Four Years
Start work on both a PharmD and MBA degree your first semester, and graduate with both in four years.
School of Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and MBA Dual Degree
In as little as four years you will be prepared for a pharmacy career with both clinical skills and an understanding of business management, leadership, and strategic decision making.
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Program Overview
Health care professionals with skills and experience in leadership and management are in high demand. Expand your career opportunities through the PharmD/MBA Dual Degree program at CUW. By obtaining these degrees, you'll add sought-after skills to your pharmacist professional portfolio, such as management skills, entrepreneurial skills, leadership skills, and more. With these skills sets you'll graduate with a focus on both patient care practice, and business-practice-based management.
Become part of a small pool of world-class talent who help their patients thrive while contributing to the bottom-line success of their health care organization or pharmacy.
Example careers
In all of these opportunities, the dual degree enhances leadership potential, positioning pharmacists to influence healthcare policy, operations, and innovation. This combination not only broadens career options but also increases competitiveness and earning potential in an evolving, business-driven healthcare landscape.
Healthcare Administration
Where pharmacists can manage community, specialty or hospital pharmacies; direct pharmacy services; or serve in leadership roles. In the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare administrators can pursue roles in drug development, regulatory affairs, or marketing, leveraging their clinical and business knowledge to guide product strategy and innovation.
Managed Care
The MBA equips pharmacists for roles in managed care, including formulary and supply chain management and health economics and outcomes research, where cost-effectiveness and patient outcomes are key decision drivers.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is another avenue, with dual-degree holders well-suited to excel as pharmacy owners or serve as consultants across healthcare systems and the pharmaceutical industry.
What to Expect
How does the Dual Degree program work?
Start work on both the PharmD and MBA degree your first semester, and graduate with both in four years.
- Before starting your P1 year, apply for admission to the PharmD/MBA program
- MBA coursework begins as early as the P1 year
- Choose from 15 MBA concentrations, including
- Health Care Administration
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Sustainability Management and Analytics
- Management Information Systems
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership
- Up to 19 credits count towards both degrees
- Additionally, 20 MBA-exclusive credits are required to complete the MBA portion of your Dual Degree
- MBA courses are designed to match your busy lifestyle
- Pharmacy courses must be taken face-to-face at the CUW campus in Mequon, Wisconsin
Concentrations / Specializations
MBA concentrations available:
- Accounting
- Communications and Public Relations
- Finance
- Healthcare Administration
- Human Resource Management
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Management
- Management Information Systems (STEM)
- Nonprofit Management and Public Relations
- Operations Management and Analytics (STEM)
- Strategic Marketing