Elevate Your Career with a DDS-MBA Dual Degree
Starting Summer 2025
Dentistry professionals with clinical expertise and a strong foundation in business management, leadership, and strategic decision-making are well-equipped to navigate the challenges of modern healthcare.
To support this, faculty from the College of Business Administration (CBA) at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) have partnered with the College of Dentistry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) to develop a program that enables dental students to efficiently earn both a DDS and an MBA.
About the UNO MBA Program
The mission of the UNO MBA program is to prepare students to contribute significantly to organizational productivity through learning experiences emphasizing the application of sound and innovative business techniques.
By acquiring the knowledge and abilities necessary to be a problem solver who is influential, innovative, and socially responsible, the graduate of the UNO MBA program will be an effective leader in enhancing organizational capabilities. Learn more.
Long-Term Benefits of Pursuing Your DDS-MBA
- Manage a dental practice effectively.
- Make strategic financial decisions.
- Lead with confidence in the healthcare industry.
Program Highlights
- Save time and money: Count 9 hours of DDS coursework towards your MBA.
- Flexible and efficient: Earn both degrees faster and more efficiently.
- Develop a comprehensive skill set: Complete your program with the essential knowledge and expertise for success in your profession.
Plan of Study
Completing a UNO MBA degree requires 33 hours of specified graduate course work and attendance at a minimum of two MBA Leadership Speaker series events.
Students with non-business backgrounds also must complete foundation courses in accounting and economics. UNO offers two options for meeting this foundation requirement. Students may take two undergraduate courses in accounting and two undergraduate courses in economics, to be completed over two semesters.
Principles of Accounting I (ACCT 2010) and Principles of Accounting II (ACCT 2020)
Microeconomics (ECON 2200) and Macroeconomics (ECON 2220)
A second option is for students to take two survey courses, each of which facilitate completion of the foundation requirements for accounting and economics. These courses can be taken concurrently and completed in one semester.
BSAD 8110 Accounting and Financial Fundamentals
ECON 1200 Survey of Economics
For DDS students who have earned undergraduate or graduate degrees in accounting, economics, finance, management, management information systems, or marketing, the MBA core course(s) corresponding to the students’ undergraduate major(s) or degree(s) will be waived and the students will complete a directed elective in the waived field.
DDS students may transfer nine (9) credit hours as elective credit from courses taken at UNMC, as approved by the MBA Graduate Program Council and the College of Dentistry faculty. A minimum B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) grade is required in each course. The official transfer and application of the professional credits from UNMC to the UNO MBA program will take place upon completion of the DDS degree. (Please see Addendum A for a current list of approved courses from the DDS program.)
DDS students completing the UNO MBA degree are not eligible to choose an MBA concentration because UNMC COD courses will comprise all electives.
Admission Process
- Be admitted to the UNMC DDS program.
- Submit UNO's Graduate Admission Application.
- Provide transcript, test scores (if applicable), and resume.
Contacts
Sarah G. Lowman, DDS, MPH, Associate Dean for Admissions
UNMC College of Dentistry
slowman@unmc.edu
UNO MBA Program
mba@unomaha.edu
402-554-4836
Website: mba.unomaha.edu