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Dual Degree Program - Doctor of Physical Therapy and Master of Business Administration degree (DPT/MBA)
Rockhurst University’s College of Business and Technology has collaborated with the Physical Therapy Program to offer a dual degree program, DPT/MBA. The dual DPT/MBA degree program provides leadership and management concepts to show you are ready to not only be a health care professional, but to lead and manage other professionals and even start and run your own private clinic. Students seeking this dual degree will follow the course sequence for the DPT, and complete the following requirements in the MBA program before graduation.
For the MBA component of the DPT/MBA dual degree program, students will complete the following:
- Business Administration Graduate Certificate (14 credit hours)
- MG 6490 Business and Management Capstone (2 credit hours) OR HC 6425 Healthcare Leadership Capstone (3 credit hours)
- One additional MBA Certificate of their choice (at least 10 credit hours). For a complete list of available graduate certificates see Business Administration, M.B.A.
- For the remaining 1-4 credit hours needed to complete the 30-credit hour M.B.A. requirement, students will be able to apply the following courses taken in the existing DPT curriculum:
- PT 6170 Professional Practice & Leadership (3 credit hours)
- PT 7170 Community Engagement and Leadership (2 credit hours)
- PT 7550 Healthcare and Practice Management (3 credits)
- The PT program will waive the elective course requirement (2 credits) in the DPT curriculum, therefore reducing the DPT program minimum number of hours from 101 to 99.
Total MBA Credit Hours: 30
Total DPT Credit Hours: 99
Total DPT/MBA Program Credit Hours: 129
Features
- The DPT/MBA dual degree prepares DPT students to start and manage their own clinic and take on senior and executive roles in health care administration
- In addition to students earning their DPT and MBA degrees, they also earn a professional certification in a field of their choosing
- Cost savings of approximately $9,700
- Students completing the dual DPT/MBA have 6 credit hours less than our traditional stackable MBA program
- 3-4 credits from DPT coursework count towards MBA
- The PT program will waive the elective course requirement (2 credits) in the DPT curriculum
- Tuition for a course under the Alumni Discount Program will not be applied to any other payment plan.
- Complete BOTH degrees within 2.5 years
- Most MBA courses are two-credit-hour, eight-week courses that meet one night per week or online
