University of La Verne MBA

Founded in 1891, The University of La Verne is a leading private doctoral university located in La Verne, California (USA). It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The university offers three online degree programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor’s in Public Administration (BPA), and Bachelor’s in Organizational Management (BOM).

The College of Business and Public Management offers the MBA for Experienced Professionals with a number of Concentrations at several locations as follows:
- Bakersfield
- Burbank
- Garden Grove
- La Verne Main Campus
- La Verne Online
- Oxnard
- Rancho Cucamonga
- San Luis Obispo
- Vandenberg
- Victorville

Available Concentrations:
  • Accounting 
  • Finance
  • Health Services Management 
  • Information Technology 
  • International Business 
  • Managed Care
  • Management and Leadership
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management 
However the Online MBA is offered with one concentration only at this time: Management & Leadership. The Online MBA for Experienced Professionals is designed to develop effective future business leaders, and is primarily for adult professionals with a minimum of 3 years of full time professional experience with or without undergraduate business degrees. Core Courses include: Accounting Information for Decision-Making, Financial Management, Management of Information Technology, Managing in a Global Economy, etc.

Accreditations and Rankings:

- Ranked 18th among California colleges and universities and 206th overall in the Forbes Magazine “America’s Best Colleges 2009”.

- The MBA program is the largest ranked by a non-profit university in the Inland Empire, and the fourth largest in Los Angeles County after Pepperdine, USC, and UCLA.

- The University is regionally accredited by the WASC (985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501; 510-748-9001).

- The Masters in Public Administration program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).

- The Doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

- The Athletic Training Education Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

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