Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management
The growing healthcare system demands quality healthcare administrators. As a healthcare leader, you’ll work to improve how medical care is delivered using your specialized knowledge to ensure that health organizations have strong operational, quality, safety, and financial footings to best serve patients, families and communities.
Husson’s fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Healthcare Management is dedicated to providing you with advanced knowledge in business subjects applicable to healthcare organizations. Our faculty and healthcare industry professionals have strong relationships with local and regional healthcare organizations. They will provide you with practical guidance and advice through coursework leading to an advantageous career. If this career path—combining the life-changing service of healthcare with the challenge and lucrative reward of business—interests you, then this MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Management degree is for you.
Job Growth. The healthcare industry is growing fast, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projecting some 2.4 million jobs being added in the next 10 years. The growth in the healthcare industry will increase the need for non-clinical, healthcare-focused leaders and business professionals.
Median Salary. Medical and health services managers can expect a median salary of more than $88,000 per year, with executive salaries reaching upwards of $100,000 according to the BLS.
Diverse Opportunities. An impactful career may consist of positions as hospital administrator, pharmaceutical project manager, and medical practice manager or work in various other settings like public health departments, mental health organizations, rehabilitation centers, biotechnology companies and research institutions.
You'll take a minimum of 36 credit hours with coursework in healthcare economics, financial management, quality management, global perspectives in healthcare, strategic management and more. Reach out today if you’d like more information or you would like to speak with an enrollment counselor.
BA 500 MBA Fundamentals*: 1 BA 600 Research Methods in Business and Education: 3 BA 601 Managerial Economics: 3 BA 602 Managerial Accounting: 3 BA 605 Management Communications: 3 BA 625 Global Strategic Management: 3 BA 643 Strategic Change Management: 3 BA 703 Financial Management in Health Care Organizations: 3*
*Required for students with undergraduate degrees in fields other than business.
Choose one of the following: BA 621 Marketing Management: 3 BA 712 Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations: 3 BA 720 Advance Sales and Marketing in Hospitality: 3 BA 754 Strategic Selling: 3
Choose three of the following: (9 credit hours) BA 700 Healthcare Management: 3 BA 701 Legal Environment of Healthcare Management: 3 BA 702 Healthcare Economics: 3 BA 704 Managing Quality in Healthcare: 3 BA 705 Global Perspectives in Healthcare: 3 BA 799 Topics: Healthcare Management Elective: 3
BA Graduate-level Elective (600+ level): 3
*Based on a student taking 6 credit hours per semester **Rate effective May 1, 2022. All rates subject to change. Please see Cost and Aid for more information.