If you are ready to accelerate your career, develop your business and leadership acumen and instantly expand your professional network — through once-a-week, in person classes — our top-ranked, STEM-designated Evening Executive MBA offers unparalleled value and convenience.
Maximize your potential.
Expand your leadership skills and accelerate your career. The Evening Executive MBA program is convenient, affordable and top-ranked when it comes to delivering real value. With world-class faculty, dynamic program design and dedication to student outcomes, the Evening Executive MBA is ranked above other local programs for the value, recognition and credibility it offers to professionals in North Carolina.
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An ROI that’s worth it.
Our graduates report substantial increases in their earnings, job satisfaction, career mobility and skills development. Students see an 18% average salary increase during the program (and a 32% salary increase for those who changed jobs). The Evening Executive MBA is a lifelong investment that continues to pay dividends long after you graduate. See more about our program ROI.
Join a diverse cohort.
Develop your leadership potential; strengthen your network. Through dynamic, face-to-face, team-based learning, you’ll connect and collaborate with a diverse cohort of driven, experienced peers. You’ll develop valuable relationships from day one with a group of high-achieving professionals connected to every business sector in North Carolina. You’ll move through the program together, sharing perspectives and expertise and problem solving as a team. For the rest of your careers, you’ll rely on each other as sounding boards, mentors, colleagues, experts and resources.
Balance work, life and an MBA.
Expand your skill set with results-focused accountability. Weekly evening class meetings ensure that you stay on target while providing enough flexibility to meet your professional and life responsibilities. You’ll be inspired to tackle team-based, real-world leadership challenges, mastering skills that you can immediately apply to lead change in your own career. Engaging with accomplished peers who are also balancing coursework, work and life responsibilities will keep you accountable for your own productivity. Our world-class faculty, dynamic curriculum and weekly in-person collaboration will keep you motivated, productive and always advancing toward your professional objectives.
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"When I joined the program, my goal was to switch careers and expand my business knowledge. While I achieved that, I gained even more along the way, especially greater confidence in my skills and self-advocacy. Thanks to my professors and classmates, those lessons will stay with me for life."
Student experience
The Evening Executive MBA cohort model, weekly in-person class meetings, and two cross-program Impact Weekends, ensure you'll build significant, valuable relationships across the North Carolina business community. This diverse group of peers will both broaden and deepen your learning experience.
Curriculum
The core curriculum, elective course options, and career and leadership programming are carefully designed to give you critical business and leadership skills that will build on your existing foundation. Evening Executive MBA students also have the opportunity to take electives in other MBA program formats.
Coming soon: Bell Hall
Starting in January 2026, the Full-Time MBA Program will move to Steven D. Bell Hall–a state-of-the-art learning environment designed to foster community among students, faculty, and staff at UNC Kenan-Flagler. You’ll learn in innovative classrooms with advanced technology, collaborate with your classmates in dedicated areas, find space to complete coursework in quiet study rooms, and much more.