PLU MBA Program

About the PLU MBA

Skills to Lead The PLU MBA

"My undergraduate degree provided a basic framework, but the PLU MBA program was much more strategic—it helped me tie all the pieces together, which is essential for managing a business." Darren Hamby,MBA '92 VP of Human Resources, ZymoGenetics

Director of Graduate Programs, Theresa Ramos

(253)535-7330 or ramostr@plu.edu

Emphasis Areas

The program offers a general MBA or the option to customize your experience with an emphasis area including: Entrepreneurship & New Venture Management, Health Care Management or Technology & Innovation Management.

Exciting Curriculum

Designed for relevance in a dynamic business environment, PLU's curriculum focuses on integration and interaction in the classroom, as well as developing skill-based competencies and insights to facilitate career and personal success.

Superior Faculty

Professors are professionally and doctorally qualified. They teach fundamentals as well as the most current issues and trends. All have private sector experience and the majority have lived or worked abroad.

Small Classes

The average MBA class size is 15 students, allowing for a dynamic and personalized learning environment.

Choice and Flexibility

You can design your own focus, with a core of required courses and a wide variety of electives. You take evening classes (typically two evenings per week) and attend full-time or part-time. You can take as few as two years or as many as seven years to finish your MBA. You can focus your MBA in Technology and Innovation Management, Health care, Entrepreneurship or earn a broad-based general management degree. An advisor will assist you personally in scheduling your coursework and relating your studies to your career and goals.

Student-Focused Learning

Teamwork, interaction and diversity are key elements of your classroom experience. 95% of PLU MBA students have work experience so you will be engaged in learning from your classmates as well as from faculty, texts and cases.

Established Alumni Network

Strong alumni connections, both locally and around the world, are here to assist you in making important business contacts.