Executive MBA/M.S. in Healthcare Leadership admissions overview
Designed for working healthcare professionals ready to advance their careers, lead change and shape the future.
Program details
Combine MBA business skills with healthcare expertise from Cornell in a true weekend-based format in New York City. You’ll master business and acquire industry-specific expertise to equip you with the credentials to lead at the highest levels and expand your professional network across both business and medicine.
Taught jointly by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Weill Cornell Medicine, this dual-degree program offers the only Ivy League pathway designed specifically for professionals in the healthcare industry. Earn two Cornell degrees while gaining the leadership, business and strategic acumen to lead through complexity and disruption.
Degrees awarded
An MBA and an M.S. from Cornell University
Location
Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City
Format
Classes every other weekend (Sat, half-day Sun) with four residential sessions in Ithaca, NY, and the New York City area
Schedule
22 months of classes starting in July
Tuition and financing
The total program tuition cost is $232,044 USD for students in the Class of 2028 entering this summer. Explore your financing options.
Application process
Ready to take the next step? Explore our application process and requirements.
NYC convenience with blended campus immersion
The EMBA/M.S. format is designed for serious professionals who want to advance in their careers without putting their life on hold. Spend every other weekend advancing your career, strengthening your leadership ability, building your network and learning how to drive positive change in your organization.
Weekend classes in New York City
Classes meet on alternating weekends (Saturday/Sunday), just minutes from Midtown Manhattan, allowing you to continue leading at work while investing in your long-term leadership trajectory.
Residential sessions in Ithaca and New York City
The program includes four weeklong residencies at Cornell University’s main campus in Ithaca, NY, that deepen cohort bonds and accelerate growth through classes, simulations, leadership developmentand curated networking to strengthen your connection to the broader Cornell community.
What you’ll gain
This program brings together clinicians, administrators, entrepreneurs and consultants in one industry-specific, cross-functional cohort, mirroring the actual healthcare ecosystem. You’ll collaborate with peers representing leading hospitals, health systems, payers, biotech firms, startupsand public health organizations.
The ability to apply business strategy directly to healthcare challenges
Financial and operational fluency to lead transformation
Dual Ivy League credentials recognized across business and medicine
A lifelong network of healthcare executives and Cornell’s global alumni
Application deadlines and admissions next steps
Deadlines occur on the 15th of each month between October and May.
The application for our summer 2027 program start will open in early August.
Get more from your investment
When you invest in this program, you invest in your career trajectory, your credibility, and your future impact as a leader. You’ll leave with cutting-edge knowledge in strategy, finance, and operations, and the confidence to apply it directly to healthcare systems, policy, and innovation.
Your connection doesn’t end at graduation. Alumni receive personalized career development support, mentorship, and lifelong learning opportunities through both schools.
Curriculum and schedule
Master advanced strategy, finance, and operations and apply them directly to the realities of health systems, policy, and innovation. You’ll learn from faculty at the Johnson School and Weill Cornell Medicine in a curriculum built for immediate, on-the-job application.
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