Johns Hopkins MBA?
What’s the deal with JHU? Didn’t even realize they had an MBA program. Looks like neither of their programs FT or PT are ranked. Kind of surprising given how strong the parent university is.
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It's a newer program so it doesn't have the pedigree, relationships with employers, or placements track record. Not super familiar with it but I would be wary if you had other options.
My personal opinion from someone that lives within the DMV area -
Johns Hopkins MBA is fairly new, and so it is trying to catch up to speed with other MBAs within the region. It is a cash cow for international students who think that the MBA is worthwhile (due to the parent University name). The program has 67%! international students, and also seems to be the case with their other Masters degree programs. The 33% of US students are more than likely already working individuals sponsored by their firms. When I was at a defense contractor, Loyola, UMD, and JHU were pretty common MBAs to pursue on company's dime.
Johns Hopkins is also not known for business. They don't have an undergrad business school, and the grad b-school is fairly new. So if I was you and thinking about Carey's MBA, I would look elsewhere for the time being until they establish themselves (which will be a while). You have other great options like UMD and even Georgetown. If you are willing to shell out more money - Darden even started PT MBA in D.C.
JHU doesn't have an undergrad business school but placements from their clubs and those interested in finance are very high.
Agreed - no denying JHU's reach in terms of undergrad. Breaking into BB IB is all doable from JHU.
My point is that it is a fairly new venture for JHU into the full-on business space, and so it will really struggle for the time being. Just some work to do on their part, but it will be a while.
Got my MS Finance at JHU. Like others have noted, the school doesn't have the connections yet of the more established MBA programs (and may never get there).
That said, I thought the quality of the education was excellent. If you dig into the details a little more, you'll notice that a bunch of the full-time professors have top notch backgrounds with PhDs from the Ivy Leagues (see the full time professors on the faculty link. Just looking at the PhDs of the 9 professors on the first page a bunch of solid names stand out: 2 from Stanford, Yale, U Penn, 2 from Michigan, Carnegie Mellon). So, essentially, you get an excellent education from knowledgeable professors, a decent global brand (even if not as strong in the business world), but not the finance recruiting opportunities of older MBA programs.
Also, note that while the interelationship between healthcare and business has always been promoted at JHU Carey, they are now going for a stronger push in that direction. In addition, as mentioned above, lots of graduates go into the defense contractors: Lockheed Martin, Northtrup Gruman, General Dynamics etc.
From your experience, how did employers/recruiters perceive your degree from JHU?
If I could sum up the reaction, it was, "huh, haven't seen many graduates from Hopkins, but it's a good school."
Note that I work in Houston which says something about the wider reach of the Hopkins reputation. Everyone here knows Hopkins whereas you start leaving the northeast and certain very good schools are practically unknown to the common person outside of the northeast.
It's new. Good place if you want to do healthcare. Campus is in DC. Most of the prominent faculty do healthcare work (it is Johns Hopkins) and frequently testify/advise on healthcare related matters. Partially because it's John's Hopkins and partially because the faculty are right there in DC. But the school as a whole is positioned as a healthcare-oriented b-school. HC is 20% of the US economy. Newness has some pluses. It means if you are at all placeable the school will go above and beyond what most will to help you get a good job because they need to build a track record of alumni placements for advertising purposes, but they are only well-connected in healthcare and probably government-related stuff like defense.
DC is the smaller campus satellite. Main campus is downtown Baltimore.
You are correct. I was wrong. I know a few faculty there. I get the sense the DuPont circle campus is the “place to be” among the faculty and that was now the main campus. Guess not…
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