Deciding Between Graduate Programs

Mount Mercy's respected Business & Leadership graduate programs provide a structure for innovation and cross-collaboration.

Which Business & Leadership program is right for me?

The key is to determine your goals, interests, and ambitions:

All three can help you grow in your career. Many students have completed a combination of programs.

Questions?

Call 319-368-6460, or get in touch at gradprograms@mtmercy.edu

Crystal Loftsgard '16 MSL (1:23)

By advancing her education, Crystal says she's proved she can do anything she sets her mind to.

Collins Aerospace employee Crystal Loftsgard sitting at her desk
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MBA & MSL – Applicable Knowledge (0:47)

Mark Latta '08, '10 MBA, '19 MSL talks about the immediately applicable curriculum.

Mark Latta, sitting in a chair at the Mount Mercy graduate center and talking
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Mount Mercy University Graduate Programs (0:31)

Programs designed for working individuals and tailored for your personal success.

Students at the Mount Mercy University Graduate Center
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Why Mount Mercy (1:09)

Program Director Marcie Van Note gives an overview of what makes our MBA different.

Program director Marcie Van Note
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One size does not fit all

  • Develop the skills required for careers in business and management
  • Learn to analyze, improve, and manage processes and systems
  • Apply theories and skills to solve problems and achieve best practices
  • Explore essential tools for success in business, demonstrating professional consistency
  • Expand your professional network

  • Apply leadership theories to solve complex challenges
  • Focus on the people in the organization and how leaders influence others to drive change and deliver results
  • Gain self-awareness, develop a leadership philosophy, and recognize how actions impact others
  • Become an adaptive leader that drives growth and innovation
  • Expand your professional network of community leaders

  • Generate strategies to drive business solutions
  • Apply relevant value chain analytical skills
  • Leverage ways to work with diverse teams
  • Look into the effects of a globalized supply chain to optimize a multinational business operation
  • Implement safe, ethical, socially responsible, and sustainable supply chain practices to favorably impact your bottom line
  • Connect with other supply chain professionals

Why do a combination?

Each program offers unique strengths and promotes in-demand skills.

  • Stand out with tactical and strategic knowledge, skills, and abilities
  • Round out your skill set as a promotable emerging leader or seasoned leader
  • Evaluate problems and solutions more holistically
  • Understand multiple perspectives—peers, direct reports, and executives
  • Develop and expand your professional network

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