With a Bethel MBA, you’ll be a collaborative, ethical leader who can make a difference.
At a glance
Delivery
Blended, Face to Face, and Online
Finish in as few as
18-24 months
Estimated tuition
$20,000-$28,350
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Lucas Hyllberg
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Program highlights
Faculty practitioners
Bethel MBA faculty are accomplished business practitioners with strong academic qualifications who bring high-level vision and hands-on experience to enhance your learning process.
Faith Integration
We welcome all students from all backgrounds, and our faculty teach from a Christian worldview. We emphasize character development that is fueled by genuine transformation.
Flexibility
Our program is designed for professionals who work, have a family, and have community commitments. It can be completed 100% online, in person, or a mix of online and face to face. Courses begin every six weeks, allowing you to focus on one course at a time and start any time throughout the year and finish in as few as 24-30 months.
Holistic leadership development
Job descriptions change, but organizations will always look for ethical leaders. We train you not just for a position, but to be the best person you can be—professionally, intellectually, personally, ethically, and spiritually.
Coaching and networking
A certified career coach will support you and use assessments to help you navigate your next career move. And you’ll build a network for life with your classmates and Bethel’s highly regarded alumni.
Utilize your credits
We often award up to nine credits toward the 42-credit MBA for those who have master’s level professional certifications. Students in Bethel’s B.S. in Accounting, B.S. in Business Management, and B.A. in Organizational Leadership programs can take up to three MBA courses instead of adult undergraduate courses to jumpstart their MBA through the CAPS to MBA Pathway.
Jumpstart your MBA journey
Your past experience can help you get a head start toward an MBA. Through the MBA Pathway for Certified Professionals, certified public accountants (CPA), certified financial planners (CFP), project management professionals (PMP), and other certified professionals can jumpstart their journey to an MBA with a Management Concentration. CPAs, CFPs, and PMPs can earn nine credits through past experience, meaning you won’t have to take three courses.
Student success
More than 60% of Bethel MBA students find a better job or are promoted while in the program, and many more receive promotions soon after graduation.
Recent News
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Upcoming Events
JAN 30 2025
Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) Requires Greater Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Noon CT
Join MBA Program Director Dr. Jeanine Parolini for an engaging discussion as we critically think through the necessity of EI related to AI.
Preparing Ethical Leaders
Today’s society is suffering from a deficit of ethical leadership. Our MBA program aims to change that by preparing ethical Leaders. Our courses are open to all students, and our faculty teach from a Christian worldview that is an essential and distinctive part of Bethel. We don’t just teach ethics—we live them. You’ll graduate from Bethel with more than an MBA. You’ll strengthen your character, broaden your perspective, increase your confidence, and deepen your compassion. In the process, you'll become the kind of business leader others admire and follow—and the kind organizations are looking to hire and promote.
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MBA students say the program enhanced their leadership skills
One of the reasons I wanted to attend Bethel was because of the faith-based curriculum. Our professors encouraged us to integrate faith into our professional lives and lead by example. I have continually been inspired by the faculty in this program.
Maria Olson '17I’m already reaping the benefits of the MBA program. Over the past three years, I’ve been promoted and changed jobs twice within Toro.
Kristin Anderson '16Toro
At Bethel, we are focused on you. We are here to help you get to your goals. You are not a number at Bethel: you are a valued part of the Bethel community and family, and your career goals are important to us. Let us to help you get there.
Jeanine ParoliniMBA Program Director
My leadership classes at Bethel gave me a guide to becoming a good leader, and contributed to my promotion to a leadership position at Valspar.
Jordan Luinstra '17Valspar
Teamwork is integrated throughout the program. Bethel blends it into each course with real-life practicality. The ability to work with others is an absolute necessity in any organization, and I’ve learned to embrace world views and skill sets which are different from mine.
Shawn Ingvaldsen '14Current job: Director of Field Operations, Scholastic
Enrolling in the MBA program has been the best decision I’ve ever made. The confidence and growth I’ve obtained is incredible. The program has transformed me both personally and professionally.
Coreen Thomason '17People around me have noticed a change in how I act and lead, and that is the biggest compliment that I and Bethel’s MBA program can receive.
Jeff Balousek '17The MBA program was not about getting three letters behind my name, but rather about self-awareness and truly learning how to be a better leader. Not only did I learn a lot, but the person I am today personally and professionally is quite different from when I started.
Collette Friedrichs '17
I consider my MBA program to be the starting point to the purpose God has for my life.
Pradeep Gandamala '16Career Outcomes
Outcomes
Bethel’s MBA program will transform you professionally, intellectually, personally, ethically, and spiritually. You’ll become the kind of discerning, ethical leader that organizations are looking to hire and promote. Our graduates work at prestigious organizations in a wide variety of career fields.
Skills
Learn how to:
- Integrate leadership theory, scholarship, and practice with developmental self-awareness
- Respond to leadership dilemmas in a manner consistent with your beliefs and ethical principles
- Communicate effectively in a variety of leadership settings
- Prioritize relevant internal and external factors that affect business decision-making
- Create evidence-based solutions to business challenges and opportunities
- Analyze the complex relationship between local business conditions and the global commercial environment
- Apply effective leadership and collaboration strategies to virtual and culturally diverse environments
Employers
Our graduates work at:
- Target
- General Mills
- Medtronic
- Deloitte, LLP
- UnitedHealth Group
- Wells Fargo
- Honeywell
- Boston Scientific
- 3M
- Land O’Lakes
- Cargill
- Cummins
- Thomson Reuters
- Honeywell
- Allina Health
- Fairview Health
- Donaldson Company
- Guidant Corp.
- Mayo Clinic
- SuperValu/United Natural Foods Inc.
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