Overview
In today's competitive business environment, where technology skills are often outsourced, many businesses consider it critical to keep project-management talent in-house. Capella University's online MBA in Project Management program helps put you in demand and equips you to integrate leadership and team-development skills to support the success of complex, cross-functional business projects.
This program is accredited by The Project Management Institute (PMI®) Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC) and was designed around A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
To help you build a solid foundation of business knowledge and high-level skills, our online MBA program offers:
- Integrated business disciplines to prepare you to excel in a cross-functional business environment
- Simulation scenarios and a personalized capstone project that allows you to blend knowledge gained throughout the program and apply it to a project meaningful to your career
- MBA Central, your gateway to program news and resources, including current business information, events, networking, and exchanges with experts, faculty, and peers
- Mobile-access learning that fits into your busy lifestyle
Capella and The Wall Street Journal: A collaboration that works for you
Capella University has teamed with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to offer business students full digital access* to the most timely, relevant business news, enhancing your academic experience and giving you a competitive edge in your career.
The annual Capella Business Leader Award, sponsored by WSJ, helps inspire our students to reach their potential. Each year, three eligible business students are recognized as business leaders and given the opportunity to visit Wall Street, the epicenter of U.S. business. The 2016 award recipients will travel to New York City to visit WSJ headquarters, meet with Dow Jones Talent Development leaders, and much more.
*To be eligible for full digital access to WSJ.com, students must have successfully completed their first course and be currently enrolled.
FlexPath: A More Direct Path to Your Degree
FlexPath can help you earn your degree on your own schedule, at your own pace — with the potential to save you time and money. FlexPath self-paced learning allows you to move quickly through subjects you’re more familiar with or more slowly as needed. You’ll develop the same mastery — and earn the same degree — as the structured version of your degree program, only in a more efficient, more personalized way. Learn more about FlexPath Self-Paced Learning.
Earn a Certificate as you work toward your MBA
Students in Capella’s MBA program with a specialization in Project Management can apply for a graduate certificate in Business Management, an additional benefit that can help you go further in your career.
Once you’ve been admitted to the certificate program, you will be eligible to take MBA courses that can be applied toward this marketable credential. You can complete the courses to earn the graduate certificate in as few as 8 months, all while you progress through your MBA program.
Email an enrollment counselor to learn more about requirement to apply for this great opportunity to earn a graduate certificate.
Degree Outcomes
With your Master's in Project Management from Capella, you'll learn leadership and team development skills and how to successfully integrate them into proper execution of a project. You'll also learn how to apply business and organizational principles and techniques to utilize the appropriate roles and responsibilities of the project team. Discover specifically what you'll learn — and how you can apply it.
View full learning and career outcomes report for this program at CapellaResults.com.
People with Master's degrees in business from Capella earn an average of $28,000 more per year than people who only hold a Bachelor's degree.
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Career Outcomes
Common jobs with an online program in project management include project coordinator, project manager/director, program manager/director or vice president of project management. Potential workplaces include aerospace and defense automation system, construction, engineering, health care, information technology, military or pharmaceutical.
Earn Credit for What You Already Know
Your previous learning, work experience, and industry certifications may help you earn your degree in less time. To learn more,