Military Applicants

The Goizueta Business School welcomes applicants with a military background. We recognize the value you add to our community and the advantages our program can offer to you. Goizueta’s Core Values, world class leadership development, and tight knit community offer the ideal foundation to assist you in the transition from your military background to achieving your post MBA goals. We look forward to working with you and welcoming you to our community.

Through your military experience you have demonstrated personal dedication to o ur Core Values of Courage, Integrity, Accountability, Rigor, Diversity, Team and Community. These Core Values coupled with your unique leadership experience give you with the ideal foundation for a Goizueta MBA experience.

Goizueta is committed to providing a superior education featuring a distinctive and nationally recognized approach to leadership development and access to many of the world’s most recognizable names in business. Goizueta is interested in educating you about our program and in helping you combine your military experience with an MBA for your career advantage.

Benefits for Military Applicants

To demonstrate our support of military applicants, Goizueta is associated with the Military Consortium, an organization under the umbrella of The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).  For additional information about the consortium, visit the GMAC website at http://www.mba.com/military. Through this association, we offer the following benefits for applicants with military experience.

• Goizueta will waive the application fee for military persons who have been on active duty within three years of applying.
• Goizueta will make financial aid available to qualified military personnel who have transitioned from the service in the two years prior to enrolling in their program.
• Goizueta will provide a one-year deferment if admitted military students' plans are delayed by their service branch.

In addition, we will accept applications from deployed military personnel after our standard application deadlines, and evaluate these applicants for merit-based scholarships.

Student Testimonials

Students who come to us with military background find that Goizueta suits their needs in a number of ways. For example, they find a unique professional and social network through our Goizueta MBA Veterans Club. See below for some of thoughts from recent students. If you’d like to connect with a current student who has military background for more specific information, please let us know.

“Goizueta is a tight-knit community with the same level of trust and camaraderie I was used to in a flying unit. The school not only espouses core values that you’re used to – honor, integrity, and accountability – the school actively teaches and lives them. Goizueta is a leadership school, and what you’ve learned in your time in the service is directly transferable here, and will put you in good stead with employers post-graduation.” – Joe Adamski, 09MBA

“After serving five years in the Army, I decided that it was time for me to do something new. During my research of business schools, I soon discovered that the Goizueta’s mission to create principled leaders for global enterprise was in line with my desire to become a civilian servant leader. The faculty has been invaluable in helping me draw similarities between what I did while I was a Military Police Officer and what I will do upon graduation. Goizueta celebrates the differences in its students and encourages all of us to learn from each other. It has been the perfect environment for me in which to hang up my uniform and explore all the possibilities that my Goizueta MBA offers me.” – Libby Smith, 10MBA

As a promotable First Lieutenant in the Army, I applied to Goizueta during a fifteen-month tour in Iraq. From waiving the application fee to accommodating my special circumstances, Goizueta proved it is truly a military-friendly school. Now, the friendly staff and welcoming student body provide continual support as I complement my military experience with business knowledge. I am confident that my MBA from Goizueta will allow me to compete for the best jobs in any career path I pursue.” – Adam Van Horn, 10MBA