Loyola University Maryland and Gettysburg College partnered to open Loyola’s new accelerated Emerging Leaders MBA 4+1 program to students at Gettysburg College. This 4+1 partnership will allow undergraduate students pursuing a liberal arts and sciences major at Gettysburg College to simultaneously launch their master’s degree at Loyola.
“We’re pleased to offer Gettysburg College students a chance to jumpstart their graduate education and career, save time and money, and earn a highly respected MBA from Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business,” said Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Loyola. “We look forward to welcoming Gettysburg students to Loyola.”
Through this partnership, Gettysburg College students who enroll in the Loyola ELMBA 4+1 program can take one online Loyola course per semester in their senior year at no additional cost. Additionally, Gettysburg students will receive an application fee waiver, admission as early as their junior year at Gettysburg, and a discount on tuition during their year at Loyola.
This partnership is especially tailored to students who participate in the Gettysburg College Guided Pathways program, a defining element of the Gettysburg Approach. However, current Gettysburg seniors and juniors are also eligible to apply.
After graduating from Gettysburg, participating students will complete Loyola’s ELMBA program the following year. The Emerging Leaders MBA is a one-year, full-time, in-person program that offers real-world experiences, including corporate visits, career preparation, and internships.
“Loyola’s Emerging Leaders MBA is designed to complement a liberal arts degree, giving students a practical business education, building their professional network at an early stage, and increasing their employability. It builds on students’ undergraduate liberal arts studies and opens up diverse career paths,” said Mary Ann Scully, MBA ’79, dean of Loyola’s Sellinger School.
“We are most excited by the opportunity to truly, proactively partner with Gettysburg College from the time these students attend an open house at Gettysburg in their senior year of high school through their Orientation as first-year students, introducing them to Loyola business faculty, working with Gettysburg student advisors, inviting them to Loyola career fairs, and making them a part of our own robust business alumni network,” Scully said. “Both Gettysburg and Loyola believe that these intentional pathways will change the trajectory of the students’ lives.”
Professionals with master’s degrees have median earnings of 18% more than those with bachelor’s degrees only, and higher degrees increase the likelihood of employment, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We are extremely excited to partner with Loyola University’s Sellinger School of Business to provide Gettysburg students with an expedited path to a superb Master of Business Administration degree that is both impactful and more affordable,” said Jamila Bookwala, Ph.D., provost at Gettysburg College. “I look forward to the scores of successful leaders who will emerge from this Gettysburg-Loyola partnership and go on to positively impact their neighborhoods, communities, and world.”
Gettysburg College is an undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences that prepares students from across the nation and around the globe to pursue lives of personal and professional fulfillment and to engage the complex questions of our time through effective leadership and socially responsible citizenship.
Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management in Baltimore delivers an internationally recognized Jesuit business education. Recognized for its scholarship, ethical leadership, and tradition of excellence, the Sellinger School delivers a wide range of sought-after fields of study including eight undergraduate majors and 11 undergraduate minors as well as full-time, part-time, and fully online MBA and Master of Accounting programs.
Posted: 09/10/24