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Joint & Dual Degrees

A Personalized Experience

Why choose only one path when you can have the flexibility of two? At Tippie, this is the kind of creativity we encourage. With top-tier graduate schools in every major area of study, The University of Iowa offers an outstanding opportunity to combine degrees.

If you are interested in graduate degrees in both business and another field, you may complete degree requirements more quickly by enrolling in one of our combined degree programs. Choose from excellent graduate schools in medicine, law, and health administration. If the established programs do not match your needs, just ask—if we can, we'll help you build a program tailored to your personal interests.

To enroll in a combined degree program, you need to apply to and be accepted by both programs—the Tippie School of Management and the other program in which you are interested.

Combined Degree Programs:


In addition to the programs listed above, we may be able to tailor other combined degree programs. These situations require prior approval of the Director of Student Services and other stakeholders. Contact us to get started.

J.D./MBA

This combined degree program is a four-year degree. You complete the required first-year courses in each program during the first two years of study. Typically, you complete the required law courses the first year and the required MBA courses the second year.

View a sample plan of study for the J.D./MBA.

The College of Law web site provides more information and admission requirements for the J.D. program.

M.D./MBA

The M.D./MBA combined degree is a five-year program. You complete the required first- and second-year courses in the M.D. program. The third year consists of MBA courses. Remaining requirements for each degree are completed during the fourth and fifth years of study.

View a sample plan of study for the M.D./MBA.

The College of Medicine web site provides more information and admission requirements for the M.D. program.

MHA/MBA

The combined degree program in health administration (MHA) requires completion of 77 credit hours:

  • Core requirements for each program
  • 9 credit hours of MBA elective course work
  • 4 credit hours of electives from the Health Management and Policy program
  • A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater is required to graduate.

View a sample plan of study for the MHA/MBA program.

The College of Public Health web site provides more information and admission requirements for the MHA program.