A new partnership between Ohio Northern University and Clarkson University will allow students to concurrently earn multiple graduate degrees, thus increasing their marketability and competitiveness in the rapidly-evolving pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. While earning their PharmD, ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy students can simultaneously complete an MBA in Healthcare Management, Master of Science in Clinical Leadership or Master of Science in Healthcare Data Analytics through Clarkson University’s David D. Reh School of Business.
This joint degree program will offer evening online courses through Clarkson’s Capital Region Campus in Schenectady, NY, and is designed to prepare students for analytical, managerial and executive-level positions. Curriculum design and delivery emphasizes broad exposure to core business disciplines; the building of analytical, computer, communication and human management skills; and the development of an ethical, systems-oriented, cross-functional perspective for decision making. Students will benefit from the reduction of required course credit hours for each degree due to overlapping requirements and special incentives.
Administrators emphasize the program will also reduce the expense of obtaining the two degrees compared to completing the programs independently.
Participants will be considered full-time matriculated students at ONU in Ada, Ohio, and part-time matriculated students at Clarkson.
Clarkson will provide a $2,000 Partnership Scholarship upon enrollment into the MBA program, and $1,000 for enrollment into either of the M.S. programs.
“The partnership with Clarkson University opens up a new direction for ONU PharmD students who seek healthcare management and leadership roles in their careers,” says Pharmacy Dean Steve Martin, PharmD. “The graduate healthcare management programs at Clarkson are well known and well-regarded in the industry, and their availability to Raabe College students increases the value of an ONU pharmacy education.”
“With the strength of the ONU Pharmacy Program and the Clarkson Healthcare Management programs it ensures that our exceptional students will be well-prepared to lead change in the U.S. healthcare system,” says Clarkson Healthcare Programs Director Amber Stephenson, Ph.D., MPH. “We believe that this partnership will help future leaders in the healthcare industry to effectively navigate the complex and ever-changing landscape.”
For more information about ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, visit https://www.onu.edu/college-pharmacy
For more information about Clarkson University’s David D. Reh School of Business programs, visit https://www.clarkson.edu/academics/business
Clarkson University: As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,600+ students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company. To learn more about Clarkson University, go to www.clarkson.edu.
Ohio Northern University: Located in Northwest Ohio, Ohio Northern University is a private, United Methodist Church-affiliated institution that offers distinctive, nationally recognized programs of study that prepare students to lead, excel and serve throughout the world. Its mutually supporting liberal and professional education components integrate practice with theory, and are complemented by excellent co-curricular and high-impact experiential offerings that enrich the Northern experience. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled this 2022-23 academic year in the more than 60 undergraduate and graduate programs offered within the colleges of Arts & Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Business Administration and Law. In 2022, ONU graduates enjoyed a 96% placement rate in full-time jobs and graduate school admissions. Ohio Northern and its academic programs are consistently ranked as being among the best in the region, state and nation by entities such as U.S. News & World Report. To learn more about Ohio Northern University, visit www.onu.edu.