Pivot
MBA™
Delivered by Polymath Institute, in partnership with Defiance College. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
An MBA for those changing lanes, not slowing down.
Twenty months. Fully remote. A paid apprenticeship that becomes your job. You graduate with no debt.
You pay$475/ mo
while you learn. That's half the tuition. Your employer partner covers the other half.
You're paid2–4months
in a full-time apprenticeship with your employer partner. Your tuition is paid back to you during it.
You owe$0
at graduation. An accredited MBA, a new career, and a two-year commitment to the employer who invested in you.
Where you are
Five-plus years of real experience. A classroom, a platoon, local government.
You don't need to be convinced of the value of hard work. You need a pathway that values what you already bring.
Four things most MBA programs don't give you
all included in the degree
PMP certification exam included
Sit for the PMI Project Management Professional exam in your first term. The exam fee is covered by the degree. No extra cost.
Real projects for real employers
Four courses include work-based projects with employer partners in healthcare. Real deliverables, on your résumé before you graduate.
A paid, full-time apprenticeship
Two to four months with an employer partner, applying everything you learned. Your tuition is paid back to you during it. This is the bridge into your new career.
One cohort. Every class.
The same twenty people in every course for twenty months. Not mixed in with 2,000 students. You leave with a professional network, not just a transcript.
Built for the problems that don't stay in one lane.
A polymath is a problem solver with wide-ranging knowledge. The Pivot MBA gets you into a new industry and prepares you to lead once you're there. Polymath Institute develops modern polymaths: leaders with breadth, depth, and the ability to integrate across disciplines.
Four pillars run through the whole curriculum. They aren't electives. They are the core.
Curiosity
Ask better questions than the ones you were handed.
Creativity
Design solutions around the people who use them.
Critical thinking
See the whole system, not just your corner.
Community
One cohort of twenty, in every class, for twenty months.
Join a live info session
Forty-five minutes with Polymath's founder. How the debt-free model works, what the apprenticeship looks like, whether this is right for you.
Can't make any of these? Register anyway and we'll send the recording.
