Business Administration Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree
In RIT’s master’s in business administration you can study full or part-time to gain the knowledge to lead where technology, business, and innovation intersect.
$87.1K
Average First-Year Salary of RIT Graduates from this Business Administration MBA degree
#36
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#96
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Overview for Business Administration MBA
Why Study Business Administration at RIT?
STEM-OPT Visa Eligible: The STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows full-time, on-campus international students on an F-1 student visa to stay and work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation.
Customized Degree: Core management courses + STEM elective courses + open electives = A dynamic business education.
Cross-Disciplinary Access Across RIT: Collaborate across RIT’s nine world-renowned colleges and utilize elite university makerspaces like the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED).
Optional Paid Co-op Experience: Gain full-time, real-world experience with leading global enterprises while paying $0 tuition during co-op semesters.
AACSB Accreditation: High-impact business education backed by the highest global accreditation standards for business schools.
Lead Where Technology, Business, and Innovation Intersect: The STEM MBA at RIT
RIT’s master of business administration (MBA) is a STEM-designated program engineered for forward-thinking leaders interested in bridging technology, business strategy, and quantitative analytics. This top-ranked MBA program combines a core management foundation with cutting-edge AI, data analytics, and hands-on problem solving—equipping you to steer enterprise transformation or launch tech-driven ventures.
The RIT Advantage: Don’t Just Manage the Future. Build It.
RIT is an innovation powerhouse, backed by the facilities and resources that drive an active culture of making, doing, and solving. As an MBA student at Saunders College of Business, you stand at the intersection of technology, business, design, and the arts.
Here, you have the freedom to build across disciplines. Take open electives across RIT’s nine world-renowned colleges. Utilize state-of-the-art makerspaces like the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), MAGIC Spell Studios for digital media research and production, and ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute featuring the Cyber Range and Training Center, to name a few. Team up with student and faculty coders, industrial designers, and engineers on real-world projects.
- Mirror Real-World Teams: Work in cross-functional groups that reflect how modern product and leadership teams operate.
- Inspiring Mentorship: Tap into a professional network of alumni and business professionals who serve as speakers, mentors and venture investors.
- Practical Leadership: Turn strategy into action by solving enterprise challenges, launching startups, while building an interdisciplinary professional network.
Customize Your Leadership Path
A flexible curriculum allows you to personalize your MBA degree to align directly with market demand and your career ambitions.
- Core Business Mastery: Build a strong foundation across our MBA core courses in accounting, finance, marketing, strategy, and organizational behavior.
- Targeted STEM Electives: Select a specialized content area in high-growth fields including artificial intelligence, business analytics, finance, and supply chain management.
- University-Wide Electives: Expand your expertise with electives from graduate departments across RIT.
You can align your MBA degree directly with market demand and your career ambitions. Select a specialized content area featuring three STEM elective courses, complemented by two electives to explore a variety of disciplines across campus.
- High-Growth Focus Areas: Align your degree with emerging growth areas such as digital transformation, and innovation management.
- Tailored Learning: Build specialized functional expertise while retaining a broad strategic leadership foundation.
High Demand STEM MBA Content Areas
MBA content areas include a combination of three courses from a wide variety of STEM-designated electives, plus two elective courses selected from all electives at Saunders and across all RIT colleges. Popular content areas include:
- Data Analytics: Complete courses in areas such as data management for business analytics, advanced business analytics, and business analytics experience.
- Finance and Investing: Target your knowledge with courses that cover financial risk management and analysis, securities and investment analysis, and financial modeling and analysis.
- Supply Chain and Operations Management: Learn skills in project management, supply chain analytics, and Lean Six Sigma fundamentals.
Additional content areas include accounting and analytics, hospitality management, marketing and market research, information systems and data management, entrepreneurship, and business management. Students may create their own content areas as long as three of the five electives chosen come from Saunders’ list of more than 40 STEM electives.
STEM MBA Benefits: AI, Analytics, and Global Career Potential
Modern enterprise is tech enterprise. RIT's MBA carries an official STEM designation, integrating technical acumen and data analytics into every facet of executive management.
- Data-Driven Strategy: Master quantitative decision-making, predictive analytics, and AI implementation strategies to solve complex operational challenges.
- Competitive Edge: Graduate equipped with both broad organizational leadership vision and specialized technical capabilities.
- 3-Year STEM-OPT Extension: International graduates on F-1 visas qualify for a 24-month extension, for a total of 36 months of U.S. work authorization, making graduates highly attractive to global employers.
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Don't Delay Your Ambitions Until the Fall
This program offers a spring start, which means you can jumpstart your graduate journey and begin your studies this January.
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Discover how graduate study at RIT can help further your career objectives.
Virtual Admissions Webinars | September 19 - October 1
Virtual Academic Sessions | October 20 - October 29
On-Campus Open House | November 20
Careers and Experiential Learning
Typical Job Titles
| Advertising Account Executive | Business Analyst and Accountant | Business Development Associate |
| Business Intelligence Solutions Analyst | Capital Markets Equity Research Associate | Data Engineer |
| Digital Marketing Specialist | Director of Technology and Cloud Solutions | GPS Consulting Analyst |
| Investment Banking Analyst | Junior Consultant | Logistics Coordinator |
| Operations Analyst | Product Analyst | Project Manager |
| Risk Advisory Associate | Search Engine Optimization Specialist | Social media marketing strategist |
| Technical Project Manager | Technology Analyst |
Gain High-Impact Industry Experience with Full-Time Paid Co-op
Put theory directly into practice with RIT’s world-recognized cooperative education and internship program—ranked #5 nationally by U.S. News & World Report (2026). Co-op is a career launcher that sets Saunders College of Business graduates apart. Tap into decades of experience partnering with employers. Participating in an optional paid co-op gives you a decisive edge in the job market.
- Full-Time Professional Immersion: Spend a full semester working inside leading corporations, solving actual enterprise problems before you graduate.
- Zero Tuition Fees: Pay $0 tuition while working on full-time paid co-op assignments
- Accelerated Career Entry: Co-op placements frequently convert into full-time employment opportunities upon graduation.
Cooperative Education and Internships
What makes an RIT education exceptional? It’s the ability to complete relevant, hands-on career experience. At the graduate level, and paired with an advanced degree, cooperative education and internships give you the unparalleled credentials that truly set you apart. Learn more about graduate co-op and how it provides you with the career experience employers look for in their next top hires.
Co-ops and internships take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. Business co-ops provide hands-on experience that enables you to apply your knowledge of business, management, finance, accounting, and related fields in professional settings. You'll make valuable connections between course work and real-world applications as you build a network of professional contacts.
Cooperative education in the MBA program is optional, but encouraged. Academic credit is not granted, but formal recording of the co-op experience is made on the student’s transcript. Students in good academic standing are eligible for co-op after completing the foundation course, and a substantial portion of their concentration courses. They also must attend a series of co-op and career services workshops. RIT does not guarantee co-op placements.
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Admissions and Financial Aid
This program is available on-campus only.
| Offered | Admit Term(s) | Application Deadline | STEM-OPT Visa Eligible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full‑time | Fall, Spring, or Summer | Rolling | Yes |
| Part‑time | Fall, Spring, or Summer | Rolling | No |
Full-time study is 9+ semester credit hours. Part-time study is 1‑8 semester credit hours. International students requiring a visa to study at the RIT Rochester campus must study full‑time.
Application Details
To be considered for admission to the Business Administration MBA program, candidates must fulfill the following requirements:
- Complete an online graduate application.
- Submit copies of official transcript(s) (in English) of all previously completed undergraduate and graduate course work, including any transfer credit earned.
- Hold a baccalaureate degree (or US equivalent) from an accredited university or college. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent) is recommended.
- Submit a current resume or curriculum vitae.
- Submit a personal statement of educational objectives.
- Letters of recommendation are optional.
- Entrance exam requirements: GRE or GMAT required for individuals with degrees from international universities
- Submit English language test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, PTE Academic, etc.), if required. Details are below.
English Language Test Scores
International applicants whose native language is not English must submit one of the following official English language test scores. Some international applicants may be considered for an English test requirement waiver.
Duolingo (DET): 130
IELTS: 6.5
LanguageCert Academic: 74
PTE Academic: 60
TOEFL: 88/4.5
International students below the minimum requirement may be considered for conditional admission. Deaf and hard-of-hearing test takers with significant hearing loss do not need to take the listening and speaking sections for the TOEFL and IELTS. Each program requires balanced sub-scores when determining an applicant’s need for additional English language courses.
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