancement to high-impact learning, Santa Clara’s Online MBA stands out as a leader in business education.

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Join a community of forward-thinking professionals committed to ethical leadership and innovation. Apply now to Santa Clara University's Online MBA program and transform your career trajectory.

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Looking for an On-Campus MBA?

Experience the power of Leavey's premier evening and executive MBA programs on the beautiful Santa Clara campus. Build connections with industry leaders and engage in dynamic classroom discussions while our flexible scheduling accommodates your professional life.

Admissions Deadlines for the Online MBA Program

Aug
10
Priority Deadline
August 10
Fall 2025 Term
Aug
30
Application Deadline
August 30
Fall 2025 Term
Sep
22
Next Start
September 22
Fall 2025 Term
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Sources
  1. Based on self-reported data from alumni of the Online MBA program at six months post-graduation, as of October 4, 2024.
  2. Retrieved on February 11, 2025, from poetsandquants.com/2024/12/15/best-online-mba-programs-in-the-u-s-for-2025/6/ 
  3. Retrieved on February 11, 2025, from poetsandquants.com/2024/12/15/best-online-mba-programs-in-the-u-s-for-2025/4/ 
  4. Retrieved on February 11, 2025, from poetsandquants.com/2024/12/15/best-online-mba-programs-in-the-u-s-for-2025/7/