The Emerging Leaders MBA Experience Earn your degree in 1 year for 1 price
Fall 2024 Applications Are Open
- Rolling Admission
- Fall 2024 Tuition: $63,750
- Credits: 45
- Location: Baltimore campus
- Time to Completion: 12 months
- Average Class Size: 20-25
A Full-Time, One-Year MBA Program
Loyola University Maryland’s Emerging Leaders MBA (ELMBA) is a full-time, one-year MBA program designed for recent college graduates and early career professionals. Cohorts begin the program each fall and are comprised of diverse individuals with a wide variety of educational and professional backgrounds.
Active Learning
Our immersive, experiential curriculum builds upon your strong functional knowledge and critical thinking skills through a variety of real-world experiences including corporate visits, mentoring, and internships. Each semester brings about the opportunity to participate in “First Friday” site visits, leadership and career development workshops, networking, and team building exercises.
Explore Your World
Students participate in domestic and international field studies to explore emerging markets and experience new business climates and cultures firsthand. Past ELMBA students have traveled internationally to Spain, Chile, China, Peru, and Vietnam and domestically to New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Walt Disney World.Loyola Ready
As a student and alumnus of our MBA program, you’ll have access to Loyola’s Career Center, which is dedicated to connecting you with organizations in need of your expertise. Upon graduation, you become a part of our expansive alumni network in Baltimore and around the globe.Admission and Scholarship Application Process
Double Greyhound Alumni Discount
A 15% tuition discount is now available to Loyola alumni admitted to the ELMBA program.Learn more about this discount
The ELMBA program is a highly collaborative, cohort learning experience. Application materials include a resume, personal statement, two letters of recommendations, and official transcript(s). In addition, prospective students will participate in a personal interview with a member of the Sellinger team.
Applicants with a strong academic and/or professional background should apply early for scholarship consideration! Learn more about the admission process and scholarships.
Joey Pustejovsky ’13
This was the highlight of the program for me, the development of self: understanding what I excelled at, what I needed to work on, as well as really discover what I could see myself doing in the upcoming years.
Megann Daw '11
After college, I wanted to make an impact but I didn't feel like I was progressing--this program gave me a strong business foundation and opened up a lot of opportunities early in my career.
Michelle Esposito ’11
I sought out this program looking for increased opportunities, and the ELMBA program has already exceeded my expectations.
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