Design Your MBA Degree

Build your MBA your way. Go deep into one of eight career-focused specializations, or mix and match to design your own track:

• Accountancy: Explore advanced accounting principles and industry-relevant methodologies to achieve financial integrity and gain efficiency insights across industries.
• Business Analytics: In this STEM-designated program, learn how to successfully interpret data for any industry through hands-on projects.
• Business Strategy & Decision-Making: Enhance your ability to set clear objectives, develop strategic solutions and confidently drive change.
• Entrepreneurship: In this nationally ranked program, develop the skills to launch ideas and build value, whether in your own business or an established firm.
• Finance & Real Estate: Select a focal area in finance or real estate, or take a general track to gain the knowledge of navigating global financial markets.
• Management: Learn how to confidently lead people, processes and organizations with clarity. Customize your program coursework in either Supply Chain or Human Resources.
• Marketing: Learn how to manage and lead a brand to success, innovate new market-ready solutions and uncover essential consumer insights that spark growth.
• Custom Specialization: Select a set of electives from across DePaul’s graduate business courses to design a specialization that serves your unique career goals.

At DePaul, we illuminate the possibilities available to you. You choose the path.

Why choose the DePaul MBA?

That’s how we train tomorrow’s business leaders. Each pillar is woven throughout a rich, thoughtful curriculum designed to equip and empower every MBA student.

Creating Value Today, Future-Proofing for Tomorrow

The DePaul MBA keeps its finger on the pulse of change and is designed to grow with the demands of the day. Every core class in the DePaul MBA program integrates AI , so our graduates stand out as tech-savvy experts able to leverage the newest tools to create value. The DePaul MBA prepares students to succeed from day one and stay on the cutting edge of business.

Your Launchpad into World-Class Companies and Industries

The DePaul MBA puts you in direct contact with world-revered companies based in Chicago. Home to 15 Fortune 500 headquarters, as well as hundreds of global companies with Chicago-area outposts, the city connects you with jobs, experts and mentors in every industry.

Our unique approach gives students hands-on experience in every core class. We bring real Chicago companies into the classroom, allowing you to apply cutting-edge concepts and technology to the challenges businesses face today, as well as those looming on the horizon. Along the way, you build meaningful connections, demonstrate your ability to add value and sharpen your creative toolkit to stay ahead of the commercial curve.

A Global Network that Opens Doors

With more than 74,000 DePaul business alumni worldwide, you’ll build a network that spans industries, coasts and countries. Past students have consulted for global companies, interned in cities like London and Miami, and built careers that started in Chicago—but didn’t end here.

With 16,000+ business alumni in Chicago alone (and more than 74,000 worldwide) the DePaul MBA is your launchpad into a powerful network from day one. The MBA program quickly plugs you in to Chicago’s business scene, and the city’s global reach means career opportunities span industries and continents.

Our Loop campus places you in the heart of downtown, while our alumni network extends far beyond. From local mentors to international connections, DePaul’s community opens doors. Our alumni are everywhere—and they’re ready to help. That’s the Vincentian way.

Meet some of our alumni

Career Support Customized to Your Goals

Whether you are seeking a promotion, navigating a career change, or shifting industries, our Career Management Center (CMC) focuses exclusively on you, our graduate business student.

With a full calendar of networking nights, industry immersion events, alumni-in-residence sessions and more, the CMC’s programming is an integral component of our students’ career success.

Our Faculty: Experts Who Know Business & Care About Your Success

DePaul’s faculty are consultants, researchers and former executives. They bring practical insights into every class. Small cohorts mean they’ll know your name, goals and career ambitions.

You’ll have opportunities to collaborate on applied research and career-focused projects throughout your program under the mentorship of industry experts. You can even apply to work as a graduate assistant alongside some of the brightest minds in business today!

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Whether you're just starting your search or ready to apply, our Virtual Open House is the perfect opportunity to get your questions answered in real time.

Financial Aid

Graduate school is an investment. At DePaul, we’re committed to making that investment manageable and worthwhile. The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business awarded $850,000 in scholarships to incoming MBA and MS students last year, demonstrating our dedication to supporting you.

Explore more information about tuition, scholarships and financial aid options available to fund your graduate education at DePaul.

Let’s Talk About Your Future

We’re here to help you understand your options and how the DePaul MBA can help move your goals forward.

For more information about the program and application process, contact our admissions office at (312) 362-8810 or kgsb@depaul.edu.