Program Details
The Penn State Smeal One-Year MBA is a customizable, full-time residential program designed for a range of students from recent graduates with limited experience to working professionals who are looking to advance in their careers and sharpen their business acumen.
- Program Structure: Begin the program in August to earn your STEM-designated MBA in 9 months at Penn State’s University Park campus.
- Customizable: Your MBA from Smeal gives you ability to build a custom learning plan with stackable* credentials, making it possible to earn a sequential degree in areas including accounting, business analytics, finance, real estate analysis and development, and supply chain management.
- Experiential Learning: The program will expand your classroom learning through unique, hands-on experiences to further develop key business and leadership skills so you are prepared to make an immediate impact.
- Global Perspective: Through core coursework and the opportunity to participate in a global immersion at an overseas destination, you will gain a unique global perspective critical for today’s leaders.
- Student Success First: With a focus on early career leadership and dedicated graduate career services, we’re a business college that cares about your long-term success.
- 778K+ Business Partners: The Penn State alumni network is our biggest asset, and with 96,000+ Smeal alumni and counting, we are everywhere in the world and always in your corner—ready to open doors, offer advice, and cheer you on.
*Federal financial aid may only be used to pay for credits used to satisfy degree requirements. For more information on financial aid, please visit www.psu.edu and select "Costs and Aid".
Stacking Smeal Credentials
Smeal allows for more flexible, personalized education with the ability to stack degrees. One-Year MBA students may use eligible credits from their MBA toward a sequential master’s degree. Courses will be waived only after the student has applied and been accepted into the secondary program. MBA students can stack with the following Smeal master’s programs:
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Finance
- Real Estate Analysis & Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Online)
- Marketing Analytics and Insights (Online)
- Taxation (Online)
Joint Degrees
- JD/MBA: Penn State Dickinson Law and the Smeal College of Business offer a joint degree leading to a Juris Doctor (JD) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Law students may pause their legal studies to complete Smeal's full-time, residential One-Year MBA program.
- MD/MBA: This five-year joint degree program allows students to integrate business training into their medical education. Students typically begin Phase III of the MD curriculum in March, completing several courses before starting Smeal's One-Year MBA program in August. No medical coursework is expected during the MBA year. Upon completion of the MBA program, students will resume their clinical rotations to finish their medical degree.
For more information, contact us at oneyearmba@smeal.psu.edu.
