An Accelerated MBA in Baltimore to Launch Your Career
Launch your business career with Loyola’s one-year, full-time MBA in Baltimore. Designed for recent graduates and early career professionals, the Emerging Leaders MBA delivers a fast, immersive, and career-focused experience. In a collaborative, cohort-based environment, you’ll gain hands-on experience through a rigorous curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, and direct access to the powerful Sellinger alumni network. Plus, it’s fast. In just 12 months, you’ll build the leadership skills, professional connections, and real-world expertise needed to stand out in today’s competitive job market.
Program Features
- Credits: 47
- Classes held in-person on our Evergreen Campus in Baltimore
- Graduate in just 12 months
- No GMAT/GRE required
- 4+1 option available
Overview of the Emerging Leaders MBA Program
The Emerging Leaders MBA is an accelerated MBA program designed for students pursuing an MBA right after undergrad, and those with little to no professional work experience, that offers a highly collaborative, cohort learning environment.
- Cohorts begin the program in the Fall with an in-person orientation experience.
- Classes are mostly in-person on our Loyola’s Evergreen Campus in Baltimore, with some opportunity for online learning.
- 100% of students complete an internship and participate in both domestic and international field studies.
- Graduate fast, in just 12 months.
4+1 Pathway
A 4+1 pathway is available to Loyola undergrads, and students at our partner institutions. This pathway allows you to complete your bachelor's degree and your MBA in just five years. You’ll take up to two MBA courses online during your senior year and upon graduation, you will begin the full-time MBA program at our campus in Baltimore.
Loyola’s one-year MBA program features a set 47-credit curriculum with courses that provide you and your cohort with a strong foundation across all areas of business. Through a flexible selection of electives, you’ll shape your MBA experience around your interests and career aspirations.
Fall
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Leading & Managing People
- Managerial Economics
- Applied Business Statistics
- Emerging Leaders Sustainability Colloquium
- Law, Ethics, & Corporate Social Responsibility
Spring
- Operations and Process Strategies
- Marketing Strategy
- Financial Strategy
- Emerging Technologies and Analytics
- Domestic Field Study
- Emerging Leaders Sustainability Colloquium
- International Field Study
Summer
- Strategic Management
- Internship (May be completed in Spring.)
- Final Retreat
Elective Options
- Two Graduate Business Electives
- Recommended 2 in Spring, 1 in Summer
Apply to the Emerging Leaders MBA Program
Application Requirements
To be considered for admission to Loyola’s full-time MBA, you need to submit a complete online application and application fee, along with supporting materials that highlight your academic background and career goals. Supporting materials include:
- Resume or CV
- Essay/personal statement
- Two professional/academic letters of recommendation (at least one must be academic)
Priority Deadline: March 1
General Deadline: June 1
At the discretion of the department, applications will continue to be reviewed after the general deadline on a space-available basis. Applications submitted by the priority deadline are given first consideration for scholarship opportunities and early admission to the cohort.
View Qualifications and Admissions Requirements
Fast-Track Admissions Process for Loyola Students and Partner Institutions
Current Loyola students from any major as well as students attending a partner institution may be eligible to apply for Fast Track Admission to the ELMBA. Fast Track benefits include:
- Application fee is waived
- Essay is waived
- One letter of recommendation is waived
- 15% discount if admitted
Cost and Financial Aid
Loyola delivers a high-quality, accelerated MBA experience with a simple, all-inclusive tuition model, so you know exactly what you’ll pay from day one. With no hidden fees and built-in access to essential program resources and travel opportunities, you can focus on your education, not unexpected costs.
Automatic merit scholarship consideration, access to grants, assistantships, and other financial aid resources, help make your investment even more manageable.
Full-time MBA Program Opportunities and Outcomes
This accelerated MBA equips you with the skills to confidently enter your field of
choice, one step ahead of the competition. After this immersive year, you’ll be prepared
to lead strategic decisions, and solve complex business challenges with agility and
creativity.
These in-demand skills translate into real career outcomes. Graduates of the Emerging
Leaders MBA report receiving offers from leading employers—at times, multiple offers—demonstrating
the immediate and long-term value of their one-year MBA experience. Loyola MBA graduates
are hired at Morgan Stanley, Northrop Gruman, McCormick & Company, Textron Systems,
Brown Advisory, Stanley Black & Decker, and more.
Graduates gained skills in critical thinking, data driven analysis, leadership, understanding equity and justice, global awareness, collaboration, and embracing and utilizing technology and data.
Fully Immerse Yourself
Gain Real Business Experience
Loyola’s full-time MBA offers a year of hands-on learning and networking that you won’t find anywhere else. From exclusive access to the area’s top companies, to witnessing international business up-close and personal, the Emerging Leaders MBA offers meaningful experiences that lead to successful careers.
International Field Study
Through your international field study, you’ll engage directly with organizations
and learn about global approaches to business. From analyzing political risk and economic
conditions to understanding cultural dynamics and global strategy, you’ll gain the
insight and confidence to lead anywhere. And because the Emerging Leaders MBA features
all-inclusive tuition, this transformative experience is included at no additional
cost.
Recent destinations have included: Finland and Estonia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Singapore and Malaysia, and South Africa.
Company Site Visits
Exclusive company site visits put you face-to-face with industry leaders in Baltimore and beyond, with insider access to top organizations.
Recent site visits have included: McCormick, Brightview Senior Living, Whiting Turner, Brown Advisory, Astra Zeneca, Merrill, Neuberger Berman, L’Oreal, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), New York Stock Exchange, Piper Sandler and NYC Treasury.
The Emerging Leaders Colloquium
Through dynamic case studies, leadership development workshops, and team-based exercises, you’ll build critical skills while tackling real-world challenges. Regular networking opportunities and panel discussions with alumni and professionals from Baltimore and the Washington, D.C. region offer valuable industry insight and connections, while career development programming, service opportunities, and guided reflection activities help you clarify your goals and lead with purpose.
Internship
Every full-time MBA student puts learning into action through a hands-on internship designed to align with your career goals and accelerate your professional growth. You’ll complete a minimum of 150 hours through either a part-time spring placement or a full-time summer experience, gaining exposure in your chosen field.
Milan Patel, MBA ‘25
The best aspect of the program is actually the way it is formatted as the cohort… The ELMBA creates a small community of students that all have similar career aspirations with similar outgoing personalities, something I was not used to back home. I could really figure out what type of people this program attracts on the first few days of my orientation, quite literally ‘emerging leaders.’
RC Walbrook, MBA ‘25
I finished my undergrad degree in molecular biology and wanted to make a pivot to business and finance. I chose this program specifically because it was only one year… I have a wide range of opportunities that I’ve been able to find through this program and I’m extremely thankful for that.
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