GSBPP at NPS offers the only MBA program specifically designed to provide a defense-focused, graduate business education. The objectives of the MBA program are both to provide professional knowledge and skills to prepare officers for management positions within DoD and to develop broad critical thinking and analytical abilities of benefit throughout an officer's career. 

Designed to satisfy both current and future management competencies of active duty military officers and government civilians, the MBA program consists of:

• A Business Management Core, with a distinct defense focus
• A Mission-Related Core, comprised of unique defense management courses
• Alternative Curricular Concentrations, each providing advanced study in military sub-specialty areas
• An Applications Project or Thesis, designed for students to address significant defense problems and issues
• Professional Certification Programs, in both military and management areas

The GSBPP MBA is one of only two MBA programs in the world to hold dual accreditation from both AACSB, the premier accrediting agency for schools of business, and NASPAA, the premier accrediting agency for schools of public administration. The hallmark of the MBA program is the melding of private-sector and public-sector management education relevant to the defense community.

GSBPP provides graduate management education in five curricular areas of direct relevance to military educational needs. All curricula have a senior leader from one of the services who sponsors the program. Sponsors are actively involved in the design and review of programs. These reviews, in conjunction with NPS and GSBPP assessments, result in high quality, unique, and military-relevant programs. Collectively, the curricula encompass all aspects of Resource Management, including the management of Physical Resources, Financial Resources, and Information Resources.

Acquisition Management: Develops the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for graduates to assume leadership roles in the acquisition workforce and efficiently manage the resources allocated to the acquisition process.

Defense Management and Analysis: Designed to prepare military officers broadly for positions of leadership and management responsibility in defense organizations, and to develop the knowledge and abilities necessary for the analysis of policies and problems in defense organizations.

Financial Management: Designed to prepare military officers for effectively managing financial resources to achieve the goals and objectives of the defense forces. Graduates are prepared for assignment to positions in budgeting, accounting, business and financial management, cost management, cost analysis, internal control and auditing, and financial analysis.

Information Systems Management: Designed to provide both technical skills and business acumen. This curriculum provides the knowledge to: acquire and manage information systems and infrastructure; address IS engineering and management problems; assimilate new technologies and transform organizations, processes, and strategies to compete in the marketplace or on the battlefield in the constantly changing digital world.

Logistics Management: Designed for military officers who will be responsible for managing the various segments of a military system's life cycle from initial planning for support to fielding the system, through sustaining operations to phase-out. Emphasizes all of the aspects of providing integrated logistics support of military systems.