Master of Business Administration – Economics Expand Your Knowledge

45
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Focus on the Big Picture Financially with Liberty’s Online MBA in Economics Degree
If you are interested in furthering your career and learning about the global market, conferring Liberty’s Master of Business Administration (MBS) in Economics can help you do just that. Our 100% online economics degree is designed for people like you who understand the importance of international fluctuations in the overall economic and monetary policies of banks and companies.
Throughout our MBA program, you will study traditional micro and macro policies as well as how trade policies are affected by national and international economic trends. This program can help provide you with an understanding of the economic concepts necessary for sound business decision-making. Additionally, you’ll study the relationship between economics and a biblical worldview while integrating ethics with present-day business and economics.






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Why Choose Liberty’s Online MBA in Economics?
Our MBA in Economics online degree seeks to develop business professionals who can serve as analysts and economists in a wide variety of fields. Our program is offered 100% online, so you won’t need to relocate or take time off from work to visit our campus.
Understanding the core aspects of business is essential to your future success, and Liberty’s master’s in business administration online program can help provide you with top-notch training that is important to succeed in a variety of roles. Each core business class in our online MBA is designed to prepare you with a wide breadth of business knowledge that you can apply in a variety of business environments.
Specializations allow you to concentrate on one aspect of the business world, providing you with a focused degree that aligns with your passions. As an MBA student, the economics training that you receive in this program is world-class. Each core business class in our online MBA is designed to prepare you for the specialized training you will gain when you choose an area of study.
In addition to offering flexibility, our online master’s in business degree is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). With a Master of Business Administration from Liberty University, you can stand out among other business professionals in the corporate world.
What Will You Study with Our Master’s in Business Administration?
Our MBA in Economics explores traditional macroeconomic theory, national and international economic fluctuations, monetary policies, and the effects of the national debt, budget deficits, and banking. Throughout your economics classes, you will look at how firms operate, the functions of supply and demand, and various types of competition while exploring microeconomic theory.
In our MBA in economics degree program, you will also study how to employ the latest technologies and theories in the field. Our Master of Business Administration can make your already valuable contributions to a company or organization suited for global applications as you pursue positions of added responsibility.
Potential Career Opportunities
The careers that you can pursue with a master’s in business and economics are countless. With an understanding of markets and how they impact the business world, you can prepare to enter a bountiful job market. By pursuing our MBA in Economics degree program, you can have the opportunity to pursue a variety of roles, including:
- Actuary*
- Bank economist
- Consulting economist
- Economics planner
- Government economist
- Sales analyst
*Requires actuarial exams and VEE credits
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Degree Information
- This program falls under our School of Business.
- View the Graduate Business Course Guides (login required).
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Tuition & Aid
Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, online undergraduate tuition rates have been frozen for the last 10 years!
Graduate Full Time | $565/Credit |
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Graduate Part Time | $615/Credit |
Military Graduate | $275/Credit |
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for Our Online MBA in Economics Degree
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Students must also have completed at least 15 hours of upper-level (300-400) undergraduate business credit. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Upon acceptance, the graduate transfer department will evaluate students for 27 hours of business credit in the following subject areas: accounting, business ethics, business finance, business integration and strategic management, business leadership, global dimensions of business, information management systems, legal environment of business, macroeconomics, human resource management, operations/production management, organizational behavior, marketing, microeconomics, or quantitative research techniques/statistics. Those who are missing some or all of these subject areas may be required to take BMAL 590.
Bridge Program
Students who are missing some or all admission requirements may be placed into the Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership as a bridge.* Upon successful completion of this certificate with at least a 3.0 GPA, these students can be reevaluated for the MBA program.
*In order to be eligible for the bridge, admission requirements for the graduate certificate must still be met.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
- Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
- Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
- If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
- Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.
Dual Enrollment
Please see the Online Dual Enrollment page for information about starting graduate courses while finishing your bachelor’s degree.
Transcript Policies
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
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Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $275 per credit hour for graduate courses*
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $625 per course)**
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
*These rates are reflective of academic year 2024-2025.
**Not applicable to certificates.
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What jobs can I pursue with an MBA degree?
There are many jobs you can pursue with an MBA degree. Whether you want to be an economics planner or use your knowledge of markets and the macroeconomy to be a business developer, our online MBA degree can help prepare you for the next step in your career. Some jobs that you can pursue include economic analyst, chief financial officer, business development specialist, and business consultant.
What is the difference between a master’s in economics online and an MBA in Economics?
An MS in Economics typically focuses just on economics, econometrics, macro- and micro-economic theory and does not have the courses that an MBA has. Our MBA in Economics provides both the praxis of economics courses and the business courses of an MBA so that you can apply the economics concepts you learn in the classroom to real-world problems.
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