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About

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is offered by the university in keeping with Cumberland’s Mission to provide opportunities for advanced study in fields appropriate to the needs of the community. The program seeks to provide individuals who have earned an accredited baccalaureate degree in any field with an opportunity to acquire advanced business expertise while continuing to work full-time during the period of enrollment. The program of study was instituted in 1995 with the first graduates receiving the MBA degree at the May 1997 commencement exercises.

MBA Vision

The vision of the Cumberland University MBA Program is to contribute to the enhancement of organizational leadership in the Middle Tennessee area and beyond by graduating persons with advanced business decision making skills and heightened commitment to ethical business practices.

MBA Mission

The Master of Business Administration program at Cumberland University empowers our graduates to become strategic leaders with management skills and knowledge to ensure their professional and personal success as twenty-first century global leaders.

Program Goals

Faculty members are committed to help students accepted into the MBA program at Cumberland University to meet four learning goals:

  • To demonstrate advanced business and economics knowledge.
  • To demonstrate ethical awareness and advanced decision making skills.
  • To demonstrate advanced competence in gathering and analyzing organizational information from internal and external sources using technology and literature.
  • To demonstrate advanced competence in the synthesis, evaluation, and communication of decisions.

ACBSP Quality - Real World Application

Cumberland’s MBA is accredited by both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.

Organizations want their employees to have the practical knowledge that they can implement right away. An ACBSP accredited MBA from Cumberland emphasizes real-world applications of business expertise, which will provide you the skills you need at any organization.

What our graduates say

“The small class sizes helped me to feel like a name, not just a number.”

-Haley Austin '19, Employee Compliance Analyst at Dollar General Corporate

Contact us. We’re here to help.

If you have any questions or need any help through your next steps, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Program Director, Paul Percy at (423) 328-4423 or email ppercy@cumberland.edu. We’re here to help guide you through this process and discuss your future at Cumberland University.

The Admissions Office is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm CST. Please contact the Admissions Office at 615-547-1246 or email graduateadmissions@cumberland.edu. 

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