Complete a dual degree in 30 months

Dual Degree MBA and DBA

Likely the most concise and affordable U.S. dual degree MBA and DBA aimed at providing board-based management skills and executing in-depth applied research in your chosen field in 2.5 years.

Scholarships of up to 50% for up to 350 applicants.

Type

Dual Degree
Start Date

June 24, 2024
Duration

2.5 Years

Edgewood College

HLC Accredited MBA and DBA | HLC is CHEA Recognised
ACBSP Accredited MBA |
100% Online Format

Introduction to Edgewood Dual Degree Course

Course Snapshot

Up to 50%
Scholarships for up to 350 Students
2.5 years
to complete the Dual Degree
No
GMAT/GRE required

HLC Accredited MBA and DBA program - HLC is CHEA recognized
ACBSP Accredited MBA
Scholarships of upto 50% for 350 students
100% online
2.5 years duration

Key Highlights of the Dual Degree Course

What is this course about?

Program Benefits

Complete dual degree in just 2.5 years
MBA with 6 specializations
Doctorate in the domain and topic of your choice
Earn the reputed “Dr.” Title
Edgewood College Alumni Status
Live & interactive faculty, alumni, and industry-specific sessions
24x7 student support available
No GMAT/GRE required
Both the MBA and DBA program are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
Dissertation workshops
Concentration selection workshops
A pool of International thesis supervisor and the subject matter experts

Who Is This Programme For?

The dual degree is designed for professionals who want to further their career with the broad skills of an MBA and the field expertise developed through a DBA. The MBA program addresses the needs of those looking to move up the ranks in the corporate field - lead teams, solve problems. The DBA program addresses the learning needs and objectives of senior business managers, consultants and university professors. Its primary objective is to produce graduates who can contribute to the advancement of their professions and to the expansion of knowledge and awareness of contemporary strategic issues and practices.

Minimum Eligibility

Bachelors holders (or equivalent) are able to apply to pursue the dual degree program

Academic/Career Support

Career coaching calls
Mentorship calls
Thesis supervisor calls
Pit stop sessions for query resolution and networking

Student Support

A dedicated program coordinator
24/7 support to answer all your queries! intstudentsupport@upgrad.com
Centralised Whatsapp channels for queries

About the Program

Edgewood College

Edgewood College, founded in 1927 is located in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States. Edgewood College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of the seven accrediting commissions recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) - the premier authority on higher education in the US. Edgewood College offers more than 60 majors and 40 minors and its business program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Alumni of the university have gone on to successful careers in business, politics, law and more. For more than ninety years, the university has put students first in everything they do. Edgewood College is now expanding globally, offering affordable, quality education to working professionals.

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Dual Degree

Annually 250,000 people achieve their MBAs, less than 5,000 graduate with a DBA. To stand out in an increasingly competitive corporate environment, lifelong learning and greater qualifications are important. While many universities offer standalone MBA and DBA programs, Edgewood College sees the rising need of affordable and accelerated opportunities to achieve the highest levels of business education. Edgewood College also believes that holistic education is important which the MBA + DBA degrees offer - the MBA teaches practical skills across areas of business, the DBA focuses on intensive research in one area of choice.

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Certificate

Earn valuable Credentials & Recognition

Complete all the courses successfully to obtain this prestigious recognition from Edgewood College.

About Edgewood College

More than 90 years of legacy: Edgewood College, founded in 1927, is an independent liberal arts university, located in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States.
US Accredited: Edgewood College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of the seven accrediting commissions recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
ACBSP Accredited: Edgewood College offers more than 60 majors and 40 minors and its business program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
WES Recognized: WES takes all programs to a US equivalency - as all programs are within the US they are already WES equivalent

Note:

The MBA program is accredited by ACBSP. The DBA Program is currently in candidacy for ACBSP accreditation. The DBA program will receive full accreditation once it has met all ACBSP requirements. Both the MBA and DBA programs are HLC accredited.

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Inclusivity through Scholarships

Edgewood College will be an inclusive model of learning, teaching, and scholarship.

Our students, alumni, faculty, and staff will be recognized for their pursuit of purposeful lives, vibrant and sustainable communities, and a just world. To further their vision of inclusive education Edgewood College is partnering with upGrad to offer quality higher education programs across the globe.

50% scholarship for up to 350 students: These programs will be accessible and affordable as 350 students can get up 50% scholarship towards their tuition fees
Same as On Campus: The programs will be taught online by the same on-campus faculty and learners will get the same on-campus degree

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Syllabus of Edgewood Dual Degree Course

What will you learn?

A unique curriculum designed to provide both broad-based business and management skills as well as leadership and expertise development to earn both an MBA and DBA in 2.5 years.

2.5 Years Course Duration

60 Credits

BUS 603 | Organizational Development/Behavior

6 Weeks

This course equips the students with the insight necessary to develop interpersonal relationships that will build teams, increase productivity, enhance the quality of work life, orchestrate change, improve employee retention, and augment communication.

BUS 606 | Strategic Marketing

6 Weeks

This course allows the students to apply marketing knowledge in addressing strategic decision-making situations. It emphasizes the use of analytical skills in making judgments under uncertainty in a variety of marketing contexts.

BUS 618 | Managing Information and Technology

6 Weeks

Topics

This course provides the students with an understanding of how to collaborate with IT experts while making business decisions with a significant technology component.

BUS 602 | Accounting for Managers

6 Weeks

Topics

This course is designed to provide insight into managerial accounting concepts with a focus on real-world application. It examines managerial accounting tools and resources that assist managers with business decisions spanning different disciplines.

BUS 607 | Corporate Finance

6 Weeks

Topics

This course introduces students to corporate finance. It covers topics like financial statement analysis, cost of capital, capital structure, common stock valuation, capital budgeting, and corporate restructuring and failure.

BUS 604 | Executive Supply chain strategy and negotiations

6 Weeks

Topics

The course is designed to help students learn how to identify, dissect, and answer strategic management problems. To remedy the crucial challenges facing organizations, students will research, analyze, and evaluate solutions.

BUS 609 | MBA Strategic Management

6 Weeks

Topics

Through this course (capstone project), students will develop an understanding of strategy and its formulation, implementation, and evaluation. The course incorporates elements of marketing, finance, operations, and quantitative analysis.

DBUS 901 | Introduction to Academic Scholarship and Doctoral Studies in Business

6 Weeks

Topics

This course provides an overview of academic scholarship and prepares the doctoral student for performing business research. Students use critical thinking models and practices, including the role of assumptions, to identify business problems.

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DBUS 920 | Qualitative Research

6 Weeks

Topics

In this course learn what constitutes qualitative research, how to apply qualitative research methods. This involves students identifying appropriate qualitative research plans, developing research questions, conducting a planned analysis, and communicating their findings.

DBUS 921 | Quantitative Analysis I: Quantitative Research and Analysis

6 Weeks

This course explains application of quantitative analytical techniques to problems in business. The programming language R will be introduced.

DBUS 922 | Quantitative Analysis II: Applied Regression Analysis

6 Weeks

Applied Regression Analysis will focus on the estimation of various regression models. It reviews regression methodology, assumptions of the framework and corrections for violations of the assumptions with an emphasis on practical skills.

DBUS 903 | Corporate Social Responsibility

6 Weeks

This course will consider the actions business organizations can take aimed at benefiting society. It will also explore new and emerging sustainable business strategies that create a competitive advantage to support organizations.

DBUS 910 | Financial Decision-Making and Value Creation

6 Weeks

In this course, students will build upon their knowledge of managerial finance to measure and manage the risk and value of investment opportunities including equity investments, fixed income investments, financing vehicles, and special topics.

DBUS 905 | Effective Organizational Leadership

6 Weeks

This course presents theories, methods, and models of organizational leadership. Students will assess the performance of an organization and devise a plan for continual improvement and systematic innovation.

DBUS 961 | Leading Change

6 Weeks

In this course, learners analyze the literature within the leadership concepts surrounding changing employee behaviors, enterprise agility, agile workforce transformation, and leading complex change.

DBUS 973 | Managerial Economics

6 Weeks

Applications of microeconomic theory to problems of formulating managerial decisions. Emphasis on economics as a science that facilitates decision making.

DBUS 948 | Applied Doctoral Research Proposal - I

8 Weeks

Students apply the fundamentals of research writing, and how the principles of business research writing will be followed in the applied doctoral research deliverable.

DBUS 949 | Applied Doctoral Research Proposal - II

8 Weeks

This part of the proposal contains a synthesis of sufficient academic and business literature to support the need to address the proposed business problem/question.

DBUS 950 | Findings and Conclusions

8 Weeks

In this deliverable, the students will need to report the findings based on the analysis of collected data.

DBUS 951 | Applied Doctoral Research Defense and Completion

8 Weeks

Based on the conclusions about the findings of the study, the students will be expected to recommend the solutions that can be used to address the problem/question. The student will also be expected to prepare an execution plan.

Class Profile

Who've enrolled for this course?

The program is designed for people from various sectors. The variety of students enriches class discussions and
interactions.

By Industry

Health Care

12.5%

25%

Accounting

25%

Legal

12.5%

Other

25%

By Work Experience

Fresher 0 %

0-2 Years 15 %

2-5 Years 25 %

5-8 Years 35 %

8+ Years 25 %

By Highest Qualification

Graduate (Bachelor's Degree)

76%

Masters

24%

PhD

Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree)

By Degree Type

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) 35 %

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Master of Laws (LLM) 15 %

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Postgrad diploma in Acute Medicine 25 %

Master of Science (M.Sc) 25 %

Edgewood Dual Degree Course Eligibility & Admissions

How to apply for Dual Degree MBA and DBA Program?

There are 5 simple steps in the admissions process which are detailed below.

Eligibility

Anyone with a bachelor's degree is welcome to apply for the program. The admissions committee will review your application and give a decision. Diploma holders with significant experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Complete the Application

Complete your application on the upGrad platform. Include your education, work experience.

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Submit your Statement of Purpose

Email the Statement of Purpose to onlineadmissions@edgewood.edu on “Why Edgewood College? Why the Dual Degree program?” (300 words)

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Admissions Review and Acceptance

The EC Admissions committee will review your candidacy, if admitted you will be notified

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Block Your Seat

Block your seat by paying the deposit amount! Welcome to Edgewood.

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Document Submission

After confirming your seat please share all relevant documents with the team.

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SUCCESS STORIES

What Our Learners Say

5/5

A flexible and accessible learning journey

As a Nurse Administrator and Math Professor with a demanding schedule, pursuing a DBA seemed like an insurmountable challenge. Thankfully, the online platform provided a flexible and accessible solution. The ability to engage in coursework from anywhere, at any time, allowed me to seamlessly integrate my studies into my busy life. The platform's resources, coupled with the support of the online community, empowered me to balance my professional responsibilities while advancing my education. It's a testament to the transformative impact of online learning in making ambitious career goals achievable amidst a hectic lifestyle.

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LinkedIn Profile

Jaime A. Leongson

Math Professor/ Nurse Administrator
30 Years of Experience

5/5

Upskilling is the best decision most especially when you can combine it with your work and other activities.

Drive for improvement and versatility Quite interesting and making me more hopeful about about the journey.It provides alternative to physical classroom learning that is innovative , Think they have solid platform for online education supported by solid and scalable technologies, Resolving complaints within reasonable time

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Abayomi Bashiru-Kaka

Sports Consultant, Delbash Consultancy services
20 Years of Experience

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Program

1. What is the Dual Degree Program?

Annually 250,000 people achieve their MBAs, and less than 5,000 graduate with a DBA. To stand out in an increasingly competitive corporate environment, lifelong learning and greater qualifications are important. While many universities offer standalone MBA and DBA programs, Edgewood College sees the rising need for affordable and accelerated opportunities to achieve the highest levels of business education. Edgewood College also believes that holistic education is important which the MBA + DBA degrees offer - the MBA teaches practical skills across areas of business, and the DBA focuses on intensive research in one area of choice.

Pursuing the Dual Degree allows you to not only develop a strong broad-based foundation in management principles and applications but also specialise in your domain of choice by performing in-depth applied doctoral research. The configuration of this program, achieved through credit recognition, puts forward likely the most concise and affordable US Dual degree.

Anyone with a bachelor's degree or diploma holder is welcome to apply for the program. The admissions committee will review your application and give a decision. Diploma holders with significant experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

1. What are the accreditations of Edgewood College ?

More than 90 years of legacy: Edgewood College, founded in 1927, is an independent liberal arts university, located in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States.

Accredited in the US: Edgewood College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of the seven accrediting commissions recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

ACBSP Accredited: Edgewood College offers more than 60 majors and 40 minors and its business program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

WES Accredited: WES takes all programs to a US equivalency - as all programs are within the US they are already WES equivalent

Note:

More than 90 years of legacy: Edgewood College, founded in 1927, is an independent liberal arts university, located in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States.

Accredited in the US: Edgewood College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of the seven accrediting commissions recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

ACBSP Accredited: Edgewood College offers more than 60 majors and 40 minors and its business program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

WES Accredited: WES takes all programs to a US equivalency - as all programs are within the US they are already WES equivalent

Note:

Edgewood College will be an inclusive model of learning, teaching, and scholarship. Our students, alumni, faculty, and staff will be recognized for their pursuit of purposeful lives, vibrant and sustainable communities, and a just world. To further their vision of inclusive education Edgewood College is partnering with upGrad to offer quality higher education programs across the globe.

- 50% Scholarship: These programs will be accessible and affordable as students can get up to 50% scholarship towards their tuition fee

- Same as On Campus: The programs will be taught online by the same on-campus faculty and learners will get the same on-campus degree

- 50% Scholarship: These programs will be accessible and affordable as students can get up to 50% scholarship towards their tuition fee

- Same as On Campus: The programs will be taught online by the same on-campus faculty and learners will get the same on-campus degree

1. What is the refund policy for this program?

Refund Policy:

1. You can claim a refund for the amount paid towards the Program at any time, before the Program Start Date, by visiting www.upgrad.com and submitting your refund form via the "My Application" section under your profile. You can request your Admissions Counsellor to help you in applying and withdrawing for a refund by sending them an email with reasons listed. For post program refund please connect with your Admissions Counselor to understand the policy. This is applicable even for those students who could not complete their payment, and could not be enrolled in the batch opted for. However, the student can avail pre-deferral as per the policy defined below for the same.

2. Student must pay the full fee within seven (7) days of payment of the deposit amount or Batch Start Date, whichever is earlier; otherwise, the admission letter will be rescinded.

3. Request for refund as per point no. 1 of the refund policy must be sent via email in the prescribed refund request form. The refund will be processed within 30 working days of submitting the duly signed refund form, after being duly approved by the Academic Committee.

Refund Policy:

2. Student must pay the full fee within seven (7) days of payment of the deposit amount or Batch Start Date, whichever is earlier; otherwise, the admission letter will be rescinded.

Disclaimer

upGrad does not grant credit; credits are granted, accepted or transferred at the sole discretion of an educational institution. upGrad does not make any representations regarding the recognition or equivalence of the credits or credentials awarded, unless otherwise expressly stated. If you intend to pursue a post graduate or doctorate degree upon completion of this course or apply for employment which requires specific credits, we advise you to enquire further regarding the suitability of this degree for your academic and/or professional requirements before enrolling.

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Course Snapshot

What is this course about?

Program Benefits

Who Is This Programme For?

Minimum Eligibility

Academic/Career Support

Student Support

About the Program

Edgewood College

Dual Degree

Welcome to Edgewood

Earn valuable Credentials & Recognition

About Edgewood College

Inclusivity through Scholarships

Refer someone you know and receive cash reimbursements of up to
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