JD–MBA

A JD–MBA is a dual degree program in which students jointly earn Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. The programs are commonly offered in the United States and Canada by universities' graduate business and law schools. They allow students to use credits from certain classes in one degree to count for course requirements at the other degree. This allows students to complete both the three-year JD and two-year MBA programs in four years, not the five years the degrees would take if done consecutively.

By country

Canada

Top-ranking Canadian JD–MBA programs include a four-year JD–MBA at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, York University, Queen's University, the three-year JD–MBA at the University of Western Ontario and the three-and-a-half-year JD–MBA at the University of Ottawa. Students may apply to the joint program before matriculating to either program, or after matriculating to either law school or business school.

United States

Many schools in the US offer JD–MBA programs. There are three common lengths of time offered for JD–MBA programs: three-year, three-and-a-half-year, or four-year. All schools listed below with three- or three-and-a-half-year programs also offer a four-year option for the program. Schools listed under the four-year programs only offer a four-year (eight-semester) program.

Three-year programs

Three-year programs can usually be completed in six semesters. Most programs allow for two summer internships; however, some require students to take classes for at least one summer. Here are some schools that offer three-year JD–MBA programs:

• Belmont University
• Columbia University
• George Mason University
• Northwestern University
• Southern Methodist University
• Temple University
• University of Chicago
• University of Georgia
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Richmond
• Saint Louis University

Three-and-a-half-year programs

Three-and-a-half-year programs are supposed to be completed in seven semesters. Here are some schools that offer three-and-a-half-year JD–MBA programs:

• Boston University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• University of South Carolina

Four-year programs

Four-year programs can be completed in eight semesters. Here are some schools that offer only four-year JD–MBA programs:

• Brigham Young University
• College of William & Mary
• Cornell University
• Elon University
• Fordham University
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Liberty University
• New York University
• Northeastern University
• Pepperdine University
• Santa Clara University
• Stanford University
• University at Buffalo
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Houston
• University of Missouri
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Utah
• University of Wyoming
• Villanova University
• Yale University

See also

• PhD-MBA

References

• "Creating a Shorter Path to a JD-MBA". The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2009
• Deciding Whether to Pursue a JD and an MBA: When it Makes Sense to Go "Two For One"