UMPI Master of Science in Business

[SophiaPrincess]

News: The 2025-2026 UMPI Catalog, Fall Version has been posted. Its Academic Programs page states the following three concentrations are coming in Fall Session 2, October 27 2025:

• Project Management
  
• Supply Chain Management
  
• Finance
  

These join the concentrations starting in Fall Session 1:

• Communication
  
• Human Resource Management
  
• Entrepreneurship
  

I wish they offered an accounting/finance concentration instead of pure finance. Maybe they don’t have enough demand or profs to teach the accounting classes. 

After I see what others say about the classes, I’ll consider enrolling in the MSB as I haven’t really found a good masters in accounting that I like and can afford. So may just settle for finance

I imagine most of the finance classes would require excel work and not as many papers (hopefully).

Many seem to be interested in BI, looks like it might be out sometime next year. I’m assuming they also don’t have enough profs for the classes especially who has a phd only woodman and curran come to mind. For finance trudel and maybe shah or reyes-F might be regular profs.

Accounting is a very useful and respected major, but finance pays signicantly better. I'd like to see them offer both concentrations with an emphasis on CPA exam preparation in the accounting concentration.

[Jonathan Whatley]

Accounting is a very useful and respected major, but finance pays signicantly better. I'd like to see them offer both concentrations with an emphasis on CPA exam preparation in the accounting concentration.

Finance pays better on average among graduates from elite schools, but I wonder if this extends to non-elite schools.

It would be great to see UMPI offer accounting and finance programs at both the master's and bachelor's levels. I'm quietly hoping they're designing some of the MSB courses for easy adaptation to populate additional baccalaureate business concentrations in the future. We've heard prospective student interest in the forums in in baccalaureate concentrations in Finance and HRM.

[mohelena02]

Does anyone know where I can find a class list? Any overlap with the MAOL?

[Jonathan Whatley]

Does anyone know where I can find a class list?

The YourPace page in the new catalog has the course lists for the first six concentrations currently.

Any overlap with the MAOL?

Surprisingly, no direct overlap. The MAOL is all OLS courses, the MSBs are all BUS courses. It's possible UMPI would accept a little transfer credit, for example maybe OLS 600 Leading Organizational Change to BUS 506 Change Management and Organizational Adaption.

[Sarajane]

I know we're nearing the new year with spring 1 in January, wondering if anyone might have info on if the bi concentration may be released next year spring?

I saw curran and woodman listed on the initial meeting agenda and they mostly taught undergrad mis/tech courses so I assume they will be profs for bi.

[Hackingat40]

This may be a dumb question but why do some people say a vanilla mba at wgu is worth more than any of the msb concentrations when it comes to the end of the day with recognition to hiring professionals and overall recognition?

[NotJoeBiden]

That seems like a broad generalization of the value of MBA vs other business degrees. It really depends.

[Mint Berry Crunch]

Has anybody started the MSB program yet? Any thoughts so far?