Admissions

Freshman and Transfer Student Admissions: please visit Future Students

Graduate Business Programs

Admissions Criteria

The admissions committee reviews an applicant's overall qualifications and takes these admission criteria requirements into consideration.

Application Deadlines

Your online application, application fee, required documents and GMAT or GRE exam (if applicable) must be submitted by the application deadlines below.


Spring 2020 Application period
Spring application period for the MBA, MS in Accountancy and MS in Business Analytics is now closed. Please see dates below for Fall 2020 application period. Applicants interested in the MBA for Executives program may contact us at emba@sfsu.edu for more information on Spring admissions deadlines. Applicants interested in applying to the MBA for Biotech Professionals may contact us at mba@sfsu.edu.

Fall 2020 Application period
The Fall 2020 application period for all programs including MBA, MBA for Executives, MBA for Biotech Professionals, MS in Accountancy and MS in Business Analytics opens October 1, 2019. The deadlines for all international and domestic students are as follows: Round 1 deadline: January 1, 2020 Round 2 deadline: March 15, 2020 Round 3 deadline: May 1, 2020

How to Apply

Visit our Graduate Business Programs Application Checklist for step-by-step instructions on how to apply.

To apply to the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program: please follow these steps to successfully submit your application.

Tuition & Fees

Current Tuition and Fees as of Fall 2019*

Costs	Part-Time	Full-Time
California residents	$3,546 plus $270 per unit	$5,552 plus $270 per unit
Non-residents and International students	$3,546 plus $666 per unit	$5,552 plus $666 per unit

*Tuition and fees are subject to change.

For a detailed schedule of tuition and fees and payment deadlines, see the Bursar's webpage. International students must register for a minimum of eight units every fall and spring semester.

Degree Requirements

Workshops

Professional development workshops are offered during your required orientation day, prior to the start of the first semester, and are designed to enhance your marketability and soft skills.

Course Requirements

View our course requirements:

Course Waiver

If you are admitted into the MBA or MSA program, you may be eligible to waive all 700-level graduate business courses if you received a bachelor's degree in business administration from an AACSB-accredited institution in the past seven years, and graduated with a 3.0 GPA or better in the last 60 semester/90 quarter units of coursework. You would only need to take ten (10) 800-level courses to complete the program and will receive a waiver from our office once you are officially admitted to the program.

All other applicants who have completed one or more business courses in the past seven (7) years with at least a B- or better grade, may still be eligible to waive equivalent 700-level braduate business courses. Once admitted to the program, students receive information on how to submit a course waiver form and a course syllabi for an official review of course waivers.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

See the Office of Student Financial Aid if you plan to apply for financial aid. For scholarship opportunities, see the Lam Family College of Business scholarship web page.