Master of Business Administration MBA (Tacoma)

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the Milgard School of Business is a comprehensive 64-credit graduate degree designed to provide experienced professionals and managers with new tools for responding to the challenges of change. Our program encourages managers to develop a strong mix of leadership, technological, financial, analytical, relational and communication skills needed to lead organizations facing an increasing pace of change. Our high-quality program is immediately relevant to practicing managers.

The following are required for admission to the Milgard School of Business MBA Program and the University of Washington Graduate School: A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Prefer 3.0 grade-point average calculated from the applicant's final 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits. The GMAT/GRE is currently waived for all applicants. Applicants may leave the test section blank when submitting the application. Minimum of two years of managerial and/or professional work experience: Management: Defined as direct responsibility for the assets of an organization; supervision of two or more people (e.g., manager, executive leader, team leader, group/project coordinator, etc.); special projects; processes; databases; budgets, etc. Professional: Requires professional expertise in business functions such as sales, accounting, human resources, finance, marketing, operations, etc. and/or technical functions such as engineering, research, logistics, computer programming, sciences, etc.