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MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership
MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership

Join Johns Hopkins’ commitment to providing exceptional patient care and earn your MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership. Complement your nursing skillset with the business and leadership acumen to manage complex issues specific to the health care industry.
This program is offered both part-time and full-time. Choose your format, completing your MBA coursework on-site, online, or a combination of both. And graduate ready to provide excellent care and take on the complex challenges that face nursing.
Program Details




Financial Aid & Scholarships
Program features
Online
MBA coursework is delivered online, allowing for busy students to complete their weekly assignments around a schedule that works for them.
Flexible format
Take this program as a full-time student and complete it sooner, or continue working full-time and enroll as a part-time student.
Multidisciplinary
This dual degree positions graduates to be exceptional at patient care and safety while also giving them the tools to lead and manage change in a dynamic industry.
Take the lead
Offered within the MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership track, this dual degree builds leaders armed with the skills to manage complex problems.
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- 71% female / 29% male
- 2 countries represented
- 29 average age
Curriculum
The MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership is grounded in Johns Hopkins’ commitment to exceptional patient care and is complemented with a focus on management and administration, information technology, health policy, or case and population management.
The latest edition of the Carey Business School University Catalog is available.
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With an MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership, you will crunch the data to guide organizational policy and priorities, while never forgetting the patient and family at the other end of every decision. You are a nurse who sees various means to only one end: better health care.
The MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership is a 61-credit program, in addition to 504 total clinical hours. MBA courses are fully online and can be taken either asynchronously (anytime) or synchronously (real-time). Some online courses allow students to attend in-person residencies. Learn more about residencies here. For more information on plans of study, visit the School of Nursing.
The MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership program does not qualify for F-1 or J-1 student sponsorship.Required Courses
MBA Business Foundations (20 credits)
- Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Business Analytics
- Business Communication
- Business Microeconomics
- Corporate Finance
- Marketing Management
- Negotiation
- Operations Management
- Statistical Analysis
- Strategic Management
MBA Business Electives* (16 credits)
- Business Leadership & Human Values
- Crisis Management
- Effective Teaming
- Health Care Law & Regulation
- Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum
- Health Innovation & Evaluation
- Managing Complex Projects
- Negotiation in Health Care Settings
*This is not a comprehensive list.
MBA Specializations Offered
Students may use business elective courses to earn an MBA specialization but are not required to. You are welcome to take any elective courses you like. Specializations are simply a way to help organize your electives by content area.
- Artificial intelligence for business
- Business analytics and risk management
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health care management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Real estate
School of Nursing
- Advanced Nursing Health Policy
- Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum I
- Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum II
- Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum III
- Leadership: Organizational Dynamics, Complexities and Change
- Leadership and Organizational Culture: Theories and Practice in Contemporary Healthcare
- Leadership Role Identity and Career Development
- Philosophical, Theoretical, and Ethical Basis of Advanced Nursing Practice
- The Research Process and Its Application to Evidence-Based Practice
Program comparison
- 61 credits, 504 clinical hours
- Full-time students graduate in two years, part-time students graduate in three years
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Optional in-person experiences
- Online, flexible format
- Complete your degree in two to three years
- Optional in-person experiences
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Online, flexible format
- Complete your degree in two years
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Curriculum includes blend of traditional and project-based courses
Doctor of Nursing Practice Executive Track (DNP)/MBA
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Executive Track/MBA

Become a leader in nursing and tackle the complex challenges facing the health care industry. Graduate with the expertise to provide exceptional patient care and safety and the skills to lead organizational change.
This three-year, lock-step program meets the needs of unique nursing and business students. Take courses online alongside a cohort of your peers. Forge strong bonds and build your network. And graduate with two degrees in less time.
Program Details




Financial Aid & Scholarships
Program features
Online
MBA coursework is delivered online, allowing for busy students to complete their weekly assignments around a schedule that works for them.
Take the lead
Offered with the Doctor of Nursing Practice executive track, this dual degree builds leaders ready to take on complex challenges.
Multidisciplinary
This dual degree program positions graduates to be exceptional at patient care and safety while also giving them the tools to lead and manage change in a dynamic industry.
Experiential learning
This three-year lock-step program ensures students in the same cohort take all courses together. This was developed with great care to meet the needs of this unique student and allows the student to forge strong bonds with classmates.
Curriculum
The DNP/MBA curriculum combines the best in clinical care with a unique understanding of the bottom line in nursing and business. The curriculum prepares students to lead health care teams, while providing the evidence, ethical grounding, and business sense that forms the foundation for organizational planning.
The latest edition of the Carey Business School University Catalog is available.
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This three-year lock-step program gives these unique students the tools they need, when they need them, to make the most of the time in the program.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Executive Track/MBA is a 61-credit program, in addition to 448 practice hours. MBA courses are fully online and can be taken either asynchronously (anytime) or synchronously (real-time). Some online courses allow students to attend in-person residencies. Learn more about residencies here. For more information on plans of study, visit the School of Nursing.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Executive Track/MBA program does not qualify for F-1 or J-1 student sponsorship.Required courses:
MBA Business Foundations (22 credits)
- Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Business Analytics
- Business Communication
- Business Microeconomics
- Corporate Finance
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
- Negotiation
- Operations Management
- Statistical Analysis
- Strategic Management
MBA Business Electives* (14 credits)
Students may use business elective courses to earn an MBA specialization but are not required to. You are welcome to take any elective courses you like. Specializations are simply a way to help organize your electives by content area. Elective courses may count toward more than one specialization, when applicable.
MBA Specializations Offered
- Artificial intelligence for business
- Business analytics and risk management
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health care management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Real estate
School of Nursing:
- Advanced Nursing Health Policy
- Problem Identification
- DNP Practicum
- Nursing Inquiry
- Translating Evidence into Practice
- Project Development
- Analysis and Evaluation of Individual and Population Health Data
- Project Implementation
- Clinical Data Management
Program comparison
- 61 credits, 448 practice hours
- Complete both degrees in three years
- Online MBA coursework
- All courses taken with the same cohort
- Online, flexible format
- Complete your degree in two to three years
- Optional in-person experiences
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Online, flexible format
- Complete your degree in two years
- Curriculum includes blend of traditional and project-based courses
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses