Loyola University Maryland and Gettysburg College partnered to open Loyola’s new accelerated Emerging Leaders MBA 4+1 program to students at Gettysburg College. The partnership will provide a pathway for undergraduate students interested in undertaking a liberal arts and sciences major at Gettysburg College seamlessly coupled with a fifth-year business-oriented master’s program at Loyola.
“We’re pleased to offer Gettysburg College students a chance to jumpstart their graduate education and career, save time and money, and earn a highly respected MBA from Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business,” said Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Loyola. “We look forward to welcoming Gettysburg students to Loyola.”
Gettysburg College students in the 4+1 program can take one online Loyola course each semester during their senior year at no additional cost. Upon graduating from Gettysburg, they receive discounted tuition to complete their MBA through Loyola’s Emerging Leaders MBA program. The Emerging Leaders MBA is a one-year, full-time, in-person program that offers real-world experiences, including corporate visits, career preparation, and internships. Current Gettysburg College juniors, seniors, and students participating in the Guided Pathways, a defining element of the Gettysburg Approach, are eligible to participate in this 4+1 program during their senior year.
“Loyola’s Emerging Leaders MBA is designed to complement a liberal arts degree, giving students a practical business education, building their professional network at an early stage, and increasing their employability. It builds on students’ undergraduate liberal arts studies and opens up diverse career paths,” said Mary Ann Scully, MBA ’79, dean of Loyola’s Sellinger School.
“We are most excited by the opportunity to truly, proactively partner with Gettysburg College from the time these students attend an open house at Gettysburg in their senior year of high school through their Orientation as first-year students, introducing them to Loyola business faculty, working with Gettysburg student advisors, inviting them to Loyola career fairs, and making them a part of our own robust business alumni network,” Scully said. “Both Gettysburg and Loyola believe that these intentional pathways will change the trajectory of the students’ lives.”
Professionals with master’s degrees have median earnings of 18% more than those with bachelor’s degrees only, and higher degrees increase the likelihood of employment, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We are extremely excited to partner with Loyola University’s Sellinger School of Business to provide Gettysburg students with an expedited path to a superb Master of Business Administration degree that is both impactful and more affordable,” said Jamila Bookwala, Ph.D., provost at Gettysburg College. “I look forward to the scores of successful leaders who will emerge from this Gettysburg-Loyola partnership and go on to positively impact their neighborhoods, communities, and world.”
Gettysburg College is an undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences that prepares students from across the nation and around the globe to pursue lives of personal and professional fulfillment and to engage the complex questions of our time through effective leadership and socially responsible citizenship.
Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management in Baltimore delivers an internationally recognized Jesuit business education. Recognized for its scholarship, ethical leadership, and tradition of excellence, the Sellinger School delivers a wide range of sought-after fields of study including eight undergraduate majors and 11 undergraduate minors as well as full-time, part-time, and fully online MBA and Master of Accounting programs.
