Two-Year MBA
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Gain analytical skills and an ethical leadership foundation to fuel your career.
The traditional Two-Year MBA degree at Notre Dame is the hallmark of graduate business education. It will prepare you for success in business, regardless of your prior background.
With an average of five years of work experience, each class is enriched by the unique perspectives of its members ranging from traditional business professionals to military veterans, men and women, and students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
In two years at Notre Dame, you’ll earn a values-based MBA with a focus on Business Analytics. You’ll join a close-knit class with countless opportunities to develop your own leadership style and engage with the community. And, in the end, you’ll be connected with a global alumni network rated one of the most responsive in the world.
Duration:
2 Years
Format:
Full-time
Location:
Notre Dame
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Highlights: MBA Student Experience
The traditional Two-Year MBA is a rigorous full-time program, located on our iconic campus near South Bend, Indiana. It’s a program that continues to evolve and innovate, positioning you to become a global thought leader.
Lead Courageously
Your MBA journey launches with Integral Leadership Development, four days of individual and group activities to help you discern your most important values, strengths and weaknesses — a process that proves to be unexpectedly challenging.
Business Analytics
You'll build a strong business analytics tool kit with a curriculum designed to give you the skills needed to lead using insights drawn from big data.
Global Experiences
Global experiences are a vital part of business education today, and you'll have unique opportunities through the Two-Year MBA program to see the real world impact of business first hand.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
From submitting your idea to investing in a technology already in the pipeline to securing an internship, there are a number of ways that MBA students can get involved in the groundbreaking work happening at the IDEA Center.
Welcome to the Notre Dame Family
Notre Dame’s small program size and personal attention help to develop a close-knit community and relationships that last long after graduation. Including your classmates, faculty and staff, you'll become part of the Notre Dame Family!
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Average Class Size
740-590
GMAT Middle 80% Range
5.3
Years Average Work Experience
89%
Students Receiving fellowship
3.3
Average GPA
3.1
Student to Faculty Ratio
Career Development
Our approach is designed to give you the tools and support you need to reach your goals. We leverage dedicated professionals, a robust career strategy process (involving both formal coursework and tailored one-to-one coaching), and a powerful suite of tools and resources.
A central component of your career development experience is our Career Leadership Course, which meets twice per week during Module #1 (your first seven weeks on campus). The course serves as a strong foundation for your career development and consists of the following phases:
You will benefit from tailored, individual career coaching that works with your schedule — you schedule the meetings, drive the agenda and lead the conversations
Our coaches have industry experience, coaching training, and a deep commitment to understanding students. Our coaches help our students align with their values, leverage their strengths, and ignite their passion.
Travel with fellow students to the San Francisco Bay Area to talk business with companies like Salesforce, Cisco, Intel or Google; or to Wall Street in New York City to discuss investment banking or finance with Citi, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and more.
Interact with corporate representatives through hundreds of on-campus touch points each year; Plug into Notre Dame’s world-class alumni network; or, Engage with the IDEA Center at Innovation Park, where aspiring entrepreneurs, faculty, students and industry experts collaborate.
- 92% Received Offer within 3 months of Graduating
- $144,536 Average Salary (including bonus) OR $116,243 Average Salary
- 100% Received Internship Offer
- Abbott Nutrition
- Amazon
- American Airlines
- AT&T
- Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
- Capital One
- Cisco
- Citi
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank
- Discover Financial Services
- Emerson
- ExxonMobil
- EY
- FTI Consulting
- General Electric
- Huron Consulting
- IBM
- Intel
- Johnson & Johnson
- Liberty Mutual
- M&T Bank
- McKinsey & Co.
- Microsoft
- Nationwide
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- PwC
- Procter & Gamble
- SAP
- United Airlines
- Whirlpool
Class of 2019 U.S. Placement By Region
*Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding
11%
WEST
10%
SOUTHWEST
39%
MIDWEST
11%
MID-ATLANTIC
22%
NORTHEAST
4%
SOUTH
The Economist ranks Notre Dame among the Top 5 MBA programs for “alumni effectiveness” and among the Top 10 for “potential to network.”
Our Community
MBA Candidate '19 "I already feel ready to effectively and ethically tackle the challenges of a challenging world."
Alumna "The community at Notre Dame is an amazing experience. The smaller program makes it so that you can really get to know your classmates, but you can also get to know student services, career services."
MBA Candidate '19 "Notre Dame’s MBA program has allowed me not only to develop valuable business skills in the classroom, but also engage with and learn from the most diverse and experienced group of peers I’ve ever had the opportunity to meet. I feel like I’m getting so much more than a degree from my time here!"