Online MBA in Project Management Plan, Execute, Succeed

45
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Learn How to Oversee Critical Operations with Our MBA in Project Management Online
Our 100% online Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Project Management degree program can advance your understanding of project management and set you apart as a leader in your organization. Liberty’s project management courses focus on providing instruction on how to manage teams and develop a project plan, performance measurement, evaluation, quality control, effective outsourcing, and managing risk, all of which are pertinent to the field of business — both nationally and globally.
Our online MBA in Project Management program features foundational business courses as well as advanced and universal concepts that can help you jump-start your career as a business professional.
Whether you are seeking to advance in your current role or break into a new career, our program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and training needed to be successful as a project manager. Throughout our online MBA in Project Management degree program, you can participate in advanced studies of planning, scheduling, communication, negotiation, and leadership. We want to help you sharpen the skills and knowledge you already possess in advanced studies so that you can be prepared for a career in project management.
If you want to focus even more of your course content on project management, then Liberty’s Masters in Project Management could be a better fit for your goals.
Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Project Management.









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Why Choose Liberty’s Online MBA in Project Management Program?
Our online MBA in Project Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and is an industry leader among MBA in Project Management programs. Courses in this online degree can help prepare you with contact hours in project management required to sit for the certification examination offered through the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Liberty University is one of the largest private, nonprofit universities in the nation and the largest university in Virginia. We work hard every day to live up to those credentials by improving our curriculum and teaching methods continually as well as by building upon the strengths you possess when you enter your program. Our Master of Business Administration – Project Management degree program is offered 100% online, which allows you to continue your career while completing your MBA.
What Will You Study in Liberty’s MBA in Project Management Online Program?
Our online MBA in Project Management explores the integral aspects of business and leadership in project management. You can learn about the various components of project management in relation to project selection, aligning projects with organizational strategy, estimating project times and costs, and managing risk.
Training in leading project teams is provided as an in-depth study of high-performance teams, managing team conflict, motivation, and the empowerment of teams. As a project manager, you will not only need skills in organization and implementation but also in human relations. Additionally, you can learn how to efficiently plan, design, implement, assess, and report project performance.
We want to prepare you for any situation that may arise in your career as a project manager. For that reason, we have created a specialized course that focuses on risk management. This course covers the principles and concepts of risk management, process and planning, critical success factors for effectiveness, and how to perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. Our desire is that you can be better prepared in creating quality project management processes for successful outcomes.
Our courses are taught by business professionals with real-world, practical experience. Through our flexible online format, you can have the opportunity to learn from these industry leaders while remaining in your current position and improving your knowledge, experience, and résumé! Liberty University’s MBA in Project Management offers an unparalleled online community, emphasizing Christ-centered business practices, ethical decision-making, and faculty mentorship. By the end of your MBA, you will have completed a capstone project to demonstrate your expertise, which can boost your marketability as a practiced project manager.
Potential Career Opportunities
Graduates of our online MBA in Project Management can have the opportunity to pursue careers in a wide variety of industries and positions including:
- Assistant project manager
- Business marketing
- Project scheduler
- Senior project manager
If you are seeking PMI certification, please confirm with the Project Management Institute (PMI) that you are meeting all requirements for that certification.
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Admission Information for the Master of Business Administration – Project Management Degree
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Students must also have completed at least 15 hours of upper-level (300-400) undergraduate business credit. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Upon acceptance, the graduate transfer department will evaluate students for 27 hours of business credit in the following subject areas: accounting, business ethics, business finance, business integration and strategic management, business leadership, global dimensions of business, information management systems, legal environment of business, macroeconomics, human resource management, operations/production management, organizational behavior, marketing, microeconomics, or quantitative research techniques/statistics. Those who are missing some or all of these subject areas may be required to take BMAL 590.
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Upon acceptance, the graduate transfer department will evaluate students for 27 hours of business credit in the following subject areas: accounting, business ethics, business finance, business integration and strategic management, business leadership, global dimensions of business, information management systems, legal environment of business, macroeconomics, human resource management, operations/production management, organizational behavior, marketing, microeconomics, or quantitative research techniques/statistics. Those who are missing some or all of these subject areas may be required to take BMAL 590.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
- Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
- Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
- If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
- Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.
Dual Enrollment
Please see the Online Dual Enrollment page for information about starting graduate courses while finishing your bachelor’s degree.
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Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
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Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $275 per credit hour for graduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $625 per course)*
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
*Not applicable to certificates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Master of Business Administration in Project Management?
The MBA in Project Management is designed to give you essential business management and leadership training specialized to project management work. By studying the skills you need to manage teams in working toward specific business goals, you can help make projects move more smoothly. This program emphasizes the tools, processes, and techniques used by project managers to handle small to large teams with multi-stage projects, as well as managing key performance indicators for businesses in any industry.
How can I become qualified to pursue my CAPM certification?
Liberty’s MBA in Project Management online can help you prepare to sit for the CAPM examination, which is a credential conferred through the Project Management Institute (PMI). Our program provides you with courses that cover the basic skills included in the exam so you can pursue this certification.
The Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) is a valuable certification that can do the following:
- Demonstrate your ability to professionally navigate a variety of challenges in project management
- Give employers confidence in your ability to effectively manage projects and teams
- Help you advance in your current career
- Open opportunities for new careers within the field of project management
What can I do with an MBA in Project Management?
If you earn an MBA in Project Management, you can become better equipped with the essential business, management, and leadership skills needed for many industry roles. You can develop specialized skills in project management that every industry needs to achieve complex goals. Whether in sales departments or IT firms, companies and organizations need help managing the individual responsibilities of many employees.
With an MBA in Project Management, you can have a background in business management and the skill set of a project manager that can help you be a more successful executive or program director. If you want to have flexibility to handle projects and administrative tasks, then the MBA online project management program can help you get the training you need.
Do you need an MBA to be a project manager?
To become a project manager, you need specialized training in the tools, methods, and strategies project managers use to solve business problems. But if you already have a bachelor’s degree, then it can be difficult to get these special skills. Business management graduate programs can have some of these skill areas as part of their curriculum, but a project manager master’s degree will be especially focused on giving you the training you need.
A master’s in business management like Liberty’s MBA in Project Management can help provide advanced training in these areas. Through your project and business management courses, you can learn how to solve real-world business problems through project management techniques.
Is a PMP better than an MBA?
Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is a professional designation provided by the Project Management Institute. As with the CAPM, the PMP certification is not an academic degree and instead is intended to demonstrate your professional skills from the field. Since the PMP is an exam based on experience, you are expected to have work experience as a project manager before taking the exam.
Our recommended path for career project managers is to pursue the MBA in Project Management or the MS in Project Management, which can prepare you for the CAPM exam. Later, after gaining experience in the field, you can be better equipped to take the PMP exam to further demonstrate your expertise as a project manager. Our degree in project management can be an effective starting point for your career.
Does this program have any additional accreditation?
Our online MBA in Project Management program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Our School of Business is among only 3% of business schools worldwide to earn ACBSP accreditation.
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