MBA (Health Care Management)
Midway, USA
DURATION
15 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
03 Mar 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
18 Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 485 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance learning
* $485/credit hour
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Introduction
The healthcare industry continues to grow and expand and is in need of business leaders.
A graduate degree in business with a healthcare focus could position you for a variety of career choices within the field. So why not consider Midway’s Health Care MBA for advancing your career options?
Online Health Care MBA Program Overview
The Midway University Master of Business Administration Concentration in Health Care Administration is designed to prepare business graduates for the healthcare industry. This program will give students an extensive knowledge of business while also focusing on the specializations within the healthcare industry. Graduates will know how to analyze economic, statistical, and quantitative information to make sound business decisions, practice financial management, and effectively identify and address legal and ethical issues that arise in health care.
The MBA coursework is offered in an accelerated 8-week format. This makes it easy for students to complete courses on their own schedule and put their new skills to work quickly within 15 months. Courses are available 100% online.
Most Affordable Online MBA in the Region
Midway University is proud to offer one of the most affordable online MBA degrees in the region, with tuition at $485 per credit hour. Students complete 33 credit hours* to earn the Health Care Administration MBA degree. That’s just $16,005 to earn the Health Care Administration MBA degree. Additionally, students can earn their degree in just 15 months – saving time, as well as money.
*If the applicant’s degree is not in the area of business, in addition to the listed 30 hours for the general curriculum the student must successfully complete BUSM 501 Foundations of Graduate Business (an additional 3 credit hour course) within the first term of enrollment in the MBA program
Admissions
Curriculum
Major Course Requirements
- busm-501 - Fundamentals of Graduate Business - 3 hours
- busm-520 - Leadership and Effective Decision-Making - 3 hours
- busm-540 - Organizational Behavior - 3 hours
- busm-560 - Financial Management - 3 hours
- busm-570 - Economic Analysis for Business Decision-Making - 3 hours
- busm-600 - Strategic Marketing Management - 3 hours
- busm-660 - Strategic Management - 3 hours
- BUSM 501 required for students without undergraduate business background
Concentration Requirements
- hca-602 - Advanced Health Care Financial Management - 3 hours
- hca-612 - Health Care Politics and Policy - 3 hours
- hca-622 - Advanced Health Care Management - 3 hours
- hca-632 - Ethics and Management Dilemmas in Health Care - 3 hours
General Education Hours - 0
Elective Hours - 0
Total Hours to Complete - 33
Program Outcome
- Students are able to describe the nature of health care services, social, political, economic, technological, legal, ethical, professional and historic factors that influence the present and future direction of health care.
- Students are able to describe the nature and function of health care organizations.
- Students are able to describe the distribution and determinants of health and disease including the influences of individual behavior, the environment, and health care technology in the prevention and progression of disease as well as the restoration of health.
- Students are able to describe managerial knowledge and skills of health care organization change, design, performance, strategic planning, marketing, problem solving, decision-making and leadership.
- Students are able to apply basic quantitative abilities in health care financial management, computer literacy, operations analysis, management information systems, statistics, and research methods.
- Students are able to demonstrate the ability to integrate theory with practices of health care administration in the practice setting through a faculty-supervised practicum.
Career Opportunities
How can an MBA degree work for you?
The solid knowledge base gained while completing this program ensures that students possess the transferable skills needed to successfully execute major career transitions.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for medical and health services managers was $101,340 in May 2021. The employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 32 percent from 2020 to 2030. Employment growth is expected to be driven by the formation of new organizations and expansion of existing ones, which should require more workers to manage these operations.