ADMISSIONS OVERVIEW

We offer four start dates per year (January, April, July and October).

Please refer to the following deadlines when submitting your application:

Cohort StartPriority DeadlineFinal Deadline
April 2025
December 16, 2024
January 27, 2025
July 2025
March 24, 2025
April 21, 2025
October 2025
June 23, 2025
July 21, 2025

Reach out to an Admissions Counselor at 888-986-2622 or admissions@onlinebusiness.unc.edu to learn how you can get your $150 application fee waived.

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Why Apply By the Priority Deadline?

We recommend that you submit your completed application by the priority deadline so that you can receive your decision and begin your planning and pre-work as soon as possible.

If you apply by the priority deadline for your chosen start date, you will receive several key educational and financial benefits:

  • $150 application fee waiver 1
  • Priority registration for Orientation
  • Early class registration
  • Additional time to plan finances
  • Online meet and greet for admitted students

1 To receive your waiver, you must contact your Admissions Counselor before submitting your application. Once paid, the application fee is non-refundable.arrow_upwardReturn to footnote reference

Meet Our Students

Our online MBA students represent countries around the world and all 50 states, bringing professional experience, diverse perspectives and advanced knowledge to the UNC Kenan-Flagler community.2

31%

Female Graduates

23%

Minority3

30%

Military

10

Average Years of Work
Experience

24

Non-US Countries
Represented

20%

Hold Other Advanced
Degrees

Go beyond the numbers: Read our students’ stories to learn more about their accomplishments.

Learn how our online format can help you advance your career
without putting it on hold.

2 Data represents all students who entered the program during the July 2021 – June 2022 academic year.arrow_upwardReturn to footnote reference

3 This information includes: Hispanic/Latino, black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian or Alaska Native students, as well as two or more races, when one or more are from the preceding racial and ethnic categories.arrow_upwardReturn to footnote reference

4 #3 Best Online MBA Programs. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved August 2024. (https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-OBUS0736/mba).arrow_upwardReturn to footnote reference