Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance Online

Position yourself for leadership roles when you build strong business knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of financial management and accounting methodologies.

Apply By: 12/30/24
Start Class: 1/13/25
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Program Overview

Expand your professional opportunities with an online accounting & finance MBA

Learn crucial cost management policies and core business fundamentals with a Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance online program from Florida Institute of Technology. In this IACBE-accredited program, you will study investment management, the online marketplace, data collection, risk assessment, effective negotiation and legal finance responsibilities. You will also take courses focused on advanced business problems and current organizational topics.

Case studies and coursework build your understanding of modern corporate challenges and expand your knowledge of economics, statistics and marketing, preparing you to develop comprehensive business plans. Curriculum also features STEM-based concepts, empowering you with a multitude of high-tech skills upon graduation.

As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:

  • Understand managerial economics and microeconomic forces that influence business decision-making, including competitive markets, benefit-cost analysis and decision-making under risk and uncertainty
  • Understand the importance of internal reporting for planning and control and formulating major plans and policies
  • Understand financial management and planning, organizational behavior, design and management practices
  • Use knowledge of leadership theory, operations management and corporate ventures to build competitive marketing plans and business strategies
  • Create a complete business plan using critical business concepts
  • Apply modern theories of effective leadership, management and negotiations
  • Assess and manage risk using financial, statistical and economic data
  • Integrate marketing, operations, personnel and financial initiatives
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:
  • Understand managerial economics and microeconomic forces that influence business decision-making, including competitive markets, benefit-cost analysis and decision-making under risk and uncertainty
  • Understand the importance of internal reporting for planning and control and formulating major plans and policies
  • Understand financial management and planning, organizational behavior, design and management practices
  • Use knowledge of leadership theory, operations management and corporate ventures to build competitive marketing plans and business strategies
  • Create a complete business plan using critical business concepts
  • Apply modern theories of effective leadership, management and negotiations
  • Assess and manage risk using financial, statistical and economic data
  • Integrate marketing, operations, personnel and financial initiatives

Career opportunities:

  • Director of accounting
  • Chief financial officer
  • Senior financial analyst
  • Finance operations director
  • Accountant
  • Auditor
  • Financial analyst
  • Chief financial officer
  • Financial manager
  • Financial accountant
Career opportunities:
  • Director of accounting
  • Chief financial officer
  • Senior financial analyst
  • Finance operations director
  • Accountant
  • Auditor
  • Financial analyst
  • Chief financial officer
  • Financial manager
  • Financial accountant

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Total Tuition $33,720.12*
Duration As few as 15 months
Credit Hours 36

Accreditation

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The Nathan M. Bisk College of Business at Florida Institute of Technology has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs, please view our IACBE member status page.

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Tuition

Tuition details for the MBA in Accounting and Finance

Tuition for the MBA in Accounting and Finance is affordable. Take advantage of our pay-by-the-course system, so you can manage your budget as you pursue your degree. Technology fees are included in the total tuition.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA in Accounting and Finance $936.67 $2,810.01 $33,720.12

*Published tuition costs may differ from a student’s estimated total “cost of attendance,” which includes the amount an online student may choose to spend on expenses such as housing and food, books and supplies, transportation and other personal items or activities per academic year. As a Florida Tech Online student, you will only ever be billed for applicable tuition and fees. All other costs listed below are estimates per academic year required by the federal government to help you budget for your education. For further information regarding program tuition and fees, please reach out to your enrollment representative or refer to the undergraduate or graduate fees policy. View full cost of attendance information.

Potential Expenses Per Year

Program Technology Fees Federal Student Loan Fees Housing & Food Books & Supplies Transport Personal Expenses Total
MBA in Accounting and Finance (Full-Time) $300 $166 $15,240 $1,200 $1,500 $2,100 $
MBA in Accounting and Finance (Part-Time) $150 $166 $7,620 $600 $750 $1,050

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $33,720.12*
Per Credit Hour $936.67

Calendar

Schedule your educational journey using these dates

The MBA in Accounting and Finance online program is ideal for working students. Choose from multiple start dates and complete your degree at the pace that best fits your schedule.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Fall 2 202410/21/2410/7/2410/14/2410/16/2410/18/2412/15/248 weeks
Spring 1 20251/13/2512/30/241/6/251/8/251/10/253/9/258 weeks
Spring 2 20253/17/253/3/253/10/253/12/253/14/255/11/258 Weeks
Summer 20255/19/255/5/255/12/255/14/255/16/257/13/258 weeks

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Next Apply Date 12/30/24
Start Class 1/13/25

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Admissions

What you need for admission into the finance & accounting MBA online program

At Florida Tech, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly. Please read the requirements for the MBA in Accounting and Finance online program.

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  • Application for admissions
  • Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Official transcripts from all colleges and universities
  • Current résumé
  • Undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:

Mail address:
Office of Admissions
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901

Admission Requirements

  • No application fee
  • No GMAT/GRE
  • GPA of 3.0 or above

Courses

Course details for your MBA in Accounting and Finance online program

For the MBA in Accounting and Finance online, the curriculum comprises 36 credit hours, including 18 credit hours of core courses, 12 credit hours of accounting and finance specilization courses and 6 credit hours of directed electives.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an understanding of the microeconomic forces that influence firm decision-making. Includes competitive markets and market failure, benefit-cost analysis, demand estimation and forecasting, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, production and cost estimation, and market structure analysis.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on internal reporting to managers for use in planning and control, in making nonroutine decisions and in formulating major plans and policies. Covers cost-volume-profit relationships, flexible budgets and standards, job order and process cost, and cost allocation and accumulation.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies the concepts and tools of corporate financial management and financial planning, including capital budgeting, capital structure and net working capital. Considers the importance of ethics in financial decision-making.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Presents existing research, theories and models explaining how individual and group behavior and processes shape the internal dynamics of organizations. Provides the foundation to understand contemporary debates concerning alternative organizational designs and management practices.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the tools and techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize and solve marketing problems, and effective communication of recommendations. Uses case analysis extensively.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In-depth analysis of industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level. Augmented by live-case analyses.

The following foundation courses are considered prerequisites to this program and will be waived for any student with an undergraduate degree in business or who has taken undergraduate courses in accounting, economics and finance with a minimum grade of B.

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines necessary tools required to plan and run a successful business venture. Requires integration of concepts, methods and models from accounting, economics and marketing in forming a business plan for a product or service in a case study.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Builds on BUS 5601.  Examines and uses concepts, methods and models from the functional business areas of statistics, finance, management and law. Requires students to integrate each component into a complete business plan.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Broadly exposes the accounting major to advanced subjects in accounting; furthers the student’s ability to analyze and present solutions to complex accounting problems, as well as interpret and apply theoretical issues; and develops the student’s communication and presentation skills.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Investigates the concepts, theories and techniques underlying the development of investment policies and strategies.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Uses case studies to analyze approaches to managerial accounting. Covers the application of decision and control models, planning and control under conditions of uncertainty, ethics and current issues in the development and practice of managerial accounting.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces the three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range of international financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign operations can have on financial statements.

Six credit hours of directed electives (BUS 5000-level or higher) are required if BUS 5601 Essentials of Business Development 1 and BUS 5602 Essentials of Business Development 2 are waived.

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