Louisiana Tech Business

Ruston, LA · Public · Traditional MBA - in person (30 or 36 credit hours, quarter system); also 100% online Professional MBA

Deadlines

Start with your GPA, because Louisiana Tech does. At 3.2 or above, the GMAT is waived and your transcript carries the file. Below that, the catalog spells out the math: a 2.75 GPA, a GMAT of at least 450 and a composite of 1,100. If you're short, the certificate route lets you earn the waiver with four MBA courses instead of a test.
There's no essay to write, so the parts you control are small and need to be clean. List every college where you attempted credit, even if you earned none, and order official transcripts from all of them now, because the Graduate School needs them on file before it decides.
Treat the deadlines as real even though they're called preferred. Late files are processed, but the Graduate School won't promise full consideration, and international applicants face dates a month earlier. Winter quarter's domestic date is Nov. 1, 2026.
If you studied something other than business, plan for the foundation work. Economics, accounting, finance and statistics are presumed, and the online Fast-Track courses are the quicker way to cover them.