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MBA

MBA

60 3.7
A degree taken after university that teaches business and management
  • noun
  • /ˌɛm biː ˈeɪ/
translation icon : MBA
  • Let me go to school, get an MBA, then I'll start a business.
  • an MBA degree
  • an MBA program
  • get an MBA

Are there people with PhDs and MBAs that they could choose?

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Examples

  • You can get an International MBA from Duke University entirely over the web.

    Academic text (1999)
  • After completing my undergraduate degree, I decided to pursue an MBA to enhance my career in business management.

  • So I go to Graduate School and get an MBA straight from you.

  • I had applied to Stanford Business School for the MBA program.

  • Arthur got his MBA from Duke.

  • You don't need an MBA for any job that you want.

  • Certainly that firm attracts a great deal of interest from MBA students.

  • I did an MBA in accounting because I was sold on this idea that degrees equals success.

  • Which is why I went back to school and got my MBA at UC Davis while still working at ISC.

  • The WorldCom case offers an MBA-level illustration of a company nearly brought to ruin from within.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

61 3.3

A university degree you get after a bachelor's and before a PhD

applies specifically to study of running and organizing companies rather than any field

A university degree you study after your first degree that teaches how to manage businesses

is the common abbreviated form used for that full degree
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A degree you study after a first degree that teaches management and finance

focuses specifically on managing and organizing companies rather than many company fields

How Advanced

MBA
60 3.7

Surface Forms

MBA singular
MBAs plural

Morphology

MBA = Master + Business + Administration (opaque) = M + B + A

The relation to 'Master', 'Business', and 'Administration' is direct when the acronym is expanded, but the letter form conceals those components for learners who don't know the expansion.

Etymology

MBA stands for Master of Business Administration, a short form made from the first letters of those words. Think of it as a 'master' who has learned to 'manage' a 'business', so an MBA is a degree for people who want to run or lead companies.