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Advance your career with a Franklin MBA.
Learn to be an effective leader in any industry with Franklin’s theory-to-practice MBA that was designed for working adults. In as little as 1 year, you can earn an accredited MBA 100% online and be on your way to advancement or a career change. No GMAT/GRE or essay required!
Choose Franklin's traditional MBA track or select from 10 available specialization options:
Create a FlexFIT Plan that Works for You
As a busy adult earning an MBA while fulfilling other commitments, you need flexibility to stay on track. Franklin’s FlexFIT options ensure you get the knowledge you need to achieve your career goals in a way that fits your budget and your life.
How you plan to pay for your degree can impact how many courses you’ll take each term and ultimately how long earning your degree will take.
Inflation Proof Your Tuition
Franklin’s Tuition Guarantee gives you peace of mind by enabling you to lock-in your tuition from Day One through graduation. By maintaining active enrollment, you’ll protect yourself from tuition increases.
Plan with Confidence
MyCost Estimator is a free online tool that provides a comprehensive personalized estimate of how a Franklin degree fits your budget. MyCost Estimator shows you how funding sources like tuition reimbursement and federal loan programs stack up against education expenses.
Minimize Out-of-Pocket Cost
Franklin’s partnerships with employers and professional organizations result in tuition discounts and other benefits that help your education dollars go further.
With Franklin's MBA, you’ll possess broad knowledge that spans the functional areas of business to make you an asset in any industry. Optional specializations enable you to tailor your MBA to your specific career interests. Choose from:
- Business Analytics
- Business Psychology
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Marketing
- Operational Excellence
- Organizational Leadership
- Project Management
Consider your personal and professional situation to determine how much time can be dedicated to coursework. To complete the MBA program, you’ll need to complete nine courses. All students begin the program by taking one class at a time.
Get Started: Choose from Eight Start Dates
Once you complete MGMT 707 and MKTG 721, you have three options.
Option 1: Maintain Your Momentum.
Continue taking one class at a time and finish in 14 months.
Option 2: Accelerate.
Take two classes at a time and finish in 12 months. A good strategy is to pair a quantitative and a qualitative course.
Option 3: Find Your Perfect Pace.
Schedule courses in the way that works best for you. To maintain active enrollment, you must complete one course per year and you have up to seven years to complete the program.
Hear What Our MBA Graduates Are Saying

"I learned how to stand out and become the leader I knew I could be."

"With this accomplishment, the sky is my limit!"

"Earning my MBA helped me build credibility when managing people older than me, but the biggest thing I got from my MBA was confidence."

"Franklin really has prepared me for my career and my future. Franklin taught me how to interact in the business community. The networking side of it really helped prepare me for the working world and beyond. It made me a well rounded person. I really grew as an employee right before my employers eyes just because I was at Franklin."

“A dream come true for me! Dreams can come true if you work hard and set your sails toward the goal.”

"I chose the MBA at Franklin for a number of reasons, but one area that stood out was the support team available to me and the assistance and flexibility they provided. As a full-time Army Guard member I could be called for an emergency at a moment's notice, and I was confident Franklin would work with me as to not disrupt or set back my education."

"I started my degree online at Franklin while I was still enlisted. Franklin accepted my previously earned credit and made the transfer process easy."

“Earning this degree means having so much more confidence in myself! I am eternally grateful to my professors, classmates and my family for the support and guidance that has been given to me.”

International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)
The Ross College of Business at Franklin University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page.
Click here to see our IACBE Public Disclosure of Student Achievement.
For more information about the International Accreditation Council for Business Education, please click here or visit www.iacbe.org.
Your Best Value MBA
Choose Franklin's accredited MBA and get a high-quality degree that fits your life and your budget.
Affordable Tuition
Affordable tuition rates for the MBA provide value and quality.
Fastest Finish
Realize your career goals sooner and reap the benefits.
Take 2 classes at a time and finish in 12 months.
Partner? Pay Less.
Search below to see if you could save tuition through an employer or professional organization partnership.
(After Partner Discount)
Tuition Guarantee
Inflation-proof your degree cost by locking-in your tuition rate from day one through graduation.
Highly Recommended
98% of graduating students would recommend Franklin to their family, friends and/or colleagues.
Source: Franklin University, Office of Career Development Student Satisfaction Survey (Summer 2023)
Instructor Led
Online courses taught by in-field experts = a winning combo for you.
Future Start Dates
Start dates for individual programs may vary and are subject to change. Speak with an admission advisor for the latest program start dates.
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