MBA in Project Management Online Degree Program

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

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.

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, contact an enrollment counselor or visit our Prior Learning Assessment page.

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 our GuidedPath learning format, only in a more efficient, more personalized way.

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

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.

Detailed Program Information

Get all the details about cost, courses, requirements, and more.

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Classes Start August 7th

MBA in Project Management Online Degree Program - Capella University

Ready to get started? We’re ready for you. Chat with an enrollment counselor or apply now to take the first step on the journey toward your future.

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Cost & Learning Format

Online education isn’t one size fits all. We know you’re busy–you need a learning experience tailored to your life, not the other way around. Capella has learning and tuition formats to suit you, however you learn.

Our online-learning format that guides you along. You pay per credit; we set the deadlines.

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Based on the quarter system; 1–3 courses per 10-week quarter
1 semester credit = 1.5 quarter credits
Weekly assignments and courseroom discussions
Pay for what you take, price varies by courseload or term

$780 per credit, 48 total quarter credits, 12 max transfer credits

Learning Outcomes »

Gainful Employment »

Our self-paced learning format lets you take courses at your own speed, whenever your schedule allows.

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Take unlimited courses (up to two at a time simultaneously) per 12-week billing session
Based on a program point system; 2 Capella quarter credits = 1 program point
Set your own deadlines, no courseroom discussions
Pay one flat-rate tuition fee per session

$2,500 per quarter, 24 total program points, 6 max transfer points

Learning Outcomes »

Gainful Employment »

Ways to Save

At Capella, we believe your education is an investment in your future. It’s also an investment within your grasp. Your goals are achievable–there are more ways to save than you might think.

Transfer Credits

We can accept many transfer credits from regionally accredited schools.

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Prior Learning Assessment

Earn credits by demonstrating your knowledge and/or industry certifications through our Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process.

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Scholarships for New Students

Capella scholarships, available for qualifying students, aren’t need-based and never have to be repaid.

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Faculty & Support

You’re never going it alone at Capella. Our dedicated faculty and support teams are waiting to guide, help, and advise you through every step of your educational journey.

Enrollment Counselors

These folks are superstars. We hear it from our students (and grads). They’re here to help find a program fit and set you up for success.

Financial Aid Counselors

First they listen. Then they act—for you. Running the numbers, exploring ways to save, and making the financing of your education simpler.

Coaches

From enrollment to graduation, coaches help you stay on track. They know your program, answer questions, and cheer you on.

Faculty

Our distinguished faculty holds top credentials in their fields. They’re here to teach the knowledge and skills you’ll need, now.