Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Human Resource Management Online
Earn this career-boosting online MBA with a Concentration in HR Management to prepare for exciting leadership opportunities while enhancing your ability to cultivate your organization’s most important asset — its people.
Program Overview
Discover our 100% online MBA – HR Management
From hiring employees to retaining qualified personnel, this 100% online MBA with a Concentration in HR Management will enhance your ability to optimize the employee experience within any business. Deepen your understanding of human resources at a macro- and micro-level to better develop a talent force, manage benefit packages and administrate payroll procedures.
Through AACSB-accredited coursework, you will explore all areas of human resource management including topics such as modern business ethics, labor-management relations and developing company-wide policies. Plus, this affordable degree offers competitive, pay-by-the-course tuition, so you can boost your human resource leadership credentials and stay within your budget.
In this 100% online MBA with a Concentration in HR Management program, you will learn how to:
- Emphasize business structures, policies and techniques used in developing human resources in the contemporary business organization
- Analyze the significance of labor disputes with special attention on the growing importance of wage policies
- Discuss the legal relationship of employers with employees and the broader community
- Emphasize business structures, policies and techniques used in developing human resources in the contemporary business organization
- Analyze the significance of labor disputes with special attention on the growing importance of wage policies
- Discuss the legal relationship of employers with employees and the broader community
As a graduate of this MBA with a Concentration in HR Management program, you will be prepared for advancement into roles such as:
- Human Resource Manager
- HR Generalist
- Recruitment Manager
- Employee Relations Consultant
- Human Resource Manager
- HR Generalist
- Recruitment Manager
- Employee Relations Consultant
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Accreditation
The Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University is an accredited member of AACSB International, which represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
Tuition
Our online master’s in HR management tuition is pay-by-the-course
Our online MBA with a Concentration in HR Management program offers the same affordable tuition to all U.S. residents. All fees are included. Tuition may be subject to change on a yearly basis.
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
Stay on top of important dates and deadlines
Ideal for working professionals, Arkansas State online programs are delivered in an accelerated format with multiple start dates each year.
Please note Summer 1 and Summer 2 terms are 5 weeks in duration for this program.
| Term | Program Start Date | Application Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Payment Due | Last Class Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 | 1/13/25 | 12/16/24 | 12/18/24 | 1/9/25 | 1/10/25 | 2/28/25 |
| Spring 2 | 3/10/25 | 2/24/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/6/25 | 3/7/25 | 5/2/25 |
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Admissions
What you need to know to apply
A-State Online offers a streamlined admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. To be admitted to the MBA online program, you must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
Admission Requirements:
- Online application
- Bachelor's degree
- Cumulative GPA 2.5
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA or a 2.75 in the last 60 hours (undergraduate, graduate or combination thereof) or graduate or post-baccalaureate professional degree from a regionally accredited (U.S.) institution
- If you have lower than a 2.5 cumulative GPA and less than a 2.75 in the last 60 hours, you may still apply for consideration for admittance by including a statement of purpose as part of the application. Please contact an Enrollment Services representative at 866-621-8096 for more information.
Note: If you are admitted and have less than a 2.75 cumulative GPA and less than a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours, you must make a grade of B or better in each course during the first 6 hours of graduate work at Arkansas State University as part of a conditional admission status. Additionally, you will only be allowed to enroll in one course (or 3 graduate hours) per 7-week session for the first two sessions.
Application submission requirements:
- Complete online application
- Submit a nonrefundable $30 fee.
- Have official transcript(s) sent from the registrar of the college/university attended. Official transcripts are sealed transcripts sent from the granting institution.
Submit all documents to:
A-State OnlineP.O. Box 2520
State University, AR 72467
Fax: 870-972-3548
Email: [email protected]
For non-U.S. postal mail overnight delivery only:
A-State Online
c/o Central Receiving
2713 Pawnee St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Courses
Get to know the MBA in HR Management online curriculum
To graduate from the MBA with a Concentration in HR Management online program, you must complete a total of 33 credit hours. Required coursework includes eight core courses (for a total of 24 credit hours) and three human resource management electives (for a total of nine credit hours).
Visit the Course Registration page to view the course schedule for this degree.