The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is now offered at the University of South Florida Polytechnic. The MBA is a professional degree designed to prepare graduates for managerial roles in business and not-for-profit organizations. Graduates will develop the necessary skills to improve, redesign and integrate complex systems to create customer value, permitting them to make an early contribution to their organization and move into broad, general management responsibilities at the executive level.

This program features a participative and experientially-based curriculum. In addition to traditional business fundamentals it also stresses:

• Leadership and teamwork
• Cultural diversity and ethics
• Technology and innovation
• Communication
• International perspective
• Professional development

This is the only local program holding the most prestigious accreditation through AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB International is the premiere accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting, and as such is the most widely recognized and sought-after endorsement of business schools. As of April 2009, AACSB International accredits 568 business and 171 accounting programs worldwide. Less than one-third of U.S. business school programs and only 15 percent of business school programs worldwide meet the rigorous standards for AACSB accreditation.