Parker MBA (Master of Business Administration)

The Parker Master of Business Administration program is among the fastest-growing and most highly regarded programs in the State of Ohio. In addition to our traditional MBA program and our 11-month FasTrac MBA, our customized on-site programs have been selected by three of Ohio's largest employers: University Hospitals Health Systems, FirstEnergy Corporation and Parker Hannifin Corporation. The LEC MBA program was established in 1981, and has since graduated over 1,200 business and non-profit leaders. In 2010, the program was renamed The Parker MBA in memory of the late Partick S. Parker, chariman ereritus of Parker Hannifin Corporation and global industrial leader.

Features of The Parker MBA program:

• Scheduling flexibility
• Strong academic reputation
• Classes taught by professors with both academic and professional experiences
• Variety of learning methods, including discussion, strategic thinking, analytical and teamwork approaches
• Emphasis on practical applications
• Access to career counseling and job search services through the Office of Career Services
• Convenient east-side location (Willoughby)
• Affordable tuition that fits within most employer's reimbursement policies
• Up to 6 graduate credit hours may be transferred into The Parker MBA program

Lake Erie College offers a variety of programs to fit your busy work schedule, personal life and budget. You can choose to take all of your classes during the week, all of them on Saturday, or some convenient combination of the two. Students can begin taking MBA classes at the beginning of any semester: August (fall), January (spring) or May (summer). 

Who should pursue the Parker MBA?

• If you have outgrown the narrow functional specialization with which you began your career, you are ready to undertake the Lake Erie MBA.
• If you want to become empowered to take on greater managerial challenges, you are ready to undertake the Lake Erie MBA. You may want to advance as a manager, or you may want to develop your own business. You may be in the public or the private sector, work in a non-profit or a for-profit enterprise or you may own your own business. All of these areas are represented in our current students and our alumni. We are dedicated to empowering mature and ambitious adults.

While participating in Lake Erie MBA classes, students learn to understand and integrate all of the functional areas of an organization rather than to develop specialized expertise in performing any one of them. Working in teams, students gain a sophisticated understanding of the wider business environment including major cultural, legal and economic trends that have serious implications for organizations. The classes sharpen students’ abilities to analyze complicated situations and to make good decisions under pressure and amidst uncertainty.