Focus on Your Strengths
Master of Business Administration
MBA concentrations focus on finance, health care administration, human resources, strategic management, or supply chain management and logistics.
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Baker grads earn the highest average salaries among graduates of universities in Kansas.
—U.S. Department of Education
Baker is ranked #1 in return on investment of colleges in Kansas, and in the top 8% nationwide.
—Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Our Master of Business Administration program is designed for professionals with a drive to enhance their business knowledge and know-how through collaboration with like-minded peers so they can excel in their careers.
You’ll benefit from the partnerships we have developed with area employers, whether that is hiring faculty from diverse disciplines, who are leaders in their fields, or sending well-trained professionals into the workforce.
You can earn your MBA online in 18 to 20 months. Some students finish in as little as 12.
Focus on Your Strengths: Baker Offers Five MBA Concentrations
Finance
The finance concentration develops leaders who manage company finances, assess financial risks, and ensure business sustainability in a changing market.
- Assess the emerging financial challenges that are transforming the business administration landscape.
- Apply economic, finance, risk management, and quality assurance principles when making business decisions.
Health Care Administration
The health care administration concentration develops leaders who employ technical, analytical, and decision-making skills to solve complex organizational challenges in the American health care industry.
- Assess the components of health care services in the United States and analyze the current issues, trends, and limitations of health care administration.
- Understand the fundamentals of health care system information management, including electronic health records.
- Discuss the principles of public health practices, the role of the public health department, and the tools needed to effectively manage a typical health department.
Human Resources
The human resources concentration prepares you to oversee staffing, employee compensation and benefits, recruitment, and development and retention.
- Assess the organizational landscape to ensure staffing needs are met.
- Assess that human resource management practices align with legal regulations and organizational policies, procedures, and practices.
- Develop ethical human resource management plans for ensuring that business sustainability and staffing needs are met.
Strategic Management
The strategic management concentration prepares you for the issues and challenges you will face in a leadership position in today’s dynamic business environment.
- Assess the emerging challenges that are transforming the business administration landscape.
- Discuss how an organization’s ability to create, capture, and maintain value is fundamental for a sustainable competitive advantage.
- Formulate a strategic ethical plan that motivates a workforce and inspires others to follow.
Supply Chain Management & Logistics
The supply chain management and logistics concentration prepares you for a leadership role in industry, government service, or a nonprofit organization.
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- Assess supply chain strategy to ensure its integration with major organizational functions and processes supports the organization’s strategic objectives and goals.
- Analyze procurement and manufacturing operations to result in finished goods and services that can be delivered to the customer.
- Conduct the planning, coordination, and execution of efficient and cost-effective inventory, warehousing, transportation, and distribution of finished goods and services to consumers.
Baker offers the support to help you succeed.
When you succeed, we succeed!
Financial aid is available. Earning a degree requires a substantial investment of time and money. A variety of payment options are available, including financial aid to those who qualify. And we help you through the process so you can make your dream of a degree a reality.
Prior Learning & Assessment Center: Earn credit for college-level knowledge you have gained through experiences outside the traditional college classroom.
Learn from business professionals. Instructors in Baker University’s business programs are working professionals from diverse disciplines. As experts in their respective fields, they will share their experiences and knowledge with you while challenging you to reflect and critically examine the world in which you live.
Baker builds business leaders. A degree from Baker commands respect in the business community—particularly in the Kansas City market. It signifies that you have met Baker’s rigorous standards and have acquired the knowledge and skills to excel in your career.
