Five Years. Two Degrees. A Stronger Start to Your Career

As a Johns Hopkins undergraduate, you can make the most of your university experience by adding an MBA to your academic journey and earn both degrees in five years. Build on the Johns Hopkins community and resources you already know, then develop in-demand skills in strategy, finance, marketing, analytics, and leadership through a top-ranked MBA program. Prepare to turn your ideas into impact across industries, from entrepreneurship and consulting to health care and technology. 

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Benefits & Highlights

  • Earn two Johns Hopkins degrees in five years
  • Build business skills like strategy, finance, analytics and leadership that translate across any industry
  • Connect ideas to impact. Learn how business can help organizations innovate and contribute to positive change
  • Make your MBA your own. Explore electives, specializations, certificates, and integrated dual degree options

Who Should Apply

This program is designed for curious, motivated first-year students at the Whiting School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, who want to gain a competitive edge over their peers by adding an MBA to their resume. Krieger students may apply as incoming first-year students or during their junior year. Whiting students may apply during their junior year.

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Our Admissions recruiters are here to help you every step of the way with questions about the application process, curriculum, or how the Full-time MBA fits your career goals. 

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Curriculum

The program combines undergraduate study at Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus with graduate business education at Carey Business School’s Harbor East location in Baltimore. Students complete most of their undergraduate degree requirements by the end of their third year, then spend their fourth year primarily focused on graduate business studies. In their fifth year, they complete any remaining undergraduate coursework while continuing their MBA studies.

REQUIRED COURSES

At Carey, you’ll examine how organizations make decisions and compete through coursework in strategy, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, operations, analytics, and leadership. Build a strong business foundation, then use it to see new possibilities in the subjects and industries that interest you.

  • Accounting Foundations
  • Business Communication
  • Behavioral Science: Leadership and Organizational Behavior
  • Behavioral Science: Negotiating Collaboratively
  • Data Science: Big Data Consulting Project
  • Data Science: Statistics
  • Finance
  • Innovation Field Project
  • Marketing Management
  • Microeconomics and Market Design
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Management

ELECTIVES

Shape your MBA around your ambitions. Carey electives let you explore areas connected to your goals, with opportunities to pursue a specialization, add a certificate through electives, or consider an additional master’s degree through an integrated dual degree option.

 

CERTIFICATES:
 

Add a Carey graduate certificate to explore a business field or build specialized skills in areas such as AI, analytics, digital marketing, finance, health care, or investments. All certificates are available to students in this program, and credits may apply toward select Carey master’s degrees.

Certificates include: 

  • Artificial Intelligence for Business
  • Business Analytics and Risk Management
  • Biopharmaceutical Business and Policy
  • Digital Marketing
  • Entrepreneurial Marketing
  • Financial Management
  • Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Technology
  • Investments

SPECIALIZATIONS

As a Johns Hopkins undergraduate, you’ll be able to tailor your future MBA studies to the fields and questions that motivate you. Specializations can help you explore areas such as business analytics, leadership, innovation, health, and technology.

Specializations include:

  • Analytics, Leadership, and Innovation
  • Health, Technology, and Innovation

INTEGRATED DUAL DEGREES

Interested in going deeper in a particular field? Carey’s integrated dual degree options combine MBA study with a specialized master’s degree. These pathways bring business leadership together with expertise in analytics and AI, finance, or healthcare management.

Integrated degrees include:

  • MBA/MS in Business Analytics and AI
  • MBA/MS in Finance
  • MBA/MS in Health Care Management

Beyond the Classroom

Innovation Field Project

Take on a real business challenge

Get a preview of how business leaders solve complex problems. In the Innovation Field Project, student teams work with a corporate sponsor to research a real business challenge, analyze information, and present practical recommendations. You’ll build teamwork, problem-solving, and presentation skills while learning how organizations put new ideas into action.

Big Data Consulting Project

Turn data into ideas

Discover how data can help organizations make smarter decisions. In the Big Data Consulting Project, student teams explore a business partner’s dataset, look for useful patterns, and share their findings in clear, compelling presentations. It’s a chance to see how analytics connects to real-world business questions.

The Bachelor's/MBA program begins each fall. We encourage you to apply early to secure your place in the upcoming term and maximize your scholarship consideration. 

MBA scholarship opportunities:   

  • The Dean’s Scholarship
  • Reaching Out MBA Fellowship
  • Various endowed scholarships
  • Completed online application
  • 1 page résumé
  • 2 essays
  • 1 letter of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • GMAT/GRE score
  • $100 application fee 

This program is available to Johns Hopkins undergraduate students at Whiting School of Engineering and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences in their third year of study. Applications can be submitted through the Johns Hopkins University-wide platform. Select Carey Business School as your preferred school and the upcoming fall term you are applying to, then upload all required materials. Our team will follow up with next steps once they have received your completed application.

Application Deadlines

Application roundCandidate deadlineDecision releaseDeposit deadline
Early ActionSeptember 9, 2026October 21, 2026December 2, 2026
Round 1October 21, 2026December 19, 2026February 17, 2027
Round 2January 6, 2027March 10, 2027April 21, 2027
Round 3March 17, 2027April 28, 2027May 26, 2027
Round 4May 26, 2027RollingRolling
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