The Ultimate MBA Program for Working Professionals
The Knauss Part-Time MBA is made for career-driven professionals. Balance your job responsibilities during the day with coursework completed on campus in the evenings. During the program, you’ll be able to expand your network and sharpen your business acumen all on your own time, earning your MBA in just 20-24 months. Or take longer to balance life's demands.
#4
Part-Time MBA Program in California
Fortune, 2024
#8
Best Green MBA
The Princeton Review, 2025
Top 10
MBA for ROI
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2025
See the Difference — MBA Program Comparison
As a Part-Time MBA student at USD, you'll build a foundation of core business skills and technical acumen while getting the opportunity to specialize in a niche business area with six MBA concentrations. You'll have access to all of the extracurricular, networking and professional development opportunities that the Knauss School of Business — and its centers and institutes — have to offer.
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Where Are Knauss MBA Graduates Today?
MBA Curriculum
Explore the Newest Trends in Business
What’s the best way to use new technology to market products? What are the organizational practices that make a difference across the globe? The Knauss MBA curriculum goes above and beyond the fundamentals because students like you are made to be innovators.
New: Course Waivers
Put Your Expertise to Work for You
We believe experience matters. As a new feature of our Part-Time and Flex MBA programs, students may be eligible to waive some required classes based on professional experience, prior coursework and assessments. If you have two years of work experience and an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher completed within the last seven years, you can apply to waive up to 14 units of core MBA coursework.
Featured Classes
Outcomes
Level Up Your Business Career
Alumni of the Knauss MBA program are leaders, innovators and changemakers. If you’re looking forward to how the Knauss MBA can help advance your career, here’s how our recent part-time graduates are doing.
$116,357
Average Salary
of recent Part-Time MBA graduates
Average over three years
43%
Job Promotion
employed Part-Time MBA students who received a promotion after graduation
Average over three years
Part Time MBA - Employment by Function
- Finance: 28%
- Marketing/Sales: 19%
- Operations/Logistics: 19%
- General Management: 14%
- Information Technology: 10%
- Consulting: 10%
Part Time MBA - Employment by Industry
- Technology: 33%
- Non-Profit: 19%
- Financial Services: 9%
- Manufacturing: 9%
- Real Estate: 5%
- Consulting: 5%
- Other: 10%
Where Recent Graduates Found Employment:
Tuition, Scholarships and Financial Aid
Let’s Talk Knauss MBA Cost
An MBA program is a big commitment. At the University of San Diego’s Knauss School of Business, your tuition is an investment that will set you up for success. And we can support you through various financial aid options including scholarships dedicated for business students.
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