Business majors are visionaries. They aren’t satisfied until they achieve their goal. They work hard, dream big, and strive to innovate.
With a business background, the possibilities for your future are pretty endless. Let’s take your drive and motivation and give you the knowledge you need to make your mark on the world.
Here's what makes the Mount's Business major unique:
+Night: The Mount offers the Business major in the traditional daytime track as well as in an evening and weekend format for transfer and degree completion students. It’s the same great education, just on your own schedule. Learn more about our transfer and degree completion programs here.
The Mount’s Accounting and Business programs are accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE). Learn more about our accreditation here.
Steven Tobey '18"The Mount Business program is one that supports you every step of the way and wants you to succeed at the highest level imaginable. With that support and your hard work, anything you set your mind to is possible."
Steven Tobey '18
33 credits in Business | 33 credits in related fields | 15 credits in concentration
Learn about Business major academic requirements and courses here.
As a Business major, your classes will focus on developing your oral and written communication skills and prepare you for all the facets of business, including finance, ethics, law, management, and more.
You won’t just be learning in the classroom, however. Have you ever wanted to see what operations were like at Yankee Stadium, the New York Stock Exchange, or the United Nations? Just a train ride away from major business hubs like New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Albany, Mount Business majors often go on behind-the-scenes trips to organizations like these. Our students also have the opportunity to participate in the Student Business Association and Medici Scholars.
Business classwork also often involves working with local nonprofits. Some of our Finance students recently provided financial cost analyses to a youth retreat program, and our marketing students create business plans for small businesses in the Hudson Valley as part of their assignments.
Your studies will conclude with a capstone project that summarizes everything you’ve learned and allows you to apply it to a project about which you’re passionate. (Plus, it makes great supplemental material for a resume!)
As a Business major, your future is wide open with possibilities. The analytical, communication, and practical skills you develop at the Mount can be applied across a wide variety of industries, including corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial organizations.
Want to gain experience in Business before you even get a job offer? The Mount's Career Center has a dedicated business career counselor who can help you find an internship and gain real world experience. Mount Business majors have interned both locally and in NYC, including at organizations like IBM, Office of the U.S. Secret Service, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and Newburgh Family YMCA.
Here's how some of our Business alumni are using their degrees:
Get to know the rest of our incredible Business professors!