MBA | Strategic Management Online

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Set Goals, Plan, and Implement with an MBA in Strategic Management

Liberty University’s 100% online Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management prepares you to analyze operations effectively, formulate a strategy, and clearly communicate it to everyone in your organization. Business managers operating in competitive marketplaces must consider not only efficiency and resource management when planning for future growth but also their overall vision, objectives, and policies.

The online MBA in Strategic Management program will teach you how to take into consideration all the aspects of your organization to assess and execute a strategy to capitalize on them. You can learn how organizational design, workforce management, and bringing a product to market are all part of smart strategic management. We can equip you with the skills you need to set goals, analyze your current processes, and formulate a successful strategy that culminates in success.

Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management.

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Why Choose Liberty University’s Online MBA in Strategic Management Program?

Liberty University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). With this stamp of excellence, you can be confident that your degree will be recognized and respected.

Liberty University students also benefit from top-tier faculty with proven professional expertise in their respective disciplines and business strategy. Your degree will be built on a solid Christ-centered foundation that can promote your value and trust as an employee. Additionally, this degree is 100% online, meaning you won’t have to neglect work, family, or community commitments.

What is Strategic Management?

Strategic management is the process of managing, planning, and analyzing in order to help your organization reach its goals. The important thing is to make sure that everyone involved understands the overall goals and their part in executing them. There are 5 basic stages of this process:

Set a goal – You can’t have a successful plan without a clear vision. Define short- and long-term goals.
Gather and analyze information – Gather as much information and data as possible. This will be crucial for the next two steps.
Formulate a strategy – Use the data you have gathered to make an effective plan. Identify what resources you have and whether you need to seek external resources.
Implement a strategy – Communicate with each member what the plan is and their place in it.
Monitor your strategy – Track your progress and decide if the plan needs to be altered or shifted.

What Will You Study in the Online MBA in Strategic Management?

Through the master’s in strategic management online, you will build on your previous business skills and experience to learn advanced organizational design and structure techniques. You will study historical and current practices allowing you to gain crucial executive leadership and management skills.

One piece of strategic management is maintaining a stable workforce. The changing nature of the labor market makes it necessary to study the conceptual, operational, and legal issues managers face in the field. Our training can help you understand the strategic organizational considerations that are vital to maintaining a functional and productive staff at your organization.

The best online MBA strategy programs should have courses including how to market successfully and efficiently. We will provide you with a working knowledge of the steps involved in the process of developing a strategic plan for product market entry.

Additionally, we can prepare you with a firm grasp of how to overcome the ethical issues many in business face. As Liberty teaches from a Christian worldview, you can see how principles of biblical ethics apply to leaders and managers in your field.

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At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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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 3.0GPA is required for admission in good standing. 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. Students must also have completed at least 15 hours of upper-level (300-400) undergraduate business credit.
- 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.

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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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*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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