Flexible Yet Rigorous
Balance work, life, and graduate school with our hybrid format structured to accommodate your demanding schedule while maintaining the academic rigor of a top-tier MBA program.
AACSB-Accredited
Professional MBA
Advance your career without pressing pause. Designed for working professionals who require a part-time, night class schedule and the flexibility to attend classes online, the Professional MBA enables you to keep charging forward in your career as you earn your MBA.
Your career is already in motion. Pursuing an MBA should support your momentum.
Crummer’s Professional MBA (PMBA) was built to empower ambitious, early- to mid-career professionals with the skills and benefits gained by earning an MBA from a program that is well-regarded for its rigor — all without requiring them to step away from work.
Combining an intentionally small cohort experience; close, one-on-one connections with faculty; and a flexible hybrid format designed around the realities of a full-time career, PMBA students build executive leadership and analytical skills to keep their careers moving upward while boosting their effectiveness as leaders within their current roles.
With twice-weekly evening classes, synchronous online flexibility, and a hands-on curriculum that helps students build solid skillsets for upper management and leadership roles, the PMBA helps mid-career professionals earn a respected MBA at a pace that supports their existing commitments and their career goals.
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Applications for Fall 2026 Entry are Due
Round 2 Deadline: May 1, 2026
Round 3 Deadline: July 1, 2026
Why Choose Crummer?
The PMBA pathway delivers the rigor of on-campus learning with the convenience of online synchronous coursework—while still offering the personalized support, close faculty engagement, and collaborative experience that define a Crummer graduate business education.
Location Matters
Crummer’s location minutes from Orlando’s thriving business district provides access to a diverse economy spanning tourism, healthcare, technology, aerospace, and emerging industries.
Small Cohorts, Big Impacts
You’ll benefit from personalized attention from faculty and deep connections with your peers within an intimate learning environment that fosters meaningful discussions and long-lasting professional relationships.
Expanded, Global Perspective
Through a required global immersion, you’ll gain invaluable exposure to cross-border markets, cultures, and business practices.
The result: A rigorous MBA experience that deepens and strengthens the career momentum you’ve already built to achieve your goals — without interruption.
Carefully-Selected Cohort
We curate each PMBA cohort to include a broad range of industrial, organizational, operational, and cultural perspectives, as these individual differences enable a useful cross-pollination of ideas and rich class discussions. Ideal PMBA candidates nevertheless share the following:
~5+ Years of Full-Time Experience
Preferably in roles that have incrementally increased in responsibility over time
Bachelor's Degree
Crummer does not requrie candidates to have majored in business, and we routinely accept students from all areas of the academy.
Personal Drive & Vision
Our holistic admission approach considers “the whole candidate,” including each applicant’s motivation, leadership potential, professional goals, and readiness to contribute meaningfully to their cohort
Where Business Meets Community
Rollins College and Crummer are longstanding institutional pillars within our local Winter Park, FL, cultural fabric and business community. And our location just minutes from Orlando’s thriving business districts situates our MBA candidates within one of the country’s premier regions for employment opportunity and career growth.
"Triple-Crown" Location
Orlando received a rare “triple crown” for opportunity in 2025, when aggregate economic data revealed it to be #1 for employment, population, and GDP growth among the top 30 most populous metros in the nation (OEP, 2025).
World-Class Industry Access
Orlando is a global leader in the tourism, healthcare, technology, and aerospace sectors, and it also claims a vibrant local economy where entrepreneurs and startups not only find success — they thrive.
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Stay in touch and we’ll let you know when we have announcements and news to share about the PMBA — including due dates for future application rounds.
Hands-On, Experiential Learning
Forget the standard assignments you remember from school. PMBA faculty instead deliver opportunities for candidates to “learn by doing” as they solve for real-world organizational challenges, sharpen their decision-making skills and judgment capacities, and gain the ability to glean insight through uncertainty. During their time as PMBA candidates, students will experience:
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Applied Coursework
Solving for real business & organizational challenges
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Consulting Projects
With local and regional organizations such as Orlando Health, 4Roots, Give Kids the World and FairWinds Credit Union.
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Global Immersion
Experience international business firsthand through a required global learning component
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Capstone Experience
Integrate insights from across the curriculum in a culminating applied project
Learn from Industry Leaders
Crummer faculty combine academic excellence with real-world expertise, bringing research, consulting experience, and practical insight into every classroom discussion.
A Curriculum Built for Working Professionals
Core Curriculum Requirements
The PMBA core curriculum provides a comprehensive foundation in all key areas of business management and develops critical thinking, analytical skills, leadership capability, and functional business leadership fluency through 41.5 credit hours of integrated coursework. The effectiveness of Crummer’s PMBA curriculum at constructively and demonstrably delivering these competencies to our students is implied in our accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) — a status of excellence that Crummer shares with an elite group of just six percent of business schools worldwide. PMBA students build strong operational and management foundations across four key functional areas:
1 Foundational Course
Build the academic, quantitative, and professional tools needed to lead successful organizations.
11 Core Courses
Develop business fluency across leadership, finance, marketing, operations, analytics, economics, and strategy.
3 Electives
Customize your path through electives that align with your interests and career goals.
1 Capstone Project
Integrate learnings from across the curriculum through a culminating, applied experience.
Optional Concentration & Elective Courses
PMBA students may pursue an optional concentration by taking all three of their required electives within a specific content area in order to deepen their expertise and build specialized skills that align with their career goals and enhance their competitive edge in the marketplace.
Business Analytics
Build quantitative tools, data visualization skill, and analytical frameworks that translate complex data into strategic insight.
Finance
Deepen your knowledge of corporate finance, investment analysis, financial markets, and decision-making in finance-focused roles.
Entrepreneurship
Develop the skills to launch, grow, and scale ventures, from startups to innovation inside established organizations.
Marketing
Build expertise in brand strategy, digital marketing, consumer insights, and integrated marketing communications.
Essentials for MBA Success
Foundation in quantitative skills, academic expectations, and professional tools.
Leadership and Strategic Influence
How leaders shape organizational direction through influence, communication, and decision-making.
Introduction to Design Thinking
Human-centered problem-solving emphasizing creativity, customer insight, and innovation.
Data Analysis for Business Decision Making
Analytical tools to interpret data and make evidence-based business decisions.
Marketing Management
Understanding customer needs, positioning offerings, and driving market success.
Accounting for Business Leaders
Financial and managerial accounting fluency for informed leadership decisions.
Organizational Behavior & Leadership
How individuals and teams operate, with skills to motivate people and manage change.
Operations Management
Designing and improving processes to deliver value across organizations and supply chains.
Economic Environment of Business
Macro- and microeconomic forces that influence business decisions.
Financial Decision Making
Corporate finance concepts for evaluating investments, managing risk, and optimizing performance.
Global Immersion Experience
The Global Immersion Experience is a signature component of a Crummer MBA that provides candidates with first-hand exposure to global business environments. Recent destinations have included Greece, Costa Rica, Brazil, Finland, Morocco, and Portugal — ideal locations for students to expand their awareness for how organizations operate in different cultural, political, and economic contexts.
We’re Accepting Applications for Fall 2026 Entry Now
Round 2 Deadline: May 1, 2026
Round 3 Deadline: July 1, 2026
Career Outcomes & ROI
The Professional MBA is an investment in your future that delivers substantial returns through enhanced leadership capabilities, expanded professional networks, access to one-on-one career coaching, lifetime access to audit future MBA courses, and beyond. PMBA graduates also receive an average salary increase of 14% within one year of completing the program.
Class Profile & Student Experience
PMBA cohorts are dynamic communities of professionals from an intentionally broad range of industries, specializations, and cultural backgrounds. Explore the stats for the Fall 2024 cohort:
21 Cohort Members
43% Women
38% U.S. Minority
32 Average Age
5.5 Average Years of Work Experience
17 Industries Represented
Your Cohort Becomes a Powerful Peer Support Network
While PMBA cohort members become thought partners to one another during their time in the program, the relationships they build remain strong well after graduation, when they become part of Crummer’s alumni network of 7,000+ scattered across 53 countries. In turn, these relationships enable cohort members to:
Knowledge Share
Continue learning from peers after graduation
Open Career Opportunities
Crummer alumni regularly provide referrals and references for one another
Become Global Connections
Alumi peers frequently facilitate networking opportunities across geographic regions.
Admission & Aid
Crummer’s holistic admission approach welcomes those with exceptional ideas, achievements, and vision. Candidates who are best fit for acceptance into a PMBA cohort have a bachelor’s degree and possess multiple years of full-time work experience, particularly in roles with progressively increasing responsibility.
Application Deadlines
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible to ensure that space in the program is available and to receive priority scholarship consideration.
Application questions? Email crummer@rollins.edu or call 407-646-2405.
Fall 2026
Round 2May 1, 2026
Round 3July 1, 2026 — Final Consideration
Upcoming Admission Events
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities offering financial assistance and additional benefits. All Crummer applicants are automatically considered for scholarships — and as your program application is also your scholarship application, no supplemental materials for scholarship consideration are required.
For exceptional students with extraordinary leadership potential, strategic thinking, and commitment to impact.
Beyond financial assistance, Dean’s Scholars receive a transformational leadership experience during their time at Crummer.
- Financial Assistance — Comprehensive scholarship plus additional program benefits.
- Executive Mentor Pairing — Guaranteed match with a senior executive mentor for guidance throughout your journey.
- Exclusive Networking — Access to Board members and distinguished alumni through invitation-only events.
- Executive Coaching — Priority access to professional development through the Career Management Center.
- Dean’s Engagement — Personal engagement events with Dean Anil Menon.
This scholarship recognizes accomplished professionals with proven leadership track records and strong potential for continued impact.
- Industry-matched mentor support.
- Priority career coaching access.
- Priority alumni event registration.
- Professional summit discounts.
For employees of partner organizations supporting your professional development.
$7,000 Rollins Alumni Scholarship
Available to eligible Rollins alumni who meet GPA and professional experience requirements.
$2,500 Referral Award
Available to students referred through the official referral form before submitting their application. This award may be combined with other Crummer financial aid.
Our admissions and financial aid team works with you to combine loans, scholarships, and payment plans.
- Federal Loans — U.S. students may access federal loans.
- Flexible Payment Plans — Spread tuition over the semester or year, avoiding lump-sum payments.
- Employer Reimbursement — Many organizations offer partial or full tuition reimbursement. We assist with HR coordination and documentation.
- Scholarships — All Crummer applicants are automatically considered for available scholarship opportunities.
To learn more, schedule a meeting with Rollins College’s Office of Financial Aid at the link below:
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question not answered below? Reach out to our team — we’re happy to help.
Classes meet two evenings per week, typically from 6:30–9:30 PM ET. Up to 45% of classes may be completed online through synchronous attendance options.
Yes. The PMBA is specifically designed for working professionals who plan to maintain full-time employment while earning their MBA.
The PMBA is designed to be completed in 24 months of part-time study.
Students should expect approximately 10–15 hours per week, including class time, readings, assignments, and team projects.
No. The GMAT and GRE are not required. Applicants may submit scores optionally if they believe scores will strengthen their application.
$63,910 Total Program Investment
- Flexible Payment Plans: Spread tuition over the semester or year to avoid lump-sum payments.
- Employer Reimbursement: Many organizations offer partial or full tuition support.
- Federal Loan Options: U.S. students may access federal loans with various repayment options.
- Scholarships: All applicants are automatically considered — no separate application required.
- Small cohort sizes that support deeper discussion and faculty access.
- Hybrid flexibility with synchronous online attendance options.
- Required global immersion experience.
- AACSB accreditation held by only 6% of business schools worldwide.
- Lifetime access to career resources and an engaged alumni network.
Yes. The global immersion is a fully integrated experiential learning component. Students travel to an international business hub, engage with executives, visit companies, and explore global business practices firsthand.
PMBA cohorts typically include approximately 21–24 students, creating a small and collaborative learning environment.
Crummer’s Career Management Center provides one-on-one coaching, resume and LinkedIn guidance, interview preparation, networking events, job search support, and alumni career support.
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Take the Next Step
Advance your career without pressing pause. Connect with our admissions team to learn how the Crummer Professional MBA fits your goals.