The Whitman school has been a leader in education innovation and began offering a distance MBA in 1977.

[6] The Whitman School has several areas of academic study for leading business training and career development.

[8] Whitman students have the opportunity to pursue a dual-major program with another school or college at Syracuse University.

The Whitman School offers several minor programs to students at Syracuse University,[10] including accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, management studies, marketing, real estate and retail management.The Whitman School offers several business master's degree programs for college graduates.

Areas of study include professional accounting, business analytics, entrepreneurship & emerging enterprises, finance, marketing, and supply chain management.

Accelerated MBA - Seasoned business professionals with four or more years of full-time work experience who have an undergraduate degree in business from an AACSB International-accredited institution may take advantage of this streamlined 36-credit alternative to the traditional full-time Syracuse MBA program.

Full-time MBA students at the Whitman School specialize in one of seven offered concentrations, including accounting, business analytics, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing management, real estate and supply chain management.

[19][20] Students apply through the American Medical Common Application Service (AMCAS) portal to initially be accepted into SUNY Upstate’s Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine.

The Whitman School is home to various centers and institutes specially dedicated to a range of professional areas.