Oregon Executive MBA | Part-Time MBA in Portland

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Uplevel Your Career

With classes just twice a month, you can earn your University of Oregon MBA in Portland without stepping away from your career.

Meet the Portland-based, weekend MBA.

The Oregon Executive MBA is an AACSB-accredited, 20-month, part-time MBA for mid-to-senior working professionals, taught in a cohort format at the University of Oregon’s Northeast Portland campus. In-person classes meet twice a month on consecutive Fridays and Saturdays, with only about 8 hours per month overlapping the standard workweek.

Students learn in-demand leadership skills over the weekend that they can immediately apply to their workplace on Monday.

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Through projects, presentations, and the application of academic knowledge and established best practices, the Oregon Executive MBA will give you the skills and confidence along with the degree you need to take your career to the next level. Explore tuition and fees, learn more about scholarship, funding, and DEI fellowship opportunities, and more.

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Executive Experience
Tailored to experienced professionals and emerging business leaders, the Oregon Executive MBA is as academically rigorous as any full-time MBA program, but is differentiated by its cohort structure, convenient schedule and student services, robust network, and application and relevance to current careers.
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Requirements and Courses
Each cohort of working professionals spends twenty months side-by-side, bringing their own real-world business acumen to bear on the lessons learned in a high-level MBA curriculum. We know our students are already beyond the basics, so we focus on leadership, teamwork, and personal growth in projects that hold relevance for today’s business environment.
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50%+
MORE THAN HALF OF GRADS SEE POSITIVE CAREER MOVEMENT DURING THE PROGRAM
35
FELLOW COHORT MEMBERS (ON AVERAGE)
1,300+
ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONALS IN OUR ALUMNI NETWORK

Portland Location

Located in Portland, Oregon, the Oregon Executive MBA program sits in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, is immersed in nature and innovation, and is surrounded by top industries. The Oregon Executive MBA is now located at the University of Oregon's new campus in Northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood.

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Meet Rachel

For Rachel McGinn, being in the Oregon Executive MBA program is about investing in herself and embracing the opportunity to grow. "There is no timeline to continuing your education. Pursuing the Oregon Executive MBA program was the right step for me when it fit into my life and my goals, and it aligns with where I am now in my personal and professional development."

Learn more about Rachel and other Executive MBA student journeys in this Willamette Week feature. 

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Find out what it's like to be an executive MBA student at the UO's weekend MBA in Portland by attending an info session.

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Current executive mba students
39
Average age
28%
Women

 

17%
Racial and ethnic minorities
17
Average years of work experience
16
Average years of management experience

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Hands-On Learning

The Oregon Executive MBA experience extends outside of the classroom with such hallmark activities as an executive immersion, global study trip, student and alumni networking events, guest speakers, and more.
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Professional Development

The Oregon Executive MBA has an extensive and unparalleled network of alumni and we provide some of the best career development information, industry research tools, and executive coaching to current students and alumni alike to facilitate networking and professional advancement.
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Faculty Experts

Our world-class faculty are experienced practitioners and accomplished academics, selected for their skill in teaching experienced leaders.

 

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Peter Younkin
Peter Younkin
Associate Professor of Management
Peter Younkin studies entrepreneurship, particularly entrepreneurial activity by traditionally underrepresented groups. In his first year at the University of Oregon he received the UO's prestigious New Faculty Junior Research Award—and he's been going strong ever since. Most recently, he won the Lundquist College's top academic honor—the Stewart Award—for 2023.
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Upcoming Executive MBA Events

Oregon Executive MBA Information Session: Make it Work
Aug11
Oregon Executive MBA Information Session: Make it Work Aug 11
Oregon Executive MBA Information Session
Sep23
Oregon Executive MBA Information Session Sep 23
Veterans in Business: Opportunities and Insights at the Lundquist College of Business
Nov10
Veterans in Business: Opportunities and Insights at the Lundquist College of Business Nov 10

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Oregon Executive MBA
oemba@uoregon.edu

2800 NE Liberty St.
Portland, OR 97211

Accreditation

The University of Oregon is a member of the exclusive Association of American Universities (AAU). The Lundquist College of Business and the School of Accounting are both accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).