Graduate Programs
Leaders are made here.
You want more than a degree. You need a graduate business education that will prepare you to lead, and propel you to the top of your field. The Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra can give you that edge. Five academic departments with full-time faculty who are leading scholars in their fields and focused on your education. More than 1,000 students from across the country and around the globe. State-of-the-art facilities, within easy reach of New York’s world-class career opportunities and Zarb’s extensive alumni network. One of a handful of New York area schools consistently ranked as a top national business program by Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.
Choose from a traditional evening M.B.A., ranked 5th Best in the Northeast by Bloomberg Businessweek, a full-time Day M.B.A., an executive or an online M.B.A. program, as well as an M.S. program with eight concentrations. Find a program that fits your needs. Get ready to succeed. Leaders are made here at Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business.
Master of Business Administration
The Frank G. Zarb School of Business offers programs leading to the Master of Business Administration with majors in the following areas:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Health Services Management
- Information Technology
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Online (Strategic Management)
- Quality Management
- Real Estate
- Sports and Entertainment Management
- Taxation
For more information, please visit: http://www.hofstra.edu/bulletin_gradZarb
Bachelor of Business Administration/Master of Business Administration, B.B.A./M.B.A.
For more information, please visit: http://www.hofstra.edu/bulletin_gradZarbBBA_MBA_MS
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration, J.D./M.B.A.
This program leads to both the Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. Many areas of law and business benefit from such an integrated program.
Objectives of the J.D./M.B.A. Program
- Offer qualified students a joint program leading to both M.B.A. and J.D. degrees.
- Give people with legal backgrounds a knowledge of business practice, the economic ramifications of the law and a foundation in business problem solving. Areas of law and business that especially benefit from such an approach include tax law, corporation law, real estate law, and antitrust law.
For more information, please visit the program home page
Executive Master of Business Administration, E.M.B.A.
The Frank G. Zarb School of Business offers a 48 s.h. Executive M.B.A. program (E.M.B.A.) for those individuals who hold middle- to senior-level management positions in private industry, government and the not-for-profit sector. It is organized to allow working managers the opportunity to continue their professional commitments while simultaneously participating fully in a lockstep M.B.A. program that is twenty months in length. The program is designed so that students will attend classes between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturdays - four full days each month (two Fridays and two Saturdays). Students participate in the E.M.B.A. degree program with the consent of their company or organization because of the required released time necessary to attend Friday classes and participate in the program's two-day initial residency and its international management practicum.
For more information, please visit the program home page
Master of Science, M.S.
The Frank G. Zarb School of Business offers programs leading to the Master of Science with majors in the following areas:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Human Resources Management
- Information Technology
- Marketing
- Marketing Research
- Quantitative Finance
- Taxation
Objectives of the Master of Science Program:
- Provide qualified students who already hold baccalaureate degrees with a professional perspective and an opportunity to gain expertise in a specific field of business. These programs are targeted at those who seek to develop expanded bases of knowledge in a particular area of business, as well as those who may seek a career change from one business discipline to another.
- Serve individuals with a strong commitment to managerial careers in business, government or the not-for-profit sector who exhibit the potential for leadership in the global business community.
- Offer M.S. degrees in several functional areas of business.
Bachelor of Business Administration/Master of Science, B.B.A./M.S.
- Accounting, B.B.A./M.S.
- Taxation, B.B.A./M.S.
- Human Resources Management, B.B.A./M.S.
- Marketing, B.B.A./M.S.
- Marketing Research, B.B.A./M.S.
Qualified Hofstra University undergraduate marketing majors may choose to take one of the above-listed joint B.B.A./M.S. programs. These students must take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), meet the M.S. admission requirements, and submit the appropriate application after successfully completing a minimum of 88 undergraduate credits, but prior to enrolling in their last 12 credits of course work toward the B.B.A.
Advanced Certificate in Business Programs
Offered by the Zarb School of Business, these advanced graduate certificates in business programs enable individuals who already possess graduate degrees in business to either refocus their careers or update and expand upon specific business skill sets. Individuals who possess professional degrees in other areas, e.g., medicine or law, may also find these programs of interest as an expedient means of achieving expertise in a particular business function. All courses are taught by Zarb School of Business faculty. Each of the following programs consists of six graduate-level courses for a total of 18 credits (exclusive of prerequisites in some programs); at least 12 credits must be taken in residence:
- Accounting
- Banking
- Corporate Finance
- General Management
- Human Resources Management
- Information Technology
- International Business
- Investment Management
- Marketing
- Taxation
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