Stem-Designated Full-Time MBA
Lead Fearlessly into the Future
Immerse yourself in the STEM-designated Full-Time MBA program and unlock your potential. We’ve designed our transformational, data-focused curriculum to contextualize cutting-edge concepts, whether exploring the possibilities of AI and machine learning, quantifying the risks of climate change, or powering inclusive entrepreneurship. Gain the skills you'll need to lead in a world filled with technological change, global realignment, changing consumer behavior, and fluctuating foreign exchange currencies, so you can make data-driven decisions that have a real impact on people's lives.
With a such comprehensive curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, networking, and individual goal-setting, transform into a business leader capable of tackling modern challenges with confidence. You'll be equipped with the tools and frameworks to overcome any obstacle and thrive in an ever-changing business landscape.
Credits
54 Credits
Program Duration
2 Years
Upcoming Deadline
December 15
Prerequisites
GMAT/GRE Waived
A Smith MBA prepares you for long-term career success with:
Your curriculum will help transform your understanding of management, organizational functions, strategy and analytics.
Deepen your expertise in high-demand subject areas.
Your experiential learning projects and your capstone course will cover highly relevant topics, ranging from corporate innovation initiatives with major firms to global consulting work.
121%
Average Salary Increase Post-MBA
$130K
Average Starting Salary (2023)
$40K
Average Signing Bonus (2023)
In the Full-Time MBA program, you’ll learn to:
"The Smith community introduced me to friends and classmates from more than 20 different countries. And the collaboration really goes beyond anything you’d expect. Sure, every school touts its collaborative community. But before our internship interviews, students would lead open refresher lectures on all sorts of topics—finance, presentation skills—just to make sure absolutely everyone was prepared to do their best."
Vignesh Ilango, MBA ’20
Senior Vice President of Independent Risk Management
Citi
Customize for Your Career with Specializations
Specializations allow you to tailor your MBA education to the career path you want to pursue. You’ll have the flexibility to choose and combine specializations in five areas.
Specializations are built through offerings of electives and thus may be subject to change.
Want to lead in the tech industry, or have a leadership position in a technology function? Learn to strategically harness AI for competitive advantage while centering decisions around informed human judgment.
Discover the best ways to bring innovation to market, thrive in the current entrepreneurial ecosystem, and take advantage of the resources at the renowned Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.
Build the knowledge and skills you’ll need to help companies make strategic investment decisions, value their assets, and manage their financial risk. Fintech fluency will open doors and opportunities.
Learn the principles of effective brand and product management. Gain proficiency with the latest in-demand marketing concepts and tools, including AI and digital marketing, while also developing strong knowledge of consumer behavior.
Address the complex challenges of sustainability in business and management. You’ll also gain the ability to provide thoughtful, clear-eyed analysis of environmental policies and their connection to changing socio-economic conditions.
Admissions Events
Full-Time MBA Virtual Info Session
8:30 AM EST
Full-Time MBA Virtual Info Session
8:30 AM EST
Get Hands-On Learning Experience
Our MBA program will provide you with opportunities to work with real companies to solve the types of complex challenges you'll face in the business world. Our Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELPs) enhance your collaborative leadership capabilities, demonstrate the impact of classroom learning and allow you to hone skills you will use throughout your career. As an MBA student, you'll also have the opportunity to get hands-on experience managing the Mayer Fund, the Smith School's $7 million professional management fund. We draw on deep relationships with companies across many industries, including:
- Defense
- Finance
- Hospitality
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Sports Management
- State and Federal Government
- Technology
MBA Advisory Council
Advisory Councils keep us actively engaged with industry leaders and experts, who bring their real-world experience to help shape what students learn, match classroom lessons to real-world needs and widen the pipeline for internship and job opportunities.
Turn Your MBA into a Tech MBA
Turn your MBA degree into a Tech MBA by taking courses through the Graduate Certificate in Technology Management program. With a Tech MBA, you'll get a comprehensive overview of how technology is created, managed and cultivated within teams. The certificate can be completed as your second-year elective track, and is taught by faculty from Smith School of Business, the Clark School of Engineering and the School of Public Policy.
Courses for the Tech Management Certificate are held at our DC campus every other weekend and supplemented by self-paced online work. Students can attend these electives without conflict with other full-time MBA courses. The DC campus is easily accessible from College Park by metro.
Learn from Top Faculty
At Smith, you’ll learn from and connect with dynamic faculty members who stand at the top of their field. They regularly serve as consultants for large financial institutions, multinational corporations and government agencies. And in the classroom, they’ll share those same techniques they use to help corporate clients implement their own data-driven decision-making.
The Smith School’s faculty expertise in analytics, optimization, and operations management and in new fields like data science and blockchain, helps students develop contemporary tools and frameworks for better decision-making in any industry.
Twenty-four Smith professors are in the top 2% of the most-cited scholars and scientists worldwide -- which means other professors go to our professors for knowledge, and that you have access to the best of the best.
21 Smith School Professors Named Among Top 2% Scholars Worldwide.
Take Advantage of Career Resources
Smith MBAs have access to a host of resources through the Office of Career Services, which provides personalized support for each student’s career search for a lifetime of positive returns on their investment.
Services include:
- One-on-one career coaching
- Interview prep and resume review
- On campus recruiting opportunities with hundreds of companies
- Terp Network Team connects students with a team composed of a career coach, an employer engagement team member and a Smith alumnus for personal career development advice
Smith Alumni Succeed in All Industries
Our MBA alum have secured employment at a variety of top companies, including:
- Consulting 10%
- Marketing/Sales 32%
- General Management 19%
- Finance/Accounting 13%
- Operations/Logistics 10%
- Other 16%
- Technology 10%
- Consulting 3%
- Financial Services 39%
- Government 3%
- Consumer Packaged Goods 10%
- Healthcare/Pharma 13%
- Media/Entertainment 13%
- Non-Profit/Education 6%
- Retail 3%
- Other 10%
One of a Kind Community
The Smith MBA community is collaborative and deeply engaged. Your classmates are your biggest fans. Smith students genuinely support each other in the classroom and on the job search. Fearless and fierce, they know what they want out of their careers. When they come together as a team, nothing can stand in their way.
I was a marketing analyst for a fitness company, and after meeting with executives and other members of the C-Suite, I realized I needed to learn how business worked holistically. What brought me to Smith was the ability to pair my MBA degree with an MS in marketing analytics degree. That experience made Smith the total package for me.
Bill Morton, MBA ’19
Retention Marketing Manager
Callaway Golf
I have always had a data-driven mindset, and my Smith professors helped me deepen this knowledge base. Understanding data and knowing how to interpret it to pitch my ideas to a leadership team is so empowering.
Tia Konitzer, MBA ’19
Marketing Manager
Meta
Gateway to the World
The DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia region) is unparalleled in professional opportunities, smart people, jobs and cultural resources.
Maryland is ranked No. 4 Most Innovative State (WalletHub, 2023) based on the number of STEM professionals, R&D per capita and the concentration of tech companies. Our region also leads the nation in opportunities in fintech, life sciences and cybersecurity industries. With so much innovation happening here at the university and its immediate surroundings, there are endless opportunities for exciting internships and professional roles post-graduation.
With the Metro, Amtrak and three major international airports within 30 miles, it’s easy to get to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or even the West Coast for internships and interviews.
The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has the third strongest job market in the country.
U.S. News and World Report, 2023
Is an MBA degree a good fit for me?
The Smith School is currently accepting applications for the cohort that begins in Fall 2024.
At the Center of Business
The Washington, D.C. - Baltimore region is a hub of opportunity for networking, experiential learning, internships and jobs.
Home to federal agencies, corporate headquarters, world-class think tanks, and national and international nonprofits, it's an engine of innovation and explosive growth in digital technology and biosciences.
With 30,000 of our 70,000+ alumni living in the metroplex that includes Baltimore, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., our location gives you easy access to the region's largest alumni network of business leaders.
