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Online Healthcare Administration Degree

Bachelor of Science in Health Administration

Get into the business side of patient care and help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes with an online healthcare administration degree. Learn various aspects of health management from financial and marketing analysis to ethics and information systems.

Job-ready skills for your professional profile

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Leadership: Assess management and adaptable leadership skills in the health care industry.

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Compliance: Evaluate the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on healthcare delivery.

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Leadership:听Assess management and adaptable leadership skills in the health care industry.

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Compliance: Evaluate the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on healthcare delivery.

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Management: Evaluate a health care organization from a market-based perspective.

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Management: Evaluate a health care organization from a market-based perspective.

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Career-relevant education with real-world value

Program at a glance

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The curriculum you learn today is designed to help you make an impact in your day-to-day work tomorrow. Gain a hands-on perspective and practical knowledge in the online classroom. Each course you take in our health administration degree teaches specific career-relevant skills 鈥 one skill per credit, on average.

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Coursework from the elective track options in the Bachelor of Science in Health Administration, align with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society鈥檚 (HIMSS) rigorous standards for quality health information technology or healthcare education, and we鈥檝e been named an Approved Education Partner (AEP).

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Careers our online bachelor鈥檚 in health administration degree prepares you for include health manager, practice manager and program manager. You could work in diverse facilities, such as hospitals, physician鈥檚 offices, nursing facilities, residential care facilities, government and outpatient care centers.

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Program by the numbers

4 years
Average program length

120 credits
Number of credits required

5 weeks
Course length for the BSHA

24/7/365
Online class availability

Courses for the online healthcare administration degree

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Using labor analytics data, we embed the skills you鈥檒l need in the diverse healthcare arena into each course for your online healthcare admin degree. You鈥檒l learn about compliance, leadership, information and quality management.

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Requirements and course details

Your course schedule may vary based on transfer credits or credits earned through the University鈥檚听Prior Learning Assessment.

  • Completion of a minimum of 120 credits, including:
    • General education: 45 credits
    • Electives: 9 credits
    • Core courses: 51 credits
    • Upper-division health administration electives: 15 credits
  • A minimum of 42 upper-division credits (courses at level 300 or above)
  • A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0.

Core courses build your knowledge of various aspects of health administration including the management of health records, human resources, budgets and healthcare quality and management and outcome analysis.

You鈥檒l learn how to:

  • Evaluate a health care organization from a market-based perspective.
  • Evaluate financial and economic issues in the health care industry.
  • Evaluate the application of risk and quality management concepts in the health care industry.
  • Analyze the utilization and application of technology within a health care organization.
  • Evaluate management and adaptable leadership skills in the health care industry.
  • Evaluate the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on the delivery of health care.

Elective courses allow you to focus on specific areas of health administration that are of interest to you. Explore legal issues in healthcare, facility planning, risk management and more.

Once your core courses are complete, you'll take upper-division health administration elective courses. You can choose from three elective tracks: health administration, lifespan management and health information systems. To meet the Bachelor of Science in Health Administration requirements, you must select one of the tracks.

General education courses provide a solid foundation in soft skills essential for healthcare administration including effective communication and critical thinking. Your general education courses round out your online healthcare administration degree with teamwork and collaboration development and a broader understanding of social and cultural differences you may encounter as a healthcare professional.

You'll learn these soft skills sought by employers:
  • Problem solving
  • Information literacy
  • Decision making
  • Innovation
  • Strategic thinking
  • Research
  • Investigation
  • Written communication
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Specialize your online healthcare admin degree with an elective track

Once your core courses are complete for the Bachelor of Science in Health Administration, you'll take upper-division health administration elective courses. These elective track options are designed to expand your professional opportunity in a specialized area of health management.

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Study management, finance, legal and ethical parameters, risk and quality management, human resources and information systems.

Gain fundamental knowledge and skills to help manage programs, employ effective strategies to market services and to maintain regulatory compliance, financial viability and quality management.

Focus on database concepts, information networking and telecommunications, system design and the project management of health information systems. The Health Information Systems elective track educationally prepares you to sit for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) exam.

How skills-aligned learning works

What鈥檚 something employers are looking for in job candidates? Skills! That鈥檚 why we believe in career-focused education. Our programs are designed to help you demonstrate career-relevant skills and put them into practice within weeks, not years. Here鈥檚 how:

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Curriculum
We work with a labor market analyst to identify skills today鈥檚 employers want in job candidates and embed those skills in our program鈥檚 curriculum.

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Courses
Each course you take teaches specific career-relevant skills 鈥 one skill per credit, on average. For a 3-credit course, you can earn 3 career-relevant skills.

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Demonstrate your newly acquired skills, earn badges, build your professional profile and show potential employers what you bring to the table.

Career opportunities with an online healthcare admin degree

Our program isn鈥檛 just about earning an online healthcare administration degree 鈥 it鈥檚 about getting ready for your career. Learn practical knowledge and develop job-ready skills to prepare for roles as a health, practice or program manager.

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Top skills learned in this program:

  • Compliance
  • Information Management
  • Quality Management
  • Leadership
  • Management
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A BSHA can prepare you to be a:

  • Health Manager
  • Practice Manager
  • Program Manager
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You may work in:听

  • Hospitals
  • Physician鈥檚 offices听
  • Nursing and residential care facilities
  • Government
  • Outpatient care centers

Career outlook with a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration

61,400

job openings

According to the听,听补产辞耻迟 61,400 openings for medical and health services managers are projected each year, on average, from 2023 to 2033.

The BLS Projected Growth for 2023-2033 is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS鈥 projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to 爱污传媒 students or graduates.

Hear a career story from a fellow 爱污传媒

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My experience so far has been excellent. The coursework has been both challenging and interesting. I have already learned some great new skills that are directly applicable to my career and my personal life. And I feel accomplished by the work I have completed thus far.鈥

鈥 Nathan W.

Cost and savings

Paying for school

Tuition is based on number of credit hours per course. Courses are typically 3 credits, but can range from 1-6 credits. Costs do not include savings opportunities like transfer credits and scholarships.

Undergrad cost per course

$1,364/ course

Cost per credit听

Credits per course

Resource fee

$398

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+ $170

Estimated cost per course

$1,364

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What affects the overall cost of my program?

Your full program cost can vary by:听

  • Savings opportunities.鈥痀our cost could be reduced with eligible transfer credits, scholarships, employer discounts and more. Students with eligible credits and relevant experience on average saved $11K and 1 year off their undergraduate degree at 爱污传媒.

With our Tuition Guarantee, you pay one flat, affordable rate from the moment you enroll to the day you graduate from your program.

Discover ways to save time and money on your degree with our Savings Explorer听tool:

Other ways to save on time and tuition

Because we believe everyone deserves an affordable education, we work hard to help our students achieve one. Here鈥檚 a few ways you can save time, save money and avoid starting from scratch.听

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How to pay for college

Paying for school can be intimidating, but we鈥檙e here to help you make sense of it. Our finance advisors can walk you through your options like federal financial aid and savings opportunities to minimize your debt. Plus, we can help you figure out your financial plan.

Why choose us?

Where you earn your degree matters

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Job-ready skills

Every five weeks, you can develop career-relevant skills, track your progress in each class and showcase your achievements using your personal skills profile.

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Real-world faculty

Your instructors know what works in the real world. As leaders in the field, they bring a hands-on perspective and practical knowledge to the classroom.

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Flexible learning + support

Balance it all 鈥 work, family and school 鈥 with a university built for busy adults like you. Plus, get personal support by phone, chat or email.

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Career Services for Life commitment

Because your career never stands still, current students get access to career services and resources, from your first class to graduation and beyond, at no added cost.

Accreditation

Accredited for 45+ years

Since 1978, 爱污传媒 has maintained institutional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC),听.听Learn more about the value of 爱污传媒 accreditation and how it benefits our students.

Frequently asked questions about the Bachelor of Science in Health Administration

If you鈥檙e looking for a position as a healthcare administrator, such as a health, practice or program manager, a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration may be a good fit. Our healthcare curriculum will prepare you with the foundational knowledge needed to enter today's challenging health industry.

Our healthcare admin coursework includes content in management, finance, legal and ethical parameters, risk and quality management, human resources and information systems. Upon completion of the core curriculum, you鈥檒l have the opportunity to select an area of focus in healthcare administration, lifespan management or health information systems. These elective track options are designed to help expand your professional opportunities.

Yes, at 爱污传媒, you can earn an online healthcare administration degree from home. Our 24/7 online classroom gives you the freedom to learn when you want. You can attend class online whenever it fits your life 鈥 day or night. Courses are just 5 weeks long, so you can balance life while staying on track to graduate. Here, the best time for class is when it fits your schedule.

If you鈥檙e interested in an industry certification in healthcare administration, our health information systems elective track educationally prepares you to sit for the Healthcare information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) exam. A CAHIMS certification helps you demonstrate your expertise by highlighting your proficiency in healthcare information to impress current and future employers.

Additionally, you can pair your online healthcare admin degree with a medical records certificate, which educationally prepares you to sit for the Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) exam, a national certification offered through the National Health Career Association. The CBCS certification helps you enhance your knowledge and skills in medical coding and fulfill employer requirements.

A Bachelor of Science in Health Administration can prepare you for a career as a medical or health services manager. In this career path, you may plan, direct and coordinate the business activities of healthcare providers. You may work in diverse healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, physician鈥檚 offices, nursing homes, residential care facilities and outpatient care centers.

While a bachelor鈥檚 degree is typically required for this career path, educational requirements may vary by the employer, facility or specific role, such as some managerial positions may require prior work experience in an administrative or clinical role.

While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.