Graduate Business Programs

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Located in downtown San Francisco, SFSU’s Lam Family College of Business offers diverse graduate programs designed for today’s evolving business landscape. Students develop the skills to lead responsibly, sustainably and globally.

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Graduate Business Programs at San Francisco State University, Lam Family College of Business, is a vibrant, diverse graduate school of business located in downtown San Francisco. For more than 60 years, San Francisco State University has been a leading institution for quality business education in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Our programs prepare students to succeed in an ever-changing business landscape and are committed to sustainable business, diversity, responsible leadership and global partnerships.

Our Programs

Graduate Business Programs (GBP) include three master’s degree programs:

In addition, we offer 10 graduate-level business certificates in a variety of subject areas:

Since 1964, the Lam Family College of Business has been accredited by AACSB-International, an accreditation earned by less than six percent of business schools worldwide. It is the longest-standing, most recognized and specialized accreditation that an institution and its business programs can earn.

Our MBA program is also listed among The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools in the country (2024 and 2021), based on the high quality of the program and student career outcomes. They also ranked our MBA program among the top 10 Best Green MBA programs (2024 and 2021) based on students’ assessments of how well we prepare them to address environmental, sustainability, and social responsibility issues in their careers.

Quality Curriculum and Flexibility for a Diverse Community

Our classes take place at the San Francisco State University (SFSU) Downtown Campus in the heart of downtown San Francisco, a hub of creativity and innovation, where the diversity of our student population reflects the diversity of the city. We are located in the Academic Village at UC Law-San Francisco, in a state-of-the-art building that offers all GBP students a host of amenities (not available to the wider SFSU community).

The rigorous curriculum incorporates topics such as fintech, entrepreneurship, the development of AI, sustainability and responsible leadership. We accept both domestic and international students in all of our degree programs, for fall and spring semesters each year. Upon the completion of their program, our graduates become part of a thriving global alumni community.

Flexible schedules give students the ability to complete their program at their own pace, whether they are full-time or part-time students. The small class size in our courses allows for meaningful interaction between our award-winning faculty and students. 

Our courses are delivered in a variety of formats. A number of courses are offered online, others are offered in a hybrid format, and still others are offered in-person. While completing our programs solely through online or hybrid courses is not possible, our in-person courses largely meet just once per week and are usually offered in the afternoons and evenings to accommodate working professionals.

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