Master of Business Administration with track in Real Estate
Equip yourself with dynamic, practice-oriented skills that give you the capability to tackle the challenges facing real estate professionals today and in the future.
Program Overview
Explore insights into the MBA - Real Estate online program at Longwood
The innovative, online Master of Business Administration – Real Estate track** from Longwood University prepares you to be an industry leader, working in evolving areas such as commercial and corporate real estate, development, investment management and finance.
This 100% online MBA from the AACSB-accredited College of Business and Economics at Longwood University enables you to grow your career while continuing to work. You will study real estate economics and development, gaining expertise and analytical tools in market demand, financing and planning, and construction of development projects ranging from the local to the global level.
You will also deepen your foundational knowledge of managerial accounting and economics, data management, information technology, entrepreneurship, team building, negotiation and conflict resolution, strategic marketing and more. Our capstone course invites you to integrate what you learn from these functional areas to create a holistic management perspective applicable across the business spectrum.
The College of Business and Economics at Longwood University is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
Graduates of this MBA – Real Estate track will:
- Develop a foundation in the economics of real estate and development including market demand, financing, planning and construction of development projects
- Understand the real estate market at every level—global, national, regional and local
- Develop a foundation in the economics of real estate and development including market demand, financing, planning and construction of development projects
- Understand the real estate market at every level—global, national, regional and local
Career opportunities
- Director of Asset Management
- Vice President of Real Estate
- Real Estate Investment Analyst
- Real Estate Development Executive
- Real Estate Development Manager
- Director of Real Estate and Development
- Director of Asset Management
- Vice President of Real Estate
- Real Estate Investment Analyst
- Real Estate Development Executive
- Real Estate Development Manager
- Director of Real Estate and Development
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Tuition
Experience value with our online MBA
The MBA – Real Estate track offers affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. The application fee is $40. All other fees are included in the total cost.
Tuition breakdown:
Virginia students
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per 3-Credit-Hour Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA - Real Estate track | $426 | $1,278 | $13,206* |
Out-of-state students
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per 3-Credit-Hour Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA - Real Estate track | $436 | $1,308 | $13,516* |
I wanted to further my career and do something in the industry I am in now. Plus, it was all online, which is perfect for me. The flexibility is great.
-Patricia Mayes, Longwood University MBA graduate
Calendar
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Longwood University's online MBA is delivered in an accelerated format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.
Now enrolling:
| 7 Week Courses | Application Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | First Class Day | Final Tuition Deadline† | Last Class Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 | 12/12/22 | 12/16/22 | 1/4/23 | 1/6/23 | 1/10/23 | 2/24/23 |
| Spring II | 2/27/23 | 3/3/23 | 3/8/23 | 3/10/23 | 3/14/23 | 4/29/23 |
| Summer I | 4/21/23 | 4/28/23 | 5/5/23 | 5/8/23 | 5/10/23 | 6/23/23 |
| Summer II | 6/9/23 | 6/16/23 | 6/23/23 | 6/26/23 | 6/28/23 | 8/11/23 |
| Fall I | 8/14/23 | 8/18/23 | 8/23/23 | 8/25/23 | 8/29/23 | 10/13/23 |
| Fall II | 10/9/23 | 10/13/23 | 10/18/23 | 10/20/23 | 10/24/23 | 12/8/23 |
† Final tuition payment must be received by 3:00 p.m. EST on the final tuition due date.
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Admissions
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We've streamlined the admission process for Longwood University online MBA to help you get started quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the MBA – Real Estate track, including what additional materials you need and where you should send them.
The requirements include:
Applicants to the MBA – Real Estate track must meet at least one of the following combinations for admission.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum 3.0 GPA – No GMAT will be required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a 2.75-2.99 GPA + 3 years of professional-level work experience.** No GMAT will be required.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a 2.50-2.74 GPA + 5 years of professional-level work experience.** No GMAT will be required.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university + 8 years of professional-level work experience.** No GMAT will be required.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a GPA below 2.50 + GMAT with a minimum score of 400
A professional resume should be uploaded with the online application. The GMAT requirement is subject to work experience review and approval by the MBA Program Director.
Official bachelor’s degree transcripts from an accredited college or university and all transcripts for subsequent coursework are required as part of the application process. ***Prior to starting their graduate program, students must hold a conferred bachelor’s degree or international equivalent from a college or university accredited by the appropriate institutional (formerly regional) accreditation agency.
Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent from the granting institution(s) to:
Email address: [email protected] (preferred and quickest)
Mail address:
Longwood Graduate Studies201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Longwood University has been named one of the top universities in the Southeastern U.S. by The Princeton Review, 2020
Courses
The topics you’ll learn in our MBA - Real Estate online courses
For the MBA – Real Estate track, you must complete 10 courses totaling 31 credit hours, including 25 credit hours of core courses and six credit hours of electives.
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn how and why local and global financial markets behave in certain ways
• Sharpen your critical-thinking and problem-solving skills that will help you stand out from the crowd
• Use quantitative data to solve business problems to help you make investment and financial decisions
• Learn how you could become a smart and profitable investor using a variety of channels
Learning Outcomes:
• Investigate real-world problems through hands-on learning
• Gain an understanding of the basic accounting concepts applicable to your current role, even if you're not an accountant
• Ask the right questions and make informed decisions using the right data
• Utilize managerial accounting concepts to make important decisions during difficult times
• Learn how to successfully manage your budget
• Learn how to evaluate product-line and make-or-buy decisions, what to do with unprofitable product lines and customers, and more
Learning Outcomes:
• Size up the competitive environment in the quest for profitable opportunities
• Develop strategic moves, positions, and tactics to effectively beat the competition
• Identify “blue ocean” opportunities where there is limited competition and profitability opportunities are greatest
• Build and lead effective organizations to execute a chosen strategy
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn how to get usable insights from good information that could make your business thrive
• Learn how to navigate global issues while protecting your business
• Learn about problems real businesses face and how they address them with enterprise-class information systems
• Study real-world examples where companies couldn’t react to changing business conditions, and how enterprise information systems enable a nimble enterprise that could make swift adjustments to market-changing events
• Learn how computer-aided design, knowledge-work systems, and virtual reality can improve the safety and efficiency of engineers and other knowledge workers to unlock business value and protect the corporate knowledge base when key workers depart the organization
Learning Outcomes:
• Apply theories and models to real-world situations
• Use statistics the correct way to deliver the information you need
• Use statistics to make informed decisions
• Use models and techniques to create valuable information
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn how to solve real-world strategic problems with a variety of skills
• Use real data to blend statistical analysis, market expertise, and economic reasoning to better understand causal patterns and trends – and learn how to translate this understanding into informed forecasting and strategic decision-making
• Understand how to deal with uncertainty by studying real-world examples
• Learn how to answer the question: “How is this particular concept useful to me right now?”
• Determine how to take on and solve challenges – without all the information you think you need
Learning Outcomes:
• Discover what leadership style works for you
• Understand where you stand as a leader
• Learn how to work most effectively to communicate to your employees
• Learn how to analyze situations and make decisions to be a better leader
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn about current marketing techniques that are relevant in today's competitive landscape
• Learn how to make creative decisions and how to use data to make strategic decisions
• Discover how you could gain a competitive advantage by using technological advances like artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-velocity decision-making, and data analytics
*Price includes in-state tuition and fees. For students from outside Virginia, tuition and fees total $13,516.
**A resume verifying professional-level work experience must be submitted at the time of application and is subject to verification and approval by the MBA director.
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