Chaminade University of Honolulu

Master of Business Administration

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Your future starts here. Our MBA takes you there.

Our MBA program gives you a strong foundation in business along with the hands-on experience, mentorship, and support to help you move confidently into the next stage of your career.

Designed for early-career professionals and recent graduates from any academic background, the program builds practical business skills you can use immediately—whether you’re looking to accelerate your career, shift into a new field, or gain the knowledge to launch your own venture.

At Chaminade, you’ll graduate ready to contribute to organizations and communities—using business as a force for good.

Terms & Deadlines

Accelerated Spring Term Begins: April 13, 2026
Application Deadline: March 20, 2026

Accelerated Fall Term Begins: October 5, 2026
Application Deadline: September 11, 2026

A program built around you.

Our MBA program gives you the flexibility to balance your education with life’s demands while you build a strong, cross-functional foundation in business. You’ll sharpen your leadership, analytical, and strategic decision-making skills within a supportive, collaborative learning community. With personalized guidance and opportunities for real-world application, you’ll explore new career paths, deepen your professional purpose, and prepare to lead with integrity and impact.

Hybrid or 100% online (with synchronous components) courses

36 total credit hours

Finish in as few as 12 months

10-week terms,
four terms per year

Personalized mentoring and support

IACBE-accredited program

Notable Alumni

“I was surrounded by people wanting to be drivers of positive business change. My professors emphasized while business leadership is about making decisions, leadership in the community—considering the welfare of your family, friends, and neighbors—is about making decisions grounded in ethics and who you are as a person.”

Ethan West '16, CEO of Punahele Provisions

Ethan West, MBA ’16

Founder & CEO, Piko Provisions

“Chaminade’s MBA allowed me to build on my foundation of knowledge and focus on academic areas where I wasn’t quite as strong. I also found great value in the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program, hearing first-hand from Hawai’i executives about how they approach leadership, prepare for market ups and downs and set their companies up for successful futures.”

Anthony Shipp, MBA ’19

President & CEO, M. Dyer Global

“I wanted an in-person program, and liked the university’s strong Marianist mission and involvement in the community, which resonated with my faith. The small class sizes also helped create strong relationships. I had a really diverse group of people in my classes—from folks earlier in their careers to later careerists in the military. I made some really good connections.”

Andrew Giles, MBA ’17

COO, Kaiser Permanente

Program Details

A graduate with a Master’s of Business Administration degree will be able to:

  1. Critical thinking: Critically evaluate business problems and opportunities using a process of inquiry that supports the development of innovative, creative, and data driven solutions.
  2. Ethics: Assess the ethical implications of modern business practices.
  3. Business Decision-Making: Synthesize information across functional areas in order to make strategic, evidence-based, and data driven decisions.
  4. Strategic Planning: Integrate knowledge from across functional areas to design business strategies that effectively provide value to the organization and society.
  5. Data Analysis: Apply appropriate quantitative and data analysis techniques to analyze the business environment.
  6. Organizational behavior/change: Develop authentic and socially responsible management and administrative strategies that are responsive to complex organizational situations and changes.
  7. Operations Management: Determine the appropriate operations management strategies in the design, development, and the global management of a process or project.=.

MBA (36 total credit hours)

  • MBA 550 Professional Seminar in Business
  • MBA 603 Management and Leadership
  • MBA 621 Accounting for Managers
  • MBA 631 Marketing Management
  • MBA 641 Financial Management
  • MBA 651 Economic Analysis
  • MBA 710 Business Analytics
  • MBA 721 International Business
  • MBA 802 Business Strategy and Decision Making

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Chaminade University has been accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the nationally recognized agency for accreditation of post-secondary institutions in its area of the United States.

International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)

Chaminade University has received specialized accreditation for its Master of Business Administration programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).

General Admission Requirements

  • Completed Chaminade application
  • Hold at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in the U.S., or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution*
  • Official college transcripts
  • Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above
  • Minimum two (2) years of relevant full-time work experience
  • Completed essay questions
  • GMAT and GRE are not required

*See the Graduate Admissions Requirements website for full details on accreditation requirements

Cost of Attendance

Please visit the Graduate Cost of Attendance webpage for tuition rates and fees.

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If you have any MBA program questions, please Business Administration Program Coordinator Masa Yamaguchi, PhD, MBA, at [email protected].

For Admissions questions, please contact Admission at [email protected] or (808) 739-8524.