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Overview
The next step in your career should fit into the life you have now, while preparing you for the opportunities ahead. Babson’s flexible part-time MBA program is built for professionals ready to take on bigger challenges, make better decisions, and lead with an entrepreneurial mindset. Through hands-on learning and flexible MBA options, you can gain new skills, expand your network, and advance your career without putting it on hold.
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Babson’s part-time and online MBA programs are designed to help working adults build essential business knowledge, then build a customized experience through electives and concentrations. Develop the skills you can apply in your role today while preparing for the next stage of your career, including:
Learn in a collaborative, in-person environment with the flexibility to attend class online when conflicts arise (Flex MBA) or choose fully live online evening classes that empower you to learn from anywhere (Online MBA).
Customize your MBA experience with 27 credits of electives, plus choose between several optional concentrations to specialize further.
Begin your part-time MBA in September, January, or May, and build a course load around your career and personal commitments.
Join a cohort with an average of 8 years of work experience and connect with a professional network of builders already leading within their industries.
Apply to the #1 school for entrepreneurship (U.S. News & World Report) without standardized test scores.
Whether you’re preparing for a promotion, looking for a career change, or growing your own business, Babson’s flexible MBA program makes it possible to earn the leading MBA for entrepreneurship in a format that works best for you, without stepping away from your job. Compare Babson’s Flex MBA and part-time online MBA formats below to find the best fit for your life.
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| Modality | In person in Wellesley or Boston, with virtual attendance when needed | 100% live online |
| Schedule | Evening classes, 6:30–9:30 p.m. ET | Evening classes, 6:30–9:30 p.m. ET, joined remotely |
| Curriculum | 18-credit core + 27 elective credits (45 credits total) | 18-credit core + 27 elective credits (45 credits total) |
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| Program Length | 2–3 years, depending on course load | 2–3 years, depending on course load |
| Investment | $2,110 per course credit | $2,110 per course credit |
The part-time MBA core is experiential, interdisciplinary, and built to ground you in key functional areas. As a part-time student, you have increased flexibility in when and how you complete your core courses:
Part-time MBA students choose from a range of in-person and online elective courses to build their ideal schedule. Electives specialize and build skills in a variety of areas, including:
Focus your part-time MBA program with a concentration in:
Babson’s Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® methodology prepares you to lead with an entrepreneurial mindset and address major business and societal challenges, from innovation and growth to sustainability and globalization. This experience is guided by four learning goals:
Collaborate with and learn from others to accomplish a common goal or create an original work.
Lead people to work toward shared goals with consideration of the ethical implications of their actions.
Develop and express ideas strategically, through written, oral, and visual formats, to a specific audience for a desired purpose.
Analyze and assess ideas and data to make decisions and recommendations appropriate to situations and stakeholders.
Outcomes
What can you do with a part-time MBA? Babson′s program alumni are making an impact across industries and organizations.
| Technology | 27% |
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| Healthcare | 25% |
| Financial Services | 18% |
| Other | 6% |
| Education | 5% |
| Government | 5% |
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Babson’s graduates are known for their ability to navigate uncertainty, drive innovation, and lead within organizations both large and small. We are thrilled to share the job landings for the MBA and Specialized Master’s Class of 2025.
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Alumni Stories
Read about Yvonne Willis Lynch MBA’23, who left a 13-year career at Bright Horizons to pivot toward social impact work. “I wanted to focus on something that would make a difference in a different way,” she says. See how a part-time MBA at Babson helped her move into a more fulfilling role.
Faculty Spotlight
At Babson, our faculty are more than educators. They are business owners, industry leaders, and trusted advisors who bring real-world perspective into every learning experience. Accessible, encouraging, and invested in student success, they challenge you to think bigger and turn ideas into action.
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Here is what Part-Time MBA graduate and Bronze Star recipient Richard Battista MBA′23 shared about his instructors after working closely with Professor Thomas Davenport on a proposal to use AI to help prevent suicide among military veterans:
I’ve learned so much from these professors. They’re intelligent, caring, and they're just good human beings. My true interest is to help these veterans, and I hope that what I’ve learned at Babson will help me do that.”
Babson’s part-time MBA programs offer the best of both worlds: access to Wellesley campus resources and convenient evening classes for Boston-area professionals. Attend classes at Babson’s Boston location or Wellesley, Massachusetts, campus, with the flexibility to join select sessions online. You’ll also be close to Greater Boston’s networking opportunities, leading employers, and cultural offerings.
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The Babson community is electric. You’re surrounded by brilliant, ambitious people who are constantly pushing boundaries and chasing big ideas. I learned just as much from my peers as I did in the classroom.”
Explore scholarships, financial aid, and alumni benefits to help fund your part-time MBA program. You also can find out how much you can save on tuition through advanced standing credit and merit-based scholarships. Babson's Tuition and Financial Aid Office works with part-time students to review financing options and make your part-time MBA program a reality.
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FAQs
A part-time flexible MBA program lets you earn an MBA on a schedule built around your job and personal life, rather than pausing your career for two years. At Babson, flexible MBA program formats include:
Both class modalities let you choose your pace and electives while working toward the same 45-credit degree.
Babson’s part-time MBA programs are designed to fit the realities of a working adult’s life. You can tailor your experience by choosing:
Classes typically meet in the evenings from 6:30–9:30 p.m. ET. For a standard three-credit course, plan for approximately 2–3 hours of class time and 4–6 hours of coursework each week. That flexibility makes it easier to adjust your schedule around work, travel, and family commitments.
Most Babson students complete their part-time MBA programs in 2 to 3 years, depending on how many courses they take each semester. The degree requires 45 credits total (18 core credits and 27 elective credits), and you can accelerate or slow your pace at any point based on your workload and goals.
Selecting an in-person part-time course signals that you want to come to class in person but need the flexibility on some occasions to engage in class remotely due to work, travel, or other personal obligations. Faculty in these classes will expect you to attend most classroom sessions in person, but if conflicts arise, you'll have the option to attend class virtually.
Yes. Babson's online MBA programs for working professionals are best for people who want to advance their careers without leaving their jobs. You'll join live, real-time class sessions from anywhere, learn from the same faculty who teach on campus, and earn the same highly-ranked MBA in entrepreneurship (U.S. News & World Report).
Synchronous classes are similar to traditional seated classes: students are all present (virtually) at the same time to participate in lectures, discussions, and presentations. Live online classes meet at a set time, once a week, and are held via WebEx, a web-based video conferencing platform.
Working professionals build practical skills in entrepreneurial thinking, strategic decision-making, data-informed problem-solving, leadership, negotiation, and collaboration that they can apply immediately at work and throughout their careers. Like other online MBA programs for working adults, Babson's also includes career coaching, alumni networking, and access to Babson's centers and institutes, so you don't trade community for convenience.
Before starting the program, students attend an online orientation with Babson faculty and staff to test equipment and ask technical questions.
Babson part-time MBA graduates go on to roles across industries, including account executive, category manager, creative manager, director of business development, marketing specialist, senior product manager, and supply chain planner, at companies like Airbnb, Bose, Deloitte, IBM, New Balance, PwC, and Target.
No. Babson's part-time MBA programs do not require the GMAT or GRE to apply.
