Robert B. Willumstad School of Business

Robert B. Willumstad School of Business

Make an impact—in your career, in your community and in our world. With Adelphi’s deep community connections and state-of-the-art skill building our graduate and undergraduate business students are poised to make a powerful mark on the business world.

How does an education at Adelphi’s Willumstad School of Business create impact?

  • Highly ranked graduate and undergraduate business programs in the most in-demand fields
  • Career-launching internships and work experiences with Adelphi’s powerful community partners
  • The Willumstad Winning Edge program for tech training, career skills and mentoring for leadership
  • Flexible MBA schedules with both on-campus and online options to help graduate students boost their earning power
  • Advanced graduate certificates in business that take any career to the next level

Education for Impact

Small classes both in New York and online. World-class scholars. The latest technology, knowledge and research. Real-world experience and career-building internships. Mentors who share their expertise, close connections with corporate and non-for-profit partners, and the tools you need to launch a powerful career—or to take your career to the next level. These are just some of the things that put our Robert B. Willumstad School of Business among the top business schools in New York.

Impact and Innovation

Impact and Innovation

Impact Through Business-Related Internships

Internships, mentorships, job training, work experience: With these life-changing tools, Adelphi builds your success. You begin your career well connected, powerfully rooted in community and ready for the challenges of today’s business world. Learn About Internships

Career-Building Innovation

Unique to Adelphi, the Willumstad Winning Edge gives undergraduate students six innovative ways to build leadership. You’ll gain powerful connections, receive Microsoft Excel training and certification options, and be personally mentored and guided through your undergraduate journey. Get the Winning Edge

Alumni Networking

Robert B. Willumstad Business School alumni— 19,000 strong—can be found across our New York and Long Island region, our state, and our globe, and they return to share their expertise, build partnerships, network and hire our students, and create a powerful workforce of Panthers in the business world. Alumni Network and Recent Accomplishments

Choose Your Business Program

Graduate and undergraduate business programs to build your skills and empower your future.

Graduate Business Programs

Maximize your impact with a graduate degree in a business field. Find exceptionally flexible schedules and online options for degrees in accounting, business analytics, supply chain management or our specialized MBA programs. Working full time or raising a family? Adelphi’s personalized approach will help you balance it all

Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Business Majors and Minors

Find the most powerful path forward for your career with an undergraduate degree or minor in accounting, finance, economics, management or information systems. And explore Adelphi’s many unique options to combine different bachelor’s degrees with an MBA in business. Need to be online or finish in three years? We can help.

Undergraduate Majors & Minors

Earn your BS and MA in five years or boost your career with a graduate certificate.

4+1 Accelerated Business Programs

Save a year of time & tuition, & impact the business world a year earlier. Choose from many 4+1 accelerated business programs and combine an MBA with STEM fields like biochemistry, software engineering, neuroscience or biology. Or stay within the business disciplines with accounting, business of science or our one-year MBA.

4+1 Accelerated Programs

Business Graduate Certificates

Expand your potential with a graduate certificate in a business field—an economical way to bring your skills up to date or add new expertise. Choose from accounting, business analytics, digital marketing, finance, management or human resource management, marketing analytics, or supply chain management.

All Certificate Programs

Through a project-based approach, Adelphi University students and faculty engage in real-world challenges.

State-of-the-Art Coursework

The business majors and programs at Adelphi are modern, relevant and innovative. Our Flex MBA offers several STEM-designated specializations, and the Professional Accelerated MBA is designed for students who have career or family obligations. Both can be completed in as little as one year. In our MS in Business Analytics program, you’ll work directly with global corporations. Our undergraduate accounting majors benefit from free-of-charge preparation for the CPA Exam by industry leader Becker Professional Education.

Our Two fast track MBA programs MS in Business Analytics BS in Accounting

The MBA program at Adelphi was ideal for Zareen Parvez Shaik, a working parent with limited time. It’s designed to help every student succeed.

Make an Impact at Any Age

If you are balancing career and family, Adelphi offers exceptionally flexible schedules and options to help you achieve your goals. Many business programs are online, many offer flexible course times, and all provide individualized instruction and exceptional support.

What Makes Adelphi Unique? Our Degree & Certificate Programs

Making an Adelphi Business Education Affordable

We have many ways to help you afford tuition. In fact, 100 percent of our undergraduate business students are automatically given a scholarship. And once you graduate, you join our alumni, who are among the highest paid in the nation.
Adelphi students stand in Time Square in New York City in front of the Nasdaq with the Adelphi University Logo displayed on the large screen.

Alumna Vanja Savic ‘18 hosted Adelphi students and Professor Cem Karatas at Nasdaq through the Willumstad School of Business’s job shadowing program. They toured Nasdaq, learned about its business and employees’ career backgrounds, and witnessed the live closing bell ceremony.

Outside the Classroom: Hands-On Learning for Impact

Particularly in the business world, what you learn in the classroom can be only part of the story. Your real impact begins when you start your internship or work experience as part of Adelphi’s strong roots in the business community. Internships at Adelphi are one of the reasons we are one of the best business schools in New York. These internships are usually set up with local corporate partners on Long Island and in New York City. Both graduate and undergraduate business students do important project work with nearby companies and not-for-profits. Unlike at many colleges, most internships are paid.

Internships Job Shadowing Mentorships

Our annual Scholarly and Creative Works Conference is an opportunity for our student scholars and researchers to shine.

Research That Makes a Difference

Research at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business is prioritized—for both undergraduate and graduate business students and for our expert faculty. Adelphi faculty are doing important business research in fields like international trade, real-world data and blockchain economics. Our students are encouraged to seek new knowledge, think critically and pursue a new area of interest. You’ll have the opportunity to present your work to the entire Adelphi community at our annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference.

Annual Scholarly and Creative Works Conference Student Research Faculty Research
Adelphi student Pooja Kar holding a check after winning the Business Plan Competition.

Chitralekha (Pooja) Kar, ’18, MA ’19, CPA, launched her entrepreneurial career as an early winner of the Business Plan Competition.

Building Powerful Entrepreneurial Skills

The spirit of entrepreneurship is strong at Adelphi. Our annual Business Plan Competition encourages both undergraduate and graduate students to create their own innovative business ideas and write business plans to support their success. The competition judges are faculty leaders and entrepreneurial success stories themselves. Up to $11,000 in cash prizes are awarded to students, and winners move on to regional competitions.

Business Plan Competition

The James Riley, Jr. Trading Room

Used for advanced research and analytics, the James Riley, Jr. Trading Room is equipped with the same Bloomberg terminals used by Wall Street financial professionals. The Student Investment Fund is an exceptional hands-on learning experience, allowing students to manage and trade real dollars in a large University fund.

Business News

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Students Making an Impact

Katherine Marsh ’23 and Isabel Marsh ’23
The Marsh twins run together, learn together and enrolled together at Adelphi—where they’re now earning a Master’s degree in business analytics, together. “Adelphi gave us an extraordinary support system to succeed academically and athletically… and…we were 100 percent prepared for our internships,” Katherine said. On the Right Track
Jacklyn Brown ’21, MBA ’22
Jacklyn took the lead on the Panthers’ field hockey team, in the classroom and in the community. She was deeply involved in groups like the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Her philosophy? ”Nothing feels better than giving back. One small act of kindness can change the world.” A Leader On & Off the Field
Matthew Gornstein ‘22
As part of the highly competitive Willumstad Leadership Scholar Program, Matthew worked with a community bank to propose solutions for recovery from the pandemic.“ We’re working with professionals, we’re working as a team and we’ll see all the hard work pay off,” said Gornstein, an accounting major. Leadership Scholar
Jason Mroz, MS ‘22
Admittedly a better student at 45 than he was at 20, Jason earned his master‘s in business analytics—while working in a leadership position at financial powerhouse Morgan Stanley. “The program opened my eyes to a different way of thinking about data and analytics,” Mroz said. An Exec Returns to School
Peri Finkelstein BS ‘20, MBA ‘23
In a profile in Forbes, Peri shares how she has raised nearly one million dollars for a pediatric illness nonprofit, published 93 podcasts, participated in numerous half marathons, and studied for an MBA (now complete.). Winning in the Face of Adversity

Positive Impact: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging in the World of Business

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Council of Community Inclusion and Belonging is dedicated to creating a community where each student feels seen and valued. Creative works such as the Adelphi College Rise Program, a high school mentoring program, and the Two Museums Program—with a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture—are signature initiatives.

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Exciting Events for Real-World Learning

Unique features of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business are the many events that bring entrepreneurs, executives and industry professionals to campus. You’ll get a real-world take on classroom studies and have the opportunity to meet and network with business leaders.

Awards & Recognition

AACSB Accredited Adelphi University has been continuously accredited by AACSB-International since 2007. Fewer than 6 percent of the world's 16,000 schools that confer business degrees have earned accreditation from AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. High Standard in Business
Poets&Quants
Poets&Quants ranks the undergraduate program at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business as one of the nation’s best, based on the high quality of the School’s admissions standards, academic experience and outcomes. A Best Undergraduate Business School
Princeton Review
Princeton Review has honored our Robert B. Willumstad School of Business as a Best Business School and its MBA program as a Best Online MBA for 2025. Our Top-Ranked School
Colleges of Distinction: Business
Adelphi is recognized as a College of Distinction for business programs that balance theory with real-world application, preparing graduates to lead with confidence, integrity and agility. Top Ranked in Business
SHRM Academically Aligned
Prepare for a great career in human resources with confidence, knowing that Adelphi’s program fully aligns with the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) curriculum requirements. SHRM Student Eligibility
Forbes
For the third consecutive year, Adelphi University has been recognized as the highest-ranked private university on Long Island on Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Colleges list. Adelphi’s Ranking
Colleges of Distinction: Career Development
Adelphi is recognized as a Career Development College of Distinction for the exceptional way that we equip students with skills to succeed in their lifelong career journey. Expert Career Guidance
Colleges of Distinction: International
Adelphi is recognized as a College of Distinction for the exceptional support services we provide international students at every stage of their academic journey. Top Ranked in Global Belonging
Niche
Niche.com ranked Adelphi University in the Top 9% of Best Value Colleges in America, Top 12% of Best Colleges for Nursing in America, and Top 10% of Best College Locations in America. Ranked a Top College
Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education ranks Adelphi in the top 8 percent of four-year universities in the United States and as one of the best universities in the world. Global Recognition

Frequently Asked Questions About Business Programs

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business offers nearly 40 master’s and bachelor’s degrees, minors and certification programs. The possibilities can be explored at the School’s Majors & Programs page.

It costs less than you might think! Merit-based scholarships and financial aid are available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis as well.

Adelphi offers a variety of options for full-time and working students, including Flexible MBA schedules with both on-campus and online options to help graduate students boost their earning power.

Master’s degrees can be earned in as little as 12 months, and a Dual-Degree (4+1) program allows you to earn a BBA in Accounting and MBA With Accounting Specialization in just five years.

Yes! Due to generous donor support, there are numerous scholarships available only for business students at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

With New York City just a train ride away, Adelphi connects you to countless internship and networking opportunities. We have close ties to the corporate community, and that helps you make new contacts and discover what it is like to take an active role in an organization—enhancing your marketability and opportunities for success. Learn more on the Business Internships page.

All business programs are open to international students. Several programs are STEM designated, which extends the Optional Practical Training (OPT) period. The International Services office provides support for international students from their initial orientation through graduation, and the business school sponsors a variety of activities to help international students feel welcome and at home.

The Willumstad School offers many study abroad opportunities to build expertise in critical factors of business success, with an emphasis on business, economics, culture and politics. Recent sessions have taken students to India, Finland, France and China.

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