With a dual degree in Business Administration and Public Health (MBA/MPH), you’ll be prepared for leadership in the health services industry at the local, national, and international levels.
This unique degree integrates dynamic education from the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and CGU’s School of Community and Global Health. It combines comprehensive knowledge and competencies in public health sciences and state-of-the-art business practices. You’ll draw on the collective expertise of world-class faculty at both institutions, and you will find among them academic and career mentors. You will study specialized courses to intersect scientific advancement and private enterprise; be prepared to improve public health and the profit margin of organizations devoted to serving the needs of local, regional and global communities. As a graduate, you’ll transfer strategic thinking, scientific know-how, and leadership and managerial skills to rapidly changing environments and global health challenges in the 21st century.
Program Highlights
- MPH/MBA alumni succeed in a wide range of professional fields, including pharmaceutical marketing, health care marketing, health care consulting, hospital administration, managed care, biotechnology, and health care-related nonprofit work.
- The proximity to local health departments in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties provides many employment and educational opportunities for students.
- Your MBA degree is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the highest standard for business education.
- Your MPH degree is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and maintains membership in the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health.
Program At-a-glance
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Master of Public Health | MBA
degree awarded
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Hybrid
modality
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Spring, Fall
program start
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3 years | full time*
estimated completion time
Areas of Concentration
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Strategy
Study core concepts, frameworks, and techniques of strategic management that will prepare you for a career in consulting, project management, and more.
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Finance
Explore finance management concepts that teach you how to invest, where to obtain funds, and how capital markets work.
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Marketing
Develop a critical understanding of key marketing concepts and gain analytical and evaluative skills to inform strategic marketing decision making.
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Leadership
Focus on improving organizational effectiveness through the better management of people and systems.
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Global Management
Prepare for the challenges of managing in a global economy by examining organizations, markets and institutions from a multi-national perspective.
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Leadership & Management
Gain an understanding of leadership skills and be able to apply public health principles to health problems in local and international settings.
Faculty
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Stewart I. Donaldson
Distinguished University Professor
Executive Director, Claremont Evaluation Center
Executive Director, The Evaluators' Institute (TEI)
Research Interests
Positive Organizational Psychology, Health/Well-Being & Positive Functioning Across Cultures, Program Design & Re-Design, Culturally Responsive Theory-Driven Measurement & Evaluation
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C. Anderson Johnson
Professor
Founding Dean, School of Community & Global HealthResearch Interests
Transnational prevention of tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse, HIV-AIDS, and obesity; Community-based substance abuse prevention; Social and environmental influences on health; Community and mass media approaches to health
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Paula Healani Palmer
Professor of Community and Global Health
Director of the PhD in Health Promotion Sciences programResearch Interests
Determinants of health among ethnically diverse populations; Community-based participatory research among under-served, underrepresented populations; Health of Pacific Islanders and South Asians; Technology applications for health behavior interventions; Tobacco control, mental health, disaster management, health of migrants and indigenous peoples; Maternal and child health
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Darleen V. Peterson
Interim Dean, School of Community and Global Health
Professor of Practice, Community and Global Health
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director of the Certificate and Master of Public Health (MPH) programsResearch Interests
Evaluation of Health Communication Campaigns, Effects of Pro- and Anti-Tobacco and Alcohol Marketing; Public Health Education Accreditation
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Kim D. Reynolds
Professor
Research Interests
Nutrition and physical activity, Health promotion and disease prevention, Diabetes and obesity
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Alan Stacy
Professor
Associate Dean for Faculty AffairsResearch Interests
Application of theories and methods of human memory; Cognitive neuroscience and social cognition to health behavior: etiology, prevention, and media effects; Translation of basic research to field research, high-risk populations, and prevention; Validation issues in assessment
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Bin Xie
Professor of Community and Global Health
Director of the Applied Biostatistics (MS) programResearch Interests
Obesity prevention; Tobacco control; Diet, physical activity, body image in adolescents; Psychological adjustment to obesity; Diabetes and cancer; Application of statistical analysis in prevention research
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Michelle Bligh
Interim President
Professor of Organizational BehaviorResearch Interests
Leadership, Organizational Culture, Charismatic Leadership
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Jean Lipman-Blumen
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Former Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public PolicyResearch Interests
Achieving styles, Crisis management, Gender roles, Leadership, Organizational behavior
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Jeremy Hunter
Associate Professor of Practice
Founding Director, Executive Mind Leadership InstituteResearch Interests
Mindfulness, Self-management, Executive mind
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Katharina Pick
Academic Director, MBA Programs
Clinical Full ProfessorResearch Interests
Organizational behavior, Teams, Organizational theory, Leadership, Corporate governance, Power and influence
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Jay Prag
Academic Director, MS in Finance Program
Academic Director, PhD in Management Program
Faculty Coordinator, Center for Business & Management of the Arts
Clinical Full ProfessorResearch Interests
Corporate Finance, Investments, Economics of Strategy, Macroeconomics
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Vijay Sathe
C.S. & D.J. Davidson Chair and Professor of Management
Research Interests
Family business, Mindful revitalization, Creative economy, The Effective Executive, Managing Change
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Hideki Yamawaki
Ito Chair of International Business and Professor of Management
Research Interests
Design Thinking, Competitive Strategy, International Business, International Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment
Application Guidelines
Applicants interested in a dual degree should contact an admissions representative.