Nevada is home to 25 recognized colleges and universities. A number of these schools offer programs for aspiring business professionals, but just one offers an Online MBA Program. The College of Business Administration at University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) offers a 36 credit hour (12 course) Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) that may be completed entirely online. Offered as a two-year cohort program beginning Fall 2017, the MBA Program is divided into three semesters, each containing two courses: Fall, Spring, and Summer. Each class runs for 12 weeks, along with at least one proctored exam taken through ProctorU or in the 365 Learning Office. According to the school, “courses in the EMBA program are sequenced to assure continuity in learning.”
Students in the UNR Online MBA Program can expect to take core courses such as Statistics for Decision Making, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Economics of the Firm, and Production/Operations Management, to name a few. Breadth courses (15 credits) include Personal Branding, Strategic Management for Executives, Managing Organizations in a Global Economy, Seminar Managerial Accounting, and Information and Communications Technology in Organizations. Because the Online EMBA is a rigorous two-year degree program, students should plan to spend at least 15 to 20 hours each week on course assignments, discussions, and research.
All programs offered by the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In addition to maintaining AACSB accreditation, the UNR Online MBA ranked #31 Nationally by U.S. News & World Report (tied with Rochester Institute of Technology).
As Nevada only offers one school with a fully Online MBA Program, students seeking a relatively local Online MBA option may want to consider the following ranked programs in the neighboring states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah:
Arizona
- Arizona State University, Tempe
- Grand Canyon University, Phoenix
- Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale
- University of Arizona, Tucson
- University of Phoenix, Tempe
California
- Pepperdine University, Malibu
- St. Mary's College of California, Moraga
- California Baptist University, Riverside
- California State University, San Bernardino
- University of La Verne, La Verne
- Brandman University, Irvine
- California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks
- California State University, Dominguez Hills
- Azusa Pacific University, Azusa
- National University, La Jolla, San Diego
- Ashford University, San Diego
- California InterContinental University, Irvine
- California National University for Advanced Studies, Torrance
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University-Monterey Bay, Marina
- California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock
- Golden Gate University, San Francisco
- Hope International University, Fullerton
- United States University, San Diego
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Idaho
- Boise State University, Boise
- Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa
Oregon
- Corban University, Salem
- Eastern Oregon University, La Grande
- Marylhurst University, Marylhurst
- Portland State University, Portland
Utah
- Southern Utah University, Cedar City
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- Western Governors University, Salt Lake City
- Westminster College, Salt Lake City
