Program Overview

Introduction to the MPA-MBA Program

The MPA-MBA program is a dual-degree offering from NYU Wagner and NYU Stern School of Business, designed for leaders who want to solve today's most vexing challenges at the local, national, and global levels. With an MPA-MBA degree, students will be able to make an immediate and positive impact on business and public service, and have the skills to work across all sectors.

Program Highlights

By earning two degrees in only three years, students will:

1. Double their student experience: Engage in student groups, student services, and co-curricular events at both NYU Stern and NYU Wagner.
2. Double their career exploration: Explore more career options through internships over two summers and career services at both schools.
3. Double their career opportunities: Position themselves to secure jobs that require either degree and to transition smoothly into roles that benefit from both.
4. Double their influence: Gain two complementary skill sets that together enable them to occupy influential strategic positions by providing a bridge across sectors.
5. Double their network: Benefit from a vast professional network of students, alumni, and faculty from both Stern and Wagner.

Program Specializations

NYU Wagner provides foundational public policy training and the ability to specialize in:

• Advocacy and Political Action
• Financial Management & Public Finance
• International Development Policy & Finance
• Management & Leadership
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Impact, Innovation & Investment through the MPA in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy (MPA-PNP) program; or in:
• Health Finance (Health Services Financial Management or Healthcare Public Finance)
• Health Policy Analysis (Advocacy or Analytics track)
• Health Services Management through the MPA in Health Policy & Management (MPA-Health) program. NYU Stern offers comprehensive training in the fundamentals of business and general management and the opportunity to choose from over 20 specialization areas.

Advisement

An important aspect of the dual-degree academic experience is the extensive, tailored, and coordinated advisement support. Students work with advisors from both schools to carefully choose coursework that takes into consideration their unique academic and professional goals.

MPA-MBA Requirements

MBA-MPA students can "double count" some coursework between degrees. The MBA coursework will reduce the total number of credits needed for the MPA to 33 (from the standard 45), and the MPA coursework will reduce the total number of credits needed for the MBA to 51 (from the standard 60). To finish the program, students will earn a total of 84 credits (33 MPA + 51 MBA) across three years of full-time study.

• 3 Core credits:
  • CORE-GP 1022 Introduction to Public Policy, taken in the first term.
  • The remaining 12 credits of Wagner Core coursework are traditionally fulfilled by equivalent Stern core coursework taken in the first year of study.
• 9 to 15 Specialization credits:
  • Each specialization in the MPA-PNP program requires 9 credits.
  • Specializations in the MPA-Health program vary in the number of credits they require, ranging between 13.5 and 18 credits.
• 9 to 18 General Elective credits, depending on Specialization:
  • Wagner courses carry 1.5 or 3 credits based on the course's duration.
  • Electives can come from coursework related to the specialization, but they can also come from other areas of the Wagner curriculum or even from approved coursework outside of Wagner.
• 3 Capstone credits:
  • Students will complete the year-long Capstone course & project associated with their specialization in their final year of the program.
  • Advanced Simulation in Healthcare Management is an alternative option for some MPA-Health specializations.

Sample Program Sequence

The 84-credit MBA-MPA program requires three years of full-time study. The standard trajectory includes:

• Year 1 (30 credits), Registration residency: Stern:
  • Fall: 15 credits (12 MBA + 3 MPA)
  • Spring: 15 credits (12 MBA + 3 MPA)
• Year 2 (27 credits), Registration residency: Wagner:
  • Fall: 13.5 credits (7.5 MBA + 6 MPA)
  • Spring: 13.5 credits (4.5 MBA + 9 MPA)
• Year 3 (27 credits), Registration residency: Wagner (fall) & Stern (spring):
  • Fall: 13.5 credits (7.5 MBA + 6 MPA)
  • Spring: 13.5 credits (7.5 MBA + 6 MPA)

Admissions

Students apply separately to NYU Wagner and NYU Stern under full-time status. Once admitted to both, a student will qualify for the dual-degree program.

Dual Degrees

Other dual-degree programs offered include:

• MPA-MBA
• MPA-MA in Hebrew Studies & Judaic Studies
• MPA-MA, International Relations
• MPA-MS, Applied Statistics
• MPA-Global MPH
• MPA-JD/ MUP-JD
• MPA-MD
• Executive MPA-MSW