General Requirements

• An undergraduate bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
• An overall GPA of at least 2.5 or 2.75 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work;
• A competitive score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Exam (GRE);
• Completion of prerequisite courses with a grade of "C" or better; and
• Two letters of recommendation.

Note: Applications may be submitted prior to taking GMAT exam.

Undergraduate Class Prerequisites

Admission to the MBA program requires completion of 21 hours of undergraduate business courses from a regionally accredited college or university. Prerequisite courses must be substantially equivalent to the following Stephens College of Business courses:

• Accounting 221 – Principles of Accounting I (Financial Accounting)
• Economics 232 - Microeconomics
• Finance 372 – Business Finance
• Quantitative Methods 235 – Quantitative Methods in Business
• Marketing 351 – Principles of Marketing
• Management 361 – Principles of Organization and Management Theory
• Management Information Systems 161- Introduction to Computers (or proficiency)
• A course in macroeconomics similar to EC 231 and a course in managerial accounting similar to AC 222 are recommended, but not required.

Note: All prerequisite courses are offered each academic year in the Stephens College of Business undergraduate evening program.