Continue to gain work experience while pursuing your MBA. Apply for our MBA Direct: Early Career Track Online Program.
Achieve your MBA online while building career experience with the SMU Cox MBA Direct: Early Career Track.
Achieve your MBA online while building career experience with the SMU Cox MBA Direct: Early Career Track.
Request more information today.
No GMAT / GRE required at this time.
Engage with the world-class SMU Cox faculty through small online classes. Our professors are practitioners, researchers, and industry leaders.
The MBA Direct offers a number of courses in data analytics so that you can turn business insights into action and approach data with confidence.
Lean into leadership as you network with professors and classmates who are as ambitious and career motivated as you are.
SMU Cox is with you from day one. Simplify the MBA Direct: Early Career Track application and admissions process by connecting with a member of the SMU Cox admissions team. Our admissions team is in place to answer your questions about:
Round II Deadline - October 28th. Apply now.
Please note: merit-based scholarships awarded year-round. All candidates are considered upon application submission.
At SMU Cox, our goal is to see you succeed both in the classroom and beyond. As you begin to build your career, our Career Management Center (CMC) is available to support you. You can start using the vast, dedicated resources of the CMC from the moment you enroll. From personal branding and coaching to the job search, our mission is to make sure you achieve your goals.
We know that you are ready to take on the world. That’s why our MBA Direct: Early Career Track program offers you the ability to explore global cultures and business opportunities through our immersion programs. You will participate in your in-person immersion in your 6th or 7th semester. These immersions include six days of engagement with corporate executives, faculty and student peers. You will explore and apply leadership skills and analytical knowledge, and lead real-world consulting projects managed in the local market.
The Edwin L. Cox School of Business is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Bloomberg Businessweek ranks SMU Cox #40 in the nation for best 2022-23 full-time MBA Business School, with high marks in learning, diversity and networking.
SMU Cox is ranked as one of the best business schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report (2023).
SMU Cox’s full-time MBA program is highly ranked (#6 in the nation) for potential networking opportunities by The Economist (2019).
We don’t just teach business — we’re immersed in business. When they’re not teaching you applicable knowledge and skills, your professors are consulting for Fortune 500's, publishing books and research, running their own businesses and serving in government. Small class sizes and a calendar full of events where you can mingle informally mean you’ll be able to build one-on-one relationships with the academics and professionals who are as invested in your future as you are.
Request more information to learn about the upcoming cohort of the MBA Direct: Early Career Track program.