Online MBA - Human Resource Management

Enrich your core HR skills through applied learning, expert faculty and real-world projects, preparing you to lead, support and strengthen today’s workplaces.

Apply by: 8/12/26
Start Class: 8/19/26
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Program Overview

Develop leadership credentials with a human resource management MBA

$18,180* Total Tuition
As few as 12-18 months Program Duration
30 Credit Hours

Build the expertise to manage any organization’s most valuable resource, its people, with a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management. This online program emphasizes the strategic role of HR and how policies, systems and practices strengthen human capital and long-term stakeholder value.

This AACSB-accredited online program provides you with foundational HR knowledge. Our faculty, professionally certified through SHRM and HRCI, bring the latest in research to the class, where it is combined with practical work experience to provide an innovative and rich learning environment. In addition, you will have the opportunity to engage with SHRM through student and professional chapters. As an individual pursuing a career in HR, completion of this program can help you stand out to employers as a highly qualified HR leader and compete for top-level roles.

AACSB Accredited

The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business at Murray State University has been continuously accredited by AACSB International (AACSB) since 1981.

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Top Public University in the South

Top 10 Ranked "Public University in the South" by U.S. News & World Report (2026)

Additional benefits of this online human resource management program

  • Our students consistently score above average on ETS® Major Field Tests, reflecting preparedness and confidence in impacting businesses after graduation.
  • Our faculty is dedicated to your success both in the program and in the workforce, providing personal attention, advisement and support.
  • You will have access to the resources within the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development, which offers workshops, training and consulting services, and more for small-business owners in western Kentucky.
Additional benefits of this online human resource management program+
  • Our students consistently score above average on ETS® Major Field Tests, reflecting preparedness and confidence in impacting businesses after graduation.
  • Our faculty is dedicated to your success both in the program and in the workforce, providing personal attention, advisement and support.
  • You will have access to the resources within the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development, which offers workshops, training and consulting services, and more for small-business owners in western Kentucky.

This online human resource program will prepare you for careers such as:

  • Regional Human Resources Director
  • HR Manager
  • Employee Relations Supervisor
This online human resource program will prepare you for careers such as:+
  • Regional Human Resources Director
  • HR Manager
  • Employee Relations Supervisor
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Tuition

Affordable tuition helps you invest in your future

MBA online programs from Murray State University offer affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. All fees are included in the total tuition.

Tuition breakdown:

$606 Per Credit Hour
$18,180* Total Tuition
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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA – HR Management $606 $1,818 $18,180*

Calendar

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Murray State University online programs are delivered in an accelerated format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.

Now enrolling:

8/12/26 Next Application Deadline
8/19/26 Start Classes

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TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument & Financial Aid DeadlinePriority Registration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class DayTerm Length
Fall 18/19/268/12/268/13/268/14/268/18/2610/7/267 weeks
Fall 210/14/2610/5/2610/6/2610/7/268/18/2612/4/267 weeks
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Admissions

See what you need to apply to the MBA human resource management program

At Murray State University, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the MBA in Human Resource Management online, including where to send your transcripts.

The requirements include:

Online application accepted on a rolling basis
Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
Transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended
No GMAT required for qualified applicants
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For admission to this MBA online program, domestic students must meet one of the following sets of requirements:

  • Official transcripts from all schools attended.
  • Master's degree in a relevant field or doctoral-level degree from an accredited institution OR
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with:
    • 3.25 GPA, no work experience required
    • 3.0 GPA and two years of full-time relevant work experience – Resume Required
    • 2.75 – 2.99 GPA and four years of full-time relevant work experience – Resume Required
    • Domestic applicants with a 2.74 or below GPA who have extensive work experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the admissions committee and may be required to submit additional documentation, including a GMAT or GRE score – Resume Required

International students have additional admission requirements. Please see the Academic Bulletin and/or the International Admissions webpage for complete requirements.

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent from issuing institutions to:

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Murray State University
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Murray, KY 42071

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Courses

Gain relevant expertise in your online human resource coursework

For the MBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management online, you must complete 21 credit hours of core courses (including a capstone course) and nine credit hours of electives. You also must complete two free, self-paced modules in accounting and economics, which can be taken concurrently with other core coursework in the program.

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Embedded into the curriculum are two free, prerequisite courses to fully prepare you for your graduate level courses. Designed to revitalize your skills and reinforce previous concepts, these prerequisites will strengthen your understanding of accounting and economics and can be taken simultaneously with your other program courses, but prior to ACC 604 and ECO 625. These mandatory courses are pass/fail with 80 percent being the minimum score to pass. Students with a business undergraduate degree can be waived during the evaluation process. 

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Introduces the application of basic accounting techniques for recording, analyzing, and communicating financial information to parties external to a corporate business entity. Topics include understanding the elements of the accounting equation, using double-entry accounting methods to create and summarize account balances, preparing the four basic financial statements, and analyzing financial ratios. Both service and merchandising business operations are discussed. Can be taken a maximum of three times.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
An introduction to basic economic theory related to supply and demand, elasticity, firm theory, market structures and government policy analysis. This course provides the theoretical and mathematical foundation for the application of economic theory to business problems. Can be taken a maximum of three times.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An in-depth study of management accounting techniques and methods needed for effective management of business enterprises. The trade-offs management makes in acquiring and using accounting information for decision-making and control are discussed. Specific topics include cost behavior and estimation, short-term decision-making, budgeting, performance evaluation, cost allocation, and product costing.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Defines organizations and managers’ roles in those organizations, with special emphasis upon behavioral issues. Examines individual, group and organizational processes in light of the environment within which the organization functions. Special attention is given to managing in non-U.S. settings and the ethical problems faced in the managerial job.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Business analytics refers to the techniques and practices of statistical data analyses useful to business organizations. This course covers the fundamental concepts of data analysis, and intermediary concepts such as predictive analysis and prescriptive analysis. The analytical techniques covered include visualization, regression, forecasting, simulation, optimization and risk analysis. Students get to learn and use advanced spreadsheet functions and visualization tools to analyze business data.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Possess a strong Business Analytics vocabulary.
  2. Utilize spreadsheet and data visualization software to organize, screen, and preprocess the data.
  3. Use descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive data analytics tools.
  4. Understand how and why Business Analytics techniques could be applied to assist business decision making.
  5. Gain a fundamental understanding of how to construct spreadsheet models for the purposes of conducting quantitative analysis of business problems.
  6. Demonstrate the ability to interpret analysis results, evaluate alternatives, and to apply basic sensitivity analysis in the support of a managerial decision maker.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Application of economic models and rationale to business decision-making with special emphasis on case studies. Topics include supply and demand, elasticity, production and costs, market structure, strategic interaction, pricing strategies and government intervention.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Practical application of the finance function in a company with specific emphasis on maximizing the value of the firm for its shareholders. Financial decision-making integrated with the theory of capital markets. Particular attention is given to the areas of investment, capital structure, short-term financing, and working capital management.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a study of marketing as the firm’s strategic link with its customers in a global competitive environment. Major topics include (1) the development of marketing strategy, (2) the formulation of marketing plans, (3) the selection and implementation of marketing tactics, and (4) ethical considerations in marketing. **Suggested first course
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This is the MBA capstone course in which the students must integrate all of the functional areas of business administration and analyze their impact on management policy and strategy decisions. Even though each student will bring knowledge of his or her area of specialization into the classroom, it is expected that the student will perform as a generalist rather than a specialist and as a practicing manager rather than an impartial researcher.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course focuses on the strategic role of the human resource management system, processes, and practices to achieve organizational success. It emphasizes how organizations can use human resource management to develop the necessary levels of human capital to provide sustainable value to stakeholders. Consideration is given to both internal and external issues that influence the human resource management process.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses the application of effective human resource management practices to the current business realities of the organization. Topics include: strategy and human resource management, mergers and acquisitions, downsizing and rightsizing, HR measurement, human resource information systems, and the use of social media and employee communications as human resource management tools. A student may not enroll if they have taken MGT 558.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course takes an in depth look at the process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining an effective workforce in the pursuit of such organizational outcomes as profitability, market share, customer satisfaction, and environment sustainability. The course examines staffing as the organizational function used to manage the organization's workforce through such systems as staffing strategy, HR planning, recruitment, selection, employment and retention.

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