The applicant for admission to the MBA program must show high promise of success in post-graduate business study as measured by undergraduate grades, scores on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and other relevant criteria. An applicant whose baccalaureate degree is from an international institution must present a score of at least 400 on the GMAT. An applicant whose native language is not English must present a score of at least 550 on the TOEFL.  An applicant must also meet the general admission requirements for graduate study at Winthrop University.

Students desiring to participate in the MBA program who do not have a bachelors degree in business administration from an AACSB accredited college or university, or who have not had appropriate undergraduate training in business administration or economics may be required to complete certain prerequisite courses including the following:

ACCT 280 & 281 OR ACCT 601

Introduction to Accounting

ECON 215 & 216 

Microeconomics & Macroeconomics

FINC 311

Principles of Finance

MGMT 321

Principles of Management

MKTG 380

Principles of Marketing

QMTH 205

Applied Statistics I