Auburn University Harbert College of Business

The Harbert MBA: What You Need To Know

Founded in 1856, the University of Auburn was the first land-grant college in the South. The College has since gained recognition for its D1 football team and traditions, as well as its beautiful campus. The Harbert MBA helps students enhance their business skills and set themselves apart from their competition.

Just an hour’s drive away is the capital of Montgomery with the rich history of being the center for the civil rights movement. The full-time enrollment for Auburn’s Harbert College of Business at Auburn University makes for a small and intimate MBA experience of approximately 79 students.

“A lot of what Auburn is based on is family. They try to make you feel like family from the moment you step foot on campus. The people make it feel like home for you,” says MBA Jerry James II.

The full-time program is a lockstep 17-month cohort-based experience on campus. Alternatively, to the full-time MBA, students can choose a video-based distance OMBA, an Executive MBA, and a Physicians Executive MBA.

The core courses are pretty much what you would find in any lock-step MBA program, with 10 core courses and 3 electives for students to explore their interests. Core courses include financial, quantitative & strategic analysis, organizational leadership & change, marketing, operations, and info systems. There’s a menu of electives in finance, MIS, marketing, production/operations, sports management, and supply chain/logistics. There’s also an international studies trip and leadership development.

If students have less than two years of full-time work experience, Auburn requires MBAs to complete a summer internship between the second and third semester. To apply, prospective students are asked to submit a resume, two letters of recommendation, a personal statement, and GMAT/GRE scores.

Most MBA students, of course, hold full-time jobs during the day and come to school at night for the affordable tuition. Given the low cost of the program, Auburn offers great value for the money which is why Forbes magazine has recognized the MBA program.

Harbert College of Business MBA Employment Stats

At the time of publication, Harbert College of Business had not released a recent employment report.