College of Health Professions
Online master's healthcare degrees
Healthcare is growing — so should you.
Whether you have healthcare experience or not, our master’s healthcare degrees can help prepare you for the increasing number of management roles available in this booming industry.
Coursework in our master’s programs is aligned to the American College of Healthcare Executive (ACHE) standards. And the Master of Health Administration degree is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). That means, you’ll gain skills and credentials to take on the business side of healthcare confidently.
The good news is, you can do it all 100% online in 6-week courses, giving you the flexibility to start school any time of the year and finish on your schedule.
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Watch our Master's Q&A Webinar
۴ý understands that life happens and that schedules are fluid. But no worries, because we recorded the Master’s Q&A Webinar so you can watch it when it fits your busy life. We encourage you to check it out and learn about important topics and commonly asked questions that many potential master’s students have.
Skills you’ll develop with core master’s healthcare degree courses
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
- Health Administration
- Business Management
- Communications
- Leadership
- Professionalism
- Strategic Planning
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION - COMPETENCY BASED
- Health Administration
- Business Management
- Communications
- Leadership
- Professionalism
- Strategic Planning
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION/ MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DUAL DEGREE)
- Health Administration
- Business Management
- Communications
- Leadership
- Professionalism
- Strategic Planning
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION IN HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE & PRIVACY
- Create compliance and privacy practices for diverse healthcare organizations
- Build skills needed for compliance and privacy roles within healthcare
- Evaluate ethical issues concerning compliance and privacy practices in your industry
- Use data to address the Triple Aim (cost/quality of care, health of populations, patient-centrism)
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH WITH A CONCENTRATION IN COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP
- Assess and advocate for the health needs of communities
- Analyze data related to the health of a target community
- Mobilize and engage community stakeholders
- Plan, design, implement and evaluate community health programs
Earn career-relevant skills in weeks – not years
Get value from your education before you even graduate. Update yourresumé and LinkedIn profile with learned skills when you complete every 5- or 6-week course in our associate, bachelor's and master's programs.
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Master’s healthcare degree course requirements
Master of Health Administration
You’ll take 12 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills for a healthcare environment. These core courses include topics like: ethical marketing, informatics, leadership, policy and governance, and more.
Competency-based Master of Health Administration
You’ll take 12 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills for a healthcare environment. These core courses include topics like: ethical marketing, informatics, leadership, policy and governance, and more.
Master of Health Administration/Master of Business Administration Dual Degree
You’ll take 20 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills for a healthcare environment. These core courses include topics like: ethical marketing, entrepreneurship, informatics, leading change, policy and governance, strategic management and more.
Master of Health Administration with a concentration in Health Care Compliance & Privacy
You’ll take 15 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills for a healthcare environment. These core courses include topics like: ethical marketing, compliance foundations and leadership, corrective action, policy and governance, and more.
Master of Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Leadership
You’ll take 9 core courses with program-specific knowledge to help you gain the confidence and skills for a healthcare environment. These core courses include topics like: community health leadership, communications and advocacy, environmental occupational health management, public health policy and more.
Add a certificate to your online master's healthcare degree
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Tuition and financial aid
Affordable, locked-in tuition
Ways to pay — and save. Explore your options.
From scholarships to transfer credits and federal financial aid for those who qualify, there are a variety of ways to pay for school and save on tuition.
Student experience
“I received the gift of confidence, and the realization that my dream to get a degree in the healthcare management field was possible.”
—Keith Davies
BSHA, 2016
Over 1 million alumni have earned their degrees while balancing work, school and life. So can you.
How to apply for your master’s healthcare degree program
Once you’ve selected your degree program, choose your start date from our calendar, apply for free and register before the deadline (usually one week before the program starts). Then you'll speak to an enrollment representative to begin class.
- No application fee — no obligation!
- No SAT, GMAT or essay required
Meet your college deans
Our college deans focus on developing a career-relevant curriculum. They bring industry experience to the classroom and lead a faculty of academic professionals with one goal in mind—to help you earn the skills you need to pursue your career.
Mark Johannsson, DHSc, MPH
Dean,College of Health Professions
Heather Steiness, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, College of Health Professions
Accreditation
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program is programmatically accredited by the .
FAQs about master's healthcare degree
The program length for our traditional master’s programs ranges from 1 - 2.5 years. However, your time to completion will be impacted by other factors, including eligible transfer credits and any breaks in your studies at the University. With our competency-based Master of Health Administration degree, you can leverage relevant work experience and skills to earn your degree in less than a year.
- Master of Health Administration: program length 17 months
- Competency based Master of Health Administration: program length 12 months
- Master of Health Administration/ Master of Business Administration Dual Degree: program length 2.5 years
- Master of Health Administration with a concentration in Health Care Compliance & Privacy: program length 21 months
- Master of Health Administration with a concentration in Informatics: program length 20 months
- Master of Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Leadership: program length 19 months
Having a master’s degree has become an increasingly important way to gain the knowledge and critical skills today's workers need to stay competitive in growing fields like healthcare. The US Bureau of Labor Statics projects that that job growth for medical and health services managers are — that’s 28% between 2021 and 2031.* So if you’re looking to build knowledge and career-relevant skills, an online master’s degree in healthcare could help.
*The BLS Projected Growth for 2021-2031 is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS’ projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to ۴ý students or graduates.
Yes! ۴ý has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ()since 1978. Additionally, our Master of Health Administration (MHA) program is programmatically accredited by the
Yes, you can choose from these graduate healthcare certificate options:
1. Post Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Administration
Yes, you can transfer eligible credits if the college you attended is an accredited institution.
