Outdoor Industry MBA

All admission requirements to the MBA Program will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with respect to work experience, including managerial experience and leadership roles.

• BA or BS degree in Business or related program from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Prospective students with a BA or BS in an unrelated area may be provisionally admitted. Provisionally admitted students with this requirement must earn a B- in the fall semester pre-term course MBA 690: MBA Essentials prior to classes starting.
• Prospective students with a degree in a related area may be provisionally admitted. Provisionally admitted students with this requirement must earn a B- in the fall semester pre-term course MBA 690: MBA Essentials prior to classes starting:

• Intro to Financial Accounting (lower or upper division)
• Statistics (lower or upper division)
• Microeconomics (lower or upper division)
• Macroeconomics (lower or upper division)
• Business Finance (upper division)
• Principles of Marketing (lower or upper division)
• Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is desirable. Official transcript required.¹
• Greater than three years of outdoor industry work experience.²

¹ Those candidates with significant work experience with less than the minimum GPA will be considered.

² Candidates with less than three years of outdoor industry experience will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Provisional Admission: If an applicant applies without all of the requirements listed above, they will be reviewed for provisional admission. Students who enter the program with prerequisite deficiencies can make up those deficiencies during the fall semester pre-term prior to their first year. In that case, MBA students will enroll in the required MBA 690 course once accepted to the program. These students will be considered “provisional admits” (this status will be removed once a student has completed the prerequisite).

International Students: See Graduate Academic Catalog section, Criteria for International Admission.

Application Deadlines and Requirements

• Application Priority Deadlines: February 1, May 1, November 1
• Applications received after the priority deadlines will be reviewed ongoing
• Enrollment Deposit Deadlines: March 1 (for early applicants), July 1 for all rolling admissions

*GRE/GMAT/GMAC are NOT required for our program.

All admission requirements to the MBA Program will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Ideal applicants will have:

• More than three years of work experience
• Applicants with significant work experience and less than the minimum GPA will be considered
• Those with less than three years of work experience will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis
• A bachelor’s degree in business-related studies is preferred. Applicants with other academic background will be considered on a case-by-case basis
• A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is desirable
• Demonstrated preparations for graduate-level courses in business

Provisional Admission: If an applicant applies without all of the requirements listed above, they may be reviewed for provisional acceptance. Students who enter the program without an academic business background must complete the 3-credit MBA 690: MBA Essentials course before the regular OIMBA fall semester begins. Course registration information is provided upon admission to the program.