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Oak Valley College is the best way to get your business degree.
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Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Graduate with your business degree, lifelong friends and mentors, and a bright future ahead.
When you study at Oak Valley College, you’re getting so much more than a traditional four-year degree (in less time). It’s not just about completing a checklist of classes. Instead, it’s the perfect balance of community, academics, and co-curricular activities.
More Than a Traditional Degree
Why a Bachelor of Arts in Business?
“The short length of the program and the cost make it a smart choice, and the skills I’ll learn will transfer to other industries, like education. I can do a lot with a business degree.”
Emma Patterson, Class of 2026
At Oak Valley College, you can earn your Bachelor of Arts in Business in 2 years and 8 months. Don’t click away yet—a business degree doesn’t mean you have to own a business!
Getting your BA in Business will give you a strong foundation of knowledge and skills that can transfer to multiple industries and career paths. Sure, you can start a business if you like, but you can also pursue a career in management, retail, service, hospitality, education, nonprofit work, ministry, the public or private sector, and so much more.
Why Your Debt-Free Degree Matters
Going to college should put you ahead financially, not set you back.
$800,000 or more in earnings over the lifetime of your career (and possibly millions)
Valuable, connected relationships with a community of peers and mentors
Dedicated Christian professors who care about you and your future.
Guided education and career development training that sets you up for success.
On average, American college graduates have roughly $30,000 in student loans. You shouldn’t have to take on astronomical debt in order to further your education and brighten your future.
Still, skipping out on college isn’t a better alternative. Choosing not to get your Bachelor’s degree could cost you:
Business Practice
Written Communication
Critical Thinking
Creative Problem Solving
Biblical Literacy and Christian Worldview
Oral Communication
Lifelong Learning
Quantitative Literacy
Information Literacy
Here’s what you can expect to learn from us:
Program Outcomes
Roadmap to Your Degree
Practical coursework from a Christian point of view.
Our courses are modeled after leading colleges and universities, and they are infused with a Christian worldview. You’ll gain practical, real-world knowledge and experience through projects, case studies, and interactive assignments.
Below are the exact classes for the first semester. Click on the buttons to see our current curriculum map (subject to change) and our course catalog.
Our coursework covers three basic areas:
Theology, Ethics, and Culture
General Education
Business/Organization
We offer four courses each semester. Semesters are 16 weeks total (including finals week), and each 90-minute course meets twice a week. Classwork includes reading, homework, and projects. On average, each students completes 40 hours of additional weekly coursework outside the classroom.
All courses are required to complete your degree.
If you have any questions about our catalog or any of the policies and procedures outlined, please contact us at info@oakvalley.edu or 909-554-3814.
Launch Pad
Think. Create. Develop. Launch.
Launch Pad, Oak Valley College’s capstone experience, is a series of three courses that guide you through the lifecycle of bringing a product or service to life. You have an important role to play and you’ll launch your idea, sharing challenges and successes along the way.
The Launch Pad is a four-step process:
Ideation: creating an idea that could transform companies, nonprofits, or ministries
Creation: narrowing the idea into a refined product or service
Development: identifying everything you need to launch the product or service
Launch: offering the product or service
Get Off The Ground
You and your team will develop a real-world product for a business, nonprofit, ministry, or government organization. During the capstone, you’ll gain valuable, transferable skills and portfolio material that will serve you whether you choose to become employed or own a business. Most importantly, you’ll complete Launch Pad well prepared to launch your career.
More than distant, impersonal lecturers—we know and care for you.
Oak Valley College professors are more than experts in their fields. They’re passionate Christians looking to contribute to your personal, professional, and spiritual growth.
Because we offer small group learning, you’ll have direct access to your professors. Rather than getting lost in a sea of faces, you’ll get dedicated, one-on-one attention from mentors who truly see and know you.
Our Dedicated Faculty
Fast Track to an MBA
After you earn your Bachelor’s degree from Oak Valley College, get your MBA through California Baptist University (CBU)—in just one extra year.
Fast track to your MBA (1-year options available)
Convenient evening class schedule
Global trip
International internship
Scholarships available
Graduate student housing
Application fee waived
Add Just One Year to Earn Your MBA
Guaranteed Career Opportunities
Planning your career can feel intimidating, but only if you’re going it alone.
Worried about your job options with a business degree? Afraid you might get stuck in a career path you don’t love? You’re in luck.
A Bachelor’s degree in business is versatile, so you have many different options to explore. Here at Oak Valley College, we’ve built career services into our degree program, so it’s a natural part of your experience. We’ll work with you to explore career options and opportunities that fit your passion and talents.
Career services will help you:
Navigate the career planning process
Discover and consider professions that fit your strengths and interests
Explore internship opportunities (sophomores)
Conduct your senior year career search (after one or more internships)
Pinpoint at least one career option upon graduation
Our goal is to help you discover your options while narrowing your choices to an ideal first or second career. You’ll be able to take the career planning skills you learn here and replicate them over and over, long after graduation.