What Is Belmont's PharmD/MBA Dual Degree Program?
Today's healthcare organizations need pharmacists who understand both patient care and business strategy. Belmont's PharmD/MBA dual degree prepares you to serve patients while developing the leadership, financial and operational expertise needed for advancement.
TThree reasons students choose Belmont's PharmD/MBA:
Earn Two Degrees Without Extending Your Timeline
Belmont students can earn a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in four years without adding an additional year to the traditional PharmD timeline.
Build Clinical and Leadership Expertise
Develop skills in pharmacy practice, healthcare operations, finance, organizational leadership and business strategy.
Build Clinical and Leadership Expertise
Develop skills pharmacy practice, healthcare operation, finance, organizational leadership and business strategy.
Gain a Competitive Advantage
Graduate prepared for traditional pharmacy careers as well as leadership, management and ownership opportunities.
Why Earn a PharmD and MBA together?
Belmont's dual-degree pathway combines two nationally respected programs into a streamlined educational experience.
Clinical Training Begins Early
Students begin gaining patient-care experience during the first year through introductory pharmacy practice experiences and clinical education.
Why Study a PharmD/MBA in Nashville?
Nashville is home to one of the nation's largest healthcare industries. Students gain access to healthcare companies, hospital systems, pharmacy leaders and business professionals who operate at the intersection of patient care and healthcare management. These connections can support internships, networking and future career opportunities in both pharmacy practice and healthcare leadership.
Save on MBA Tuition
Students complete 17 MBA courses while paying tuition for only eight MBA courses, reducing the cost of earning both degrees compared with completing the degrees separately.
Personalized Mentorship
A 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio allows for meaningful relationships with faculty mentors across both pharmacy and business.
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Is This Program Right for You?
This program may be a strong fit if you:
- Want to become a pharmacist while developing business expertise
- Aspire to leadership or management roles in healthcare
- Are interested in pharmacy ownership or entrepreneurship
- Want career flexibility beyond traditional pharmacy practice
- Enjoy both clinical problem-solving and strategic decision-making
- Plan to pursue executive leadership opportunities throughout your career
What You'll Learn
Develop Clinical, Business and Leadership Skills
The PharmD/MBA curriculum combines advanced pharmacy education with graduate business training.
You'll learn how to:
- Deliver patient-centered pharmaceutical care
- Evaluate medication therapies and treatment outcomes
- Lead healthcare teams and organizations
- Analyze financial and operational performance
- Devleop strategic business plans
- Understand healthcare markets and regulations
- Communicate effectively with patients, providers and organizational leaders
Pharmacy Practice
Develop clinical knowledge through coursework, simulation, patient-care experiences and advanced practice rotations.
Business Leadership
Build expertise in management, accounting, organizational behavior, leadership and finance.
Healthcare Operations
Learn how business decisions influence patient outcomes, organizational performance and healthcare delivery.
Curious about your coursework? View requirements for this degree in the course catalog.
Learn and serve outside the classroom
As a Belmont PharmD student, your opportunities are endless.
You can work in Belmont's on-campus pharmacy, research in the lab, pursue internships and volunteer in the Nashville community. Because of Belmont's unique mission-minded, Christ-centered community, students are empowered to make the world around them a better place.
Dozens of students in the College of Pharmacy live this out each year through mission trips across the country and throughout the world.
Student Organizations
At Belmont, learning doesn't stop in the classroom. Student organizations create more opportunities to engage and build meaningful experiences. There are many existing organizations Pharmacy students can join, or if you don't see what you're looking for, the process to start a new one is simple and streamlined.
Admission to the PharmD/MBA Dual Degree Program is competitive with limited seats available, and therefore, early application is encouraged. Available seats are likely to be filled before March 1. Applicants must meet admission requirements for both the Pharmacy and MBA programs.
Minimum Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the PharmD program and present a competitive application for the MBA program.
Applicants who are offered admission to the PharmD/MBA program must earn a bachelor’s degree and complete all prerequisites (for both programs) prior to fall enrollment. Applicants must have a reasonable plan to meet these requirements at the time of application.
Prerequisites for the PharmD are listed on the PharmD website.
Prerequisites for the MBA are listed on the MBA Website.
MBA prerequisites can also be satisfied through the Summer Business Institute (SBI). The SBI is a Belmont-specific 10-credit, summer-based prerequisite accelerated program designed specifically for individuals who did not major in business as undergraduates. The program runs mid-May through early-August, with class meetings on most Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6:15 to 9:00 PM) and Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM). Completion of the Summer Business Institute satisfies all Massey prerequisite course requirements, including finance competency. Visit the SBI website for more information.
Application Requirements
While this program requires only the PharmCAS application, all application requirements must be satisfied for both the PharmD and MBA programs.
Items to Submit Through PharmCAS
- Application for admission to the PharmD program, with Belmont University designated as a recipient
- Official transcripts
- At least two letters of recommendation
- Results from the PCAT
Supplemental Items to Submit
- A short email indicating your interest in applying for the PharmD/MBA program sent to pharmacy@belmont.edu. Once received, the Admissions Office will work with you to complete your application appropriately.
- Official GMAT score sent to Belmont University Admissions. The GMAT testing center will give students an unofficial score on the test date. Please fax your unofficial score as soon as you receive it to 615-460-6353. We can work with the unofficial results for interviewing purposes. A GRE score can be considered if the test was taken in the last five years. The overall score must be the GMAT equivalent of 500. Visit the official GRE website for a GRE/GMAT conversion tool.
- A one- to two-page essay on how an MBA degree will help you achieve your goals as a pharmacist, submitted via email to pharmacy@belmont.edu.
- A current resume, submitted via email to pharmacy@belmont.edu.
Eligible candidates will be invited for separate interviews with each program. When possible, on-campus interviews will be coordinated depending on the status of application completion. If coordinated interviews or a second on-campus interview are not possible, a phone interview with a faculty member from the Massey Graduate School of Business may be arranged.
Acceptance to the PharmD program does not guarantee admission to the MBA program. Each review is conducted on an independent basis.
PharmD Accreditation
Belmont University College of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2850 , Chicago , IL 60603, 312/644-3575; FAX 866/228-2631, website http://www.acpe-accredit.org.
Learn more about PharmD Accreditation & Licensure
MBA Accreditation
Organized in 1916, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is the premier agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. AACSB International accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
Fewer than 5% of the world’s business schools are able to adhere to standards that result in AACSB accreditation of their business education programs. A much smaller group, fewer than 2% of business schools (185) worldwide, have earned the separate, specialized accreditation for their accounting program.
Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business is the only private college or university in Tennessee that is accredited by AACSB International for our BBA and MBA programs, and our Accounting major and Master of Accountancy degree.
A Dual Degree Designed for Healthcare Leadership
Program distinctions include:
- Earn a PharmD and MBA in four years
- Complete 17 MBA courses while paying tuition for only eight MBA courses
- Early clinical experiences
- Dedicated faculty mentorship
- Small class sizes
- Strong healthcare industry connections
- Study in Nashville's healthcare economy
Lead pharmacy operations, staffing and patient care services.
Manage departments, clinics, healthcare organizations and health systems.
Advance into district, regional and executive-level pharmacy leadership roles.
Work in operations, strategy management, business development or commercialization.
Build, acquire or manage an independent pharmacy practice.
Advise organizations on healthcare strategy, operations and performance.
Learn From Experct Faculty
The PharmD/MBA dual degree brings together faculty from Belmont's College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences and the Jack C. Massey College of Business. You'll learn from professors with expertise in patient care, healthcare leadership, finance, operations, entrepreneurship and organizational management.
Small class sizes and a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio create opportunities for personalized mentoring, professional guidance and meaningful relationships that support your long-term career goals.
Hilary Ahn
Email: hilary.ahn@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 439
Beverley Alleyne
Email: beverley.alleyne@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 335
Bryon Balint
Email: bryon.balint@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 446
Catherine Bass
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 628
Rudolph Bedeley
Email: rudy.bedeley@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 447
Austin Brown
Email: austin.brown@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 454
Colin Cannonier
Email: colin.cannonier@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 321C
Dennis Chen
Email: dennis.chen@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 348
Brad Childs
Email: brad.childs@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 326
Howard Cochran
Email: howard.cochran@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 350A
Francis Daniel
Email: francis.daniel@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 431
James Doyle
Email: james.doyle@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 346
Kristen Faile
Email: kristen.faile@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 450
Jennifer Wilgus Fowler
Email: jennifer.fowler@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 447
Adam Fulton
Email: adam.fulton@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 323
Gary Garrison
Email: gary.garrison@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center, Room 445
John Gonas
Email: john.gonas@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 333B
José González
Email: jose.gonzalez@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 459
Elizabeth Gortmaker
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 639
David Harkins
Email: david.harkins@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 433
Alex Hoffman
Email: alex.hoffman@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 444
Brandon Holle
Email: brandon.holle@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 345
Kyle Huggins
Email: kyle.huggins@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 441
Michelle McKenney Jones
Email: michelle.jones@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 435
Kenny Jordan
Email: kenneth.jordan@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 322C
Luke Langlinais
Email: luke.langlinais@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 328
Eduardo Lopez
Email: eduardo.lopez@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 333A
Lora E. Mitchell
Email: lora.mitchell@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 330
Haskell Murray
Email: haskell.murray@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 438
Jeff Overby
Email: jeff.overby@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 111
Barry Padgett
Email: barry.padgett@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 349
Luke Petach
Email: luke.petach@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 344
J. Mark Phillips
Email: mark.phillips@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 456
Dan Privott
Email: dan.privott@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 443
Cliff A. Robb
Email: cliff.robb@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 444
Paula Roberts
Email: paula.roberts@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 453
Dustin Rumbaugh
Email: dustin.rumbaugh@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 327
Tony Saunders
Email: tony.saunders@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 340
Mark Schenkel
Email: mark.schenkel@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 452
Angela Sebby
Email: angela.sebby@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 322B
Alexey Semenov
Email: alexey.semenov@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 329
Kara Smith
Email: kara.smith@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 349
Joe Smolira
Email: joe.smolira@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 437
Bernard Turner
Email: bernard.turner@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 451
Marieta Velikova
Email: marieta.velikova@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 319
Lee Warren
Email: lee.warren@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 336
Thor Wasbotten
Email: thor.wasbotten@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 550C
Matthew Wilson
Email: matthew.g.wilson@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 457
Rachel Wilson
Email: rachel.wilson@belmont.edu
Office Location: Jack C. Massey Center 453
Tommy Wooten
Email: tommy.wooten@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Rogers Center 446A
David Wyant
Email: david.wyant@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 440
Sean Sehyun Yoo
Email: sean.yoo@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 337
Claudia Guerrazzi Young
Email: claudia.young@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 451
Marilyn Young
Email: marilyn.young@belmont.edu
Mark Zhang
Email: mark.zhang@belmont.edu
Office Location: Barbara Massey Hall 350B
FAQ
Belmont students can complete both the Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration degrees in four years without adding an additional year to the traditional PharmD timeline.
The MBA provides leadership, finance, management and strategic planning skills that help pharmacists advance into leadership, ownership and administrative roles.
A PharmD/MBA combines advanced pharmacy training with business education, preparing graduates for leadership roles in healthcare organizations, pharmacy operations, healthcare administration and pharmacy ownership.
Students interested in management, healthcare leadership or business ownership often pursue a PharmD/MBA to gain skills in finance, operations, strategic planning and organizational leadership while completing their pharmacy education.
Yes. Students complete 17 MBA courses while paying tuition for only eight MBA courses, reducing the cost of earning both degrees compared with completing the degrees separately.
Graduates pursue careers in pharmacy management, healthcare administration, pharmaceutical industry leadership, healthcare consulting, pharmacy ownership and health-system leadership, in addition to traditional pharmacist roles.
Yes. Students must be admitted to both the PharmD program and the MBA program to participate in the dual-degree pathway.
Applicants must satisfy all admission requirements for both the Doctor of Pharmacy and MBA programs, including prerequisite coursework and supplemental application materials.
The priority deadline is March 1 each year. Due to limited seats, early application is strongly encouraged.
Clinical education begins during the first year of the PharmD curriculum.
Yes. Belmont's Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
Yes. Belmont's Jack C. Massey College of Business is accredited by AACSB International.
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College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Michael Lavigna
Director of Admissions
615.460.6107
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