Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance Online

Emerge as a leader in finance with an online MBA that delivers the skills to make strategic, data-driven financial decisions in today’s dynamic business world.

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Start class: 1/19/27
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Program Overview

Discover what you can achieve with Texas State’s online MBA with finance concentration

Build expertise in financial analytics, investment strategy and valuation techniques with the online MBA in Finance from Texas State University. Housed within the AACSB-accredited McCoy College of Business, the program positions graduates for advancement in high-growth finance and business sectors.

The accelerated online format sharpens the analytical and strategic leadership skills needed in corporate finance, banking, consulting and executive management. From emerging technologies and analytics to AI-enabled tools reshaping financial decision-making, the MBA in Finance online program is newly developed to reflect current industry demands.

As a student of this online MBA in Finance program, you will learn how to:

  • Utilize appropriate information technologies for managing business data for decision-making, enhancing productivity and communicating with others
  • Understand the skills needed to effectively lead and contribute to dynamic workgroups
  • Apply advanced financial modeling, valuation techniques and quantitative analysis to assess firms, securities and investment opportunities
  • Make informed financial decisions related to capital structure, capital budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring to maximize firm value
  • Construct, manage and evaluate investment portfolios using modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models and risk-return optimization techniques
  • Identify, measure and manage financial risks using derivatives, hedging strategies and risk analytics across various market conditions
  • Analyze global financial markets and institutions while adhering to ethical standards and regulatory frameworks in financial decision-making
As a student of this online MBA in Finance program, you will learn how to:
  • Utilize appropriate information technologies for managing business data for decision-making, enhancing productivity and communicating with others
  • Understand the skills needed to effectively lead and contribute to dynamic workgroups
  • Apply advanced financial modeling, valuation techniques and quantitative analysis to assess firms, securities and investment opportunities
  • Make informed financial decisions related to capital structure, capital budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring to maximize firm value
  • Construct, manage and evaluate investment portfolios using modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models and risk-return optimization techniques
  • Identify, measure and manage financial risks using derivatives, hedging strategies and risk analytics across various market conditions
  • Analyze global financial markets and institutions while adhering to ethical standards and regulatory frameworks in financial decision-making

Also available:

We also offer an online MBA in Business Analytics, online MBA in Marketing, and online MBA in Human Resources. Explore all of the online Texas State MBA programs.

Total Tuition $25,428*
Duration As few as 16 months
Credit Hours 39

Accreditation

AACSB accredited

The McCoy College of Business at Texas State University is an accredited member of AACSB International. For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education. McCoy College's Department of Accounting also holds an additional AACSB accreditation. Fewer than 200 universities worldwide earn AACSB accreditations in both business and accounting.

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Tuition

Choose an MBA finance online degree program with pay-as-you-go tuition

Tuition for the online MBA finance program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA in Finance $652 $1,951 $25,428*

*Students in Accelerated Online Programs are not eligible for payment plans or emergency loans. Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. BookSmart fees are automatically added each semester but are not included in program costs; students may opt out by the start of each term. Registrations after the tuition deadline require full payment at registration. Cost of Attendance details are available through TXST One Stop.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $25,428*
Per Credit Hour $652

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Calendar

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The Texas State MBA in Finance is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20271/19/271/4/271/11/271/19/271/14/273/8/278 Weeks
Spring 2 20273/9/272/23/273/2/273/9/273/4/245/12/278 Weeks
Summer 1 20276/1/275/17/275/24/276/1/275/27/277/19/278 Weeks
Fall 1 20278/25/278/11/278/18/278/25/278/19/2710/13/278 Weeks
Fall 2 202710/18/2710/4/2710/11/2710/18/2710/14/2712/16/268 Weeks

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Apply by 1/4/27
Start Class 1/19/27

Admissions

Begin the streamlined admission process for the online MBA with finance concentration

Apply to the MBA finance online degree program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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    To be eligible to earn your MBA in Finance online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

    • Two years or more of professional business experience
    • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
    • Completed online application
    • Nonrefundable application fee of $55 ($90 for international*)
    • Official transcripts from each institution where course credit was granted
    • Resume/CV outlining education, professional and technical achievements, scholarships/grants, publications/presentations, other accomplishments
    • Essay outlining the applicant’s interest in the program and a description of the applicant’s three most significant accomplishments
    • Submit the name of two professional references from persons best able to assess the student’s ability to succeed in graduate school
    • No GMAT or GRE required

    For applicants without a U.S. bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)**:
    You must submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements.

    • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of
      • 19 listening
      • 19 reading
      • 19 speaking
      • 18 writing
    • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
    • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
    • Official Duolingo scores required with a 110 overall
    • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

    **Exemption: Applicants who have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a country on our exempt countries list are not required to submit an English proficiency exam score.

    You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:

    • Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
    • Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
    • Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
    • Arrange all pages in the correct order
    • Remove any encryption/password protections


    Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].

    Official transcripts can be mailed to:

    TXST One Stop
    Texas State University – Graduate Admissions
    601 University Dr.
    San Marcos, TX 78666

    *Texas State defines an on-campus international student as anyone with a nonimmigrant visa status, including H-1B visa holders, or those seeking a visa to enroll. If you are not a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you will be classified as an international applicant.

    An online international student is someone who holds citizenship in another country, is not a U.S. permanent resident, and resides outside the U.S. while enrolling in an online program.

    Students who are not on a visa but are graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence are considered domestic applicants.

    If you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you are considered a domestic applicant.

Admission Requirements

  • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 to be considered for admission
  • No GMAT or GRE required

Courses

Explore the MBA finance online degree curriculum

To graduate from the MBA finance degree online, program you must complete a total of 39 credit hours, including 30 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of electives.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide an integrative understanding of the firm. A variety of organizational models and perspectives will be incorporated to facilitate understanding of the complexities of the firm, its environments, and its relationships with stakeholders. Includes focus on case analysis issues and communication skills.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a comprehensive quantitative foundation for business analytics and data-driven decision-making. Students explore essential topics such as inferential statistics, regression analysis, and various statistical modeling techniques used to solve complex business problems across functional areas. Significant emphasis is placed on understanding core statistical concepts, applying appropriate methods, and interpreting results within real-world business contexts. The curriculum focuses on analytical reasoning and evidence-based evaluation rather than prescriptive managerial conclusions, ensuring learners can critically assess data to support organizational objectives.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the major considerations in financial decision making. These considerations are analyzed by exploring the role of financial managers in creating value and maximizing shareholder wealth within the constraints of legal and ethical behavior. The development of critical thinking, quantitative applications, and analytical skills are major goals of this course because the topics require knowledge of specialized problem-solving techniques. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines how organizational behaviors shape workplace effectiveness by evaluating individual, team, and organizational dynamics. Students analyze job satisfaction, stress, personality, ability, motivation, trust, justice, and ethics to enhance decision‑making and performance. The course also explores team dynamics, leadership styles and behaviors, and organizational differences to deepen the understanding of organizational effectiveness. Throughout the course, students apply advanced organizational behavior insights into real organizational challenges to examine leadership and organizational outcomes Prerequisite: B A 5351 with a grade of "C" or better.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the concepts and strategies used to design, manage, and continuously improve the processes that create and deliver goods and services. The course examines operational and tactical challenges organizations face and explores both qualitative and quantitative approaches to addressing them. Students analyze how process decisions influence organizational performance while considering emerging technologies, digital transformation, and data-enabled operational practices across diverse organizational settings.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the planning and coordination of marketing functions, marketing policies, and the analysis of marketing administration.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Use of accounting information for improving managerial decision making. Emphasis is on understanding the practice of business management, budgeting, cost behavior, and operational, internal, and management control. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of managerial decision-making and business policy. Topics include demand analysis, production and cost theory, pricing strategies, and optimization techniques such as linear programming. Analytical models are used to examine how firms allocate resources, respond to market conditions, and evaluate strategic alternatives. Emphasis is placed on using quantitative methods to inform decisions related to pricing, output, and resource allocation in competitive environments. Prerequisite: QMST 5334 with a grade of "C" or better.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an understanding of the issues in managing organizations' artificial intelligence (AI) and information assets. The course examines users' issues and challenges within the Information Technology management arena as part of a firm's business and AI strategy. The course provides frameworks and management principles that current or aspiring managers can employ with the challenges of implementing rapidly advancing AI technology. Through real-world case studies, students are empowered to effectively leverage AI to drive innovation, enhance decision-making, and automate business operations. Prerequisite: B A 5351 with a grade of "C" or better.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An integrative approach to policy formulation and administration (decision making) to achieve organization objectives. Should be taken the last semester of student’s MBA program

Students must select 2 of the following:

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the methods involved in recruitment and selection of employees with an emphasis on measurement, job analysis, performance appraisal, legal issues, and the role of human resource planning and strategy. This course relies on statistics to teach students to make reliable and valid employment decisions.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of theoretical and applied perspectives on needs assessment, design, development delivery and evaluation of training and development as well as organizational change and development.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of challenges that decision makers consider when managing their human resources across the globe. Drawing on theories and models from cross-cultural and international management areas, this course covers such topics as globalization, culture, emerging international assignments, and expatriate recruitment, selection, training, repatriation, and career management. (MULT).
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course equips students with the skills to transform data into actionable insights using effective visual communication. Students will learn best practices in data visualization, focusing on critical methods and technologies essential in our increasingly data-driven economy. Topics include design principles, chart composition, strategic use of visual elements, visual data exploration techniques, data dashboard construction, and compelling visual storytelling.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a study of the scientific approach that connects customer data and competitive information to drive marketing decision-making. The course explores customer data analysis techniques and their theoretical foundations that are applied to real world business problems. Students will learn software, conduct data analysis and communicate the results.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a study of the scientific approach that connects customer data and competitive information to drive marketing decision-making. The course explores customer data analysis techniques and their theoretical foundations that are applied to real world business problems. Students will learn software, conduct data analysis and communicate the results.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An advanced study of the marketing research process to include problem formulation, determination of sources of information and research design, design of data collection forms, design of the sample, collection of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, preparation of the research report, and oral presentation of the research findings
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines marketing strategies in the digital environment. It examines the latest technology and analytical tools used in e-marketing and e-commerce, including online advertising, mobile marketing, social media marketing, search marketing, email marketing, and web analytics.

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