Dual Degrees | MBA/MPA

Dual Degree: MBA/MPA

NYU Stern and NYU Wagner offer a highly-integrated dual degree program in business and public service for leaders who want to solve the most vexing challenges at the local, national, and global levels. MBA/MPA students are immersed in an education about the business, nonprofit, and government sectors and are interested in working across those sectors. Alumni of the program strive to make an immediate and positive impact on business and society and have done so with successful careers in many fields, including:

• Social Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Impact Investing
• Public-Private Partnerships and Hybrid Organizations
• Lobbying and Government Affairs
• Complex, Highly Regulated Industries (e.g., Healthcare, Energy)

Program Structure

NYU Stern offers comprehensive training in the fundamentals of business and general management and the opportunity to choose from over 20 specialization areas. NYU Wagner provides foundational public policy training and the ability to specialize in policy analysis, international development, nonprofit/public management, or public finance.

Students enroll full-time, taking courses within the MBA (51 credits) and MPA (33 credits) programs concurrently, and receive a diploma from each school after three years.

Admission to the MBA/MPA Program

For the 2023 NYU Stern Dual Degree application, please visit the Dual Degree Application page.

Applicants to the MBA/MPA program complete an application for each school. While no additional admissions standards are applied to dual degree applications at either school, students qualify for the dual degree program only upon admission to both NYU Stern and the Wagner School of Public Service. Please note that it is possible to be admitted to both programs, only one program, or neither program in this process.

Individuals who already hold the MPA degree are not eligible for admission to the MBA/MPA program.

MBA/MPA dual degree applicants must use NYU Stern’s dual degree application. They cannot apply using the Consortium application or NYU Stern’s MBA application.

Tuition & Financial Aid

MBA/MPA students pay full tuition and fees at the school through which they are registered each semester. If a student exceeds the maximum number of per-semester credits and/or courses permitted by the school in which she/he is registered, the tuition and fees for the additional credits must be paid to that school.

Merit scholarships are awarded based on a holistic review of the admissions application to each school. Financial aid, including federal and private loans, is administered by the school in which a student is registered in a particular semester. In addition, students may be eligible to obtain Teaching Fellowship or Graduate Assistantship positions, many of which offer tuition remission, at the school in which they are registered.

Learn about the NYU Stern Loan Assistance Program and view more information on Stern MBA financial aid and Wagner financial aid.

Career Services

Students are encouraged to take advantage of all career counseling and placement services at both NYU Stern and Wagner throughout the dual degree program. Career counselors are available to aid students in areas such as résumé preparation, interviewing techniques, networking and career option assessment. MBA/MPA students are encouraged to become familiar early in the program with career services offered at each school.

Learn more about career services at Stern and Wagner.

Student Life

Dual degree students are encouraged to become involved in campus life at both schools. There are dozens of student organizations and clubs at both Stern and Wagner.