DBA - Hospitality Leadership Concentration

Johnson & Wales University’s Doctor of Business Administration program provides hospitality senior business practitioners and high-potential individuals with both the practical and research skills needed to become executive-level organizational thought leaders, industry innovators and problem solvers. Students empathically address complex and practical hospitality challenges and learn how to transform business practices to create organizational and unique industry solutions meeting the needs of their customers, employees and stakeholders while achieving strategic business goals.

A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a management position involving direct responsibility for leading and supervising people (e.g., managing teams, departments, or projects with subordinates reporting to you)

A business-related master’s degree (or equivalent graduate degree) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)

If an applicant’s master’s level program is not in a business-related field, an additional three years of people management experience in industry is required