Master Business Administration (MBA)
Embry-Riddle's MBA Program Creates Managers for Today's Transportation Industry
The Master of Business Administration degree program at Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach, emphasizes the application of modern management concepts, methods, and tools to produce graduates who can meet the needs of growing airline, airport, and aerospace industries. Graduates receive an education that provides leading insights into these segments of the global transportation industry, yet can be used across any general business discipline.
Our Academic Program
As the world's air
transportation network becomes ever more sophisticated and complex,
the demand for professionals with the skills and knowledge required
to maximize the efficiency of both people and the aviation system
continues to grow. In Embry-Riddle's MBA
program, the special intricacies of the air transport system are
woven into a strong, traditional business foundation and are
examined in greater detail through a wide variety of specialized
electives.
Our courses are structured to provide a world-class business and
management education in an aviation/aerospace context. Our
curriculum sets the standard in education and experience, giving
our students the background and knowledge needed to focus on
real-world problems and opportunities found in aviation, aerospace,
transportation, and various other related industries and
organizations.
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Areas of Specialization
Our programs are designed to have the optimum flexibility to meet the needs of students who want to specialize in particular areas of aviation or aerospace. Areas of study include:
- Airline Management
- Airport Management
- Aviation Human Resources
- Aviation Policy and Planning
- Aviation Systems Management
Masters of Business Administration (Online)
MBA degree via Online learning Daytona Beach Campus College of Business
The College
of Business at Embry-Riddle offers an MBA
degree program via distance learning. The degree offers everything
a traditional MBA program does with the
convenience and flexibility of online study and a specialization in
Aviation Management.
You'll earn a distinguished MBA degree
from the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education.
Our program offers an accredited, high-quality education from
industry-experienced, professional faculty. You'll be learning from
the same professors who teach on the Daytona Beach, Fla.,
campus.
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100 percent Web-based to fit your lifestyle and schedule
More than 25 years of
experience in providing distance education opportunities to
thousands of students in the United States and in many different
nations worldwide has provided Embry-Riddle with the knowledge and
experience base that is essential to an understanding of the
varying needs and demands of adult students.
This experience enables Embry-Riddle to offer the MBA online through a broad-based network, secure in
the knowledge that it can provide students a proper and meaningful
education through this medium. With the MBA program located in our College of Business, the
opportunity arises for the adult learner to interact with a
collection of scholars at the forefront of aviation and aerospace
management education.
We bring the classroom to you
The MBA degree is delivered online entirely via a
technology mediated, distance learning format. Time is the biggest
obstacle for many working professionals who wish to earn an
MBA, that's why our online format allows
students to "attend class" when and where it is convenient for
them.
Additionally, Embry-Riddle is pleased to accept
international students into our MBA program. We invite you to enjoy the benefits of
earning your MBA from a prestigious
United States-based university without leaving the comfort of your
home.
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The Embry-Riddle Advantage
Designed for the aviation industry
Embry-Riddle's Master of
Business Administration degree is one of the very few graduate
business programs in the world designed for the airline/
aviation/aerospace industry. The MBA
degree program emphasizes the application of modern management
concepts, methods, and tools to the challenges of aviation,
aerospace, and general business.
The MBA courses are oriented toward the
needs of the strategic decision-maker in the management hierarchy.
Graduates of the program receive an education that provides leading
insights into the global transportation industry, yet can be used
across any general business discipline.
Career Outlook
Manage your future
Recent Embry-Riddle MBA graduates are employed in leading airlines, aviation/aerospace and commercial firms, consultancies, and regulatory bodies including: ARC Engineering, Cendant, Continental, Daimler/Chrysler, Delta, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Express, Lockheed Martin, Lufthansa, UAL, UPS, United Space Alliance, US Airways, and United States Armed Forces.
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Business + Aviation Expertise = An Attractive Resume
As the world's air
transportation network becomes ever more sophisticated and complex,
the demand for professionals with skills and knowledge required to
maximize the efficiency of both people and the aviation system
continues to grow.
Employers of Embry-Riddle's MBA graduates
can be confident that they are hiring people who possess knowledge
of the unique characteristics of the aviation and aerospace
industries and the management principles underlying all
business.



