Business Administration, B.S./B.A.


Earn your degree in business administration and move your education and career forward… without putting your life on hold. Our entirely online program can be taken part-time or full-time.

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Take the next step toward completing your B.S. in Business Administration degree at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

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Take the next step toward completing your Business Administration degree at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

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Available only to LR Online students, the Business Administration (BSBA) major is designed to provide students with a general business degree and/or prepare them for completion of an MBA degree. The major recognizes the value of significant life experiences of adult students; their motivation; and delicate balance of work, education, and family expectations. 

Students who successfully meet the degree requirements which includes the Lenoir-Rhyne University general education courses with an overall grade point average of 2.75 and a grade point average of 3.0 in the course work for the major and who receive letters of recommendation from major faculty upon completion of the undergraduate degree, will be accepted directly into the university's Master of Business Administration program with normal application protocols waived. Thus, LR Online students who graduate with the Business Administration major will not have to take the prerequisite standardized entrance exam or pay application fees for admission to the MBA program at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Business Administration major earns a B.S. degree.

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Lenoir-Rhyne is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The B.S./B.A. in Business Administration is also accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). 

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