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Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Healthcare Administration Online
Make an impact as an administrative leader in the in-demand healthcare industry. This career-defining program prepares you to handle strategic decision-making, policy implementation, and operational efficiency.
Apply by:
2/28/25
Program Overview
Explore what an online healthcare administration MBA program could do for your career
Gain a competitive edge in your career with an affordable Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Healthcare Administration from St. Thomas University Online. Designed for professionals within and outside the healthcare field, this respected program prepares you to specialize in an industry where demand for effective leaders continues to grow.
Develop a thorough understanding of healthcare administrative processes and strategies for improving healthcare delivery. Analyze the effects of risk management initiatives and hone your ethical leadership, critical-thinking, and communication skills. With no GMAT or GRE required, this 100% online program offers you the convenience of multiple start dates and pay-as-you-go tuition. Begin studying at your own pace while you continue to work.
Careers in Healthcare Administration
- Healthcare Administrator
- Healthcare Operations Manager
- Medical Office Manager
- Healthcare Policy Analyst
- Healthcare Program Director
- Healthcare Consultant
- Healthcare Administrator
- Healthcare Operations Manager
- Medical Office Manager
- Healthcare Policy Analyst
- Healthcare Program Director
- Healthcare Consultant
Total Tuition
$19,500
Duration
As few as 12 months
Credit Hours
30
Tuition
Earn your degree affordably with our low-cost tuition
Tuition for the healthcare administration MBA online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students and can be paid by the course. The total tuition is inclusive of all fees, including a technology fee for each course.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA in Healthcare Administration | $625 | $1,950 | $19,500 |
Tuition breakdown:
Total Tuition
$19,500
Per Credit Hour
$625
Calendar
Choose a start date and secure your spot
The healthcare administration MBA program is delivered in an online format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year. Choose the start date that is best for you.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2 | 3/15/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/5/25 | 3/10/25 | 3/19/25 | 5/9/25 | 7 weeks |
| Summer 1 | 5/17/25 | 5/2/25 | 5/7/25 | 5/12/25 | 5/21/25 | 6/27/25 | 6 weeks |
| Summer 2 | 6/28/25 | 6/13/25 | 6/18/25 | 6/23/25 | 7/2/25 | 8/8/25 | 6 weeks |
| Fall 1 | 8/23/25 | 8/8/25 | 8/13/25 | 8/18/25 | 8/27/25 | 10/17/25 | 7 weeks |
| Fall 2 | 10/18/25 | 10/3/25 | 10/8/25 | 10/13/25 | 10/22/25 | 12/12/25 | 7 weeks |
Now enrolling:
Apply Date
2/28/25
Class Starts
3/15/25
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Admissions
Review the requirements for your online MBA – Healthcare Administration
Our streamlined admission requirements allow students with diverse academic backgrounds greater access to the healthcare administration MBA online program.
Admission Requirements:
- Free application
- 2.5 GPA or higher
- No GRE or GMAT required
MBA in Healthcare Administration Online Admission Requirements
The following are required for admission to the healthcare administration MBA online program:
- Completed free application
- Bachelor’s degree transcript (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
- 2.5 or greater GPA, no GMAT
- 2.33 – 2.49 GPA. Other documents may be requested for additional program director review. No GMAT required.
Official transcripts can be sent to St. Thomas University through Parchment and National Student Clearinghouse. Unofficial transcripts and other documents can be uploaded via your Admissions Portal or emailed to [email protected].
Courses
Preview the online curriculum for your healthcare administration MBA
The MBA in Healthcare Administration online curriculum is comprised of 10 courses, including 18 credit hours of core courses, 12 credit hours of specialization courses, and up to nine credit hours of foundation courses based on a review of transcripts.
Courses in this program are seven weeks long. Courses during the two summer terms, however, are six weeks long.
Students will be placed in one of the following courses based on course availability.
MAN 510: Management Ethics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The study of ethics and ethical behavior in public and private organizations is the fundamental purpose of this core course, which also explores broad areas of social responsibility to others in the enterprise, customers, the community and the preservation of the environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify, analyze, and apply traditional ethical theories.
- Evaluate the effect of culture on ethical issues and identify, discuss, and assess current ethical issues in local, regional, national, and international arenas.
- Articulate and assess conflicts between business practices and social justice.
- Develop a personal code of ethics by synthesizing theory and practical application and apply ethical principles in one's professional life.
MAN 700: Organizational Behavior
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a micro-perspective on organizations within the context of motivation, leadership, communication, interpersonal relations and group dynamics. Students will be encouraged to apply theoretical material to case studies and their own organizations.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine experiences and identify organization behavior concepts in everyday life.
- Evaluate the impact of organizational behavior concepts on cases by defending and justifying your position.
- Apply knowledge of organization behavior concepts to solve organizational problems ethically.
- Work effectively with others in team environments.
- Articulate the impact of diverse and multicultural work environments.
- Apply and evaluate the effectiveness of leadership in various organizational situations.
- Write professional communications.
Students will take the following courses.
BUS 777: Business Data Analytics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introductory framework to understand the structure and dynamics of Data Analytics for Business in relation to Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics through the use of data, quantitative mathematical and statistical models, and information technology software and applications. Graduate students will apply Data Analytics for Business tools to help decision makers gain improved insights about their business operations; and therefore to support them to make better, rational, fact-based, and data-driven business decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine the diverse applications and influence of data analytics on business practices, encompassing data creation, sharing, analytics, mining, reporting, and storage within and across organizations, including related ethical issues.
- Apply Data Analytics for Business concepts to real-life business scenarios using common-place information technology.
- Analyze and frame Data Analytics for Business problems and develop both proactive and reactive solutions.
- Use critical thinking skills to develop effective case analysis recommendations and course of actions.
ACC 770: Managerial Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Acquisition of capital and debt, long-range and annual budgeting, budget management, cash flow management, short-term debt financing, interfacing with operation functions. (Pre-requisite: ACC 530 or have come in with 6 hours of undergraduate accounting courses)
Learning Outcomes
- Perform essential managerial functions such as planning, control, and decision-making.
- Prepare cost analyses, cash flow statements, budgets, and cost comparisons.
- Make managerial decisions by analyzing financial statements.
BUS 672: Global Marketing Concepts & Strategies
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts, theories, and applications of marketing in an international environment, including the analysis of marketing opportunities, structuring of marketing programs, marketing efforts, and legal aspects of multinational marketing
Learning Outcomes
- Identify variables in the global environment that require further analysis before creating a global marketing strategy.
- Develop a comprehensive marketing plan, determine its components, and explain which options are appropriate under the current environmental conditions to marketing personnel.
- Analyze the diverse cultures domestically and abroad.
FIN 751: Financial Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Acquisition of capital and debt, long-range and annual budgeting, budget management, cash flow management, short-term debt financing, interfacing with operation functions. Pre-requisites: ACC 530, BUS 532, and BUS 724, or have come in with 6 hours of undergraduate accounting courses, 6 hours of undergraduate economics courses, and 6 hours of undergraduate statistics courses)
Learning Outcomes
- Design an outline for ethical leadership by the financial manager based on different scenarios throughout the course.
- Utilize financial statements to create financial profiles for a firm's managers, investors, and stakeholders.
- Solve time value of money problems and apply the concepts to corporate finance decisions.
- Evaluate various financing sources available to financing managers and estimate a corporation's cost of capital.
- Select potential corporate investment projects by applying various capital budgeting criteria.
- Use a financial model for estimating cash flows and analyzing capital budget projects.
- Perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of a potential project based on a real-world case study, including sensitivity analysis.
BUS 704: Policy, Planning, and Strategy Systems
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts, theories, and practices in public, private, and non-profit organizations of policy-making, strategy, planning, budgeting, and various implementing systems. The case study method integrated with a contingency approach to management. This course should be taken after most of the MBA core courses have been completed.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop analytical and practical skills to understand Strategic Management's role in business, address realistic corporate challenges, and contribute to business organizations.
- Describe the Strategic Management implications of business trends like globalization, corporate mergers, technological advances, innovation, social media, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, ecological sustainability, changing employment practices, corporate citizenship, and social responsibility.
- Examine and frame Strategic Management problems and create both proactive and reactive solutions.
- Create effective Strategic Management case analysis recommendations and courses of action.
Students will take the following courses.
HQIS 610: U.S Healthcare Delivery
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Fundamental underpinning tenets of healthcare delivery for organizations, agencies, and systems include access, cost, quality, and continuity. The myriad of considerations for improving quality and creating an environment for safe delivery. Governing authorities, organizational hierarchies, types of management and leadership models will be examined with a special focus on the U.S. health care delivery systems. The management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and coordinating operations will frame discussions about fostering high quality and innovative organizational cultures. A comparative overview of global health systems will assist in guiding reflections and considerations concerning management process improvement and financial management.
HQIS 630: Healthcare Quality
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Improving healthcare outcomes requires the use of tools and strategies to change processes critical for measured advances in healthcare quality and/ or return on investment. The historical evolution of quality improvement implementation in healthcare, emanating from the manufacturing industry, will be examined. Approaches and practical tools for improvement such as value-stream analysis, flowchart mapping, wishbone diagrams, root cause analysis, and after-action review will be explored.
HQIS 650: Healthcare Policy
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Regulations, compliance, and risk- management factors combine with market forces and consumer behavior to influence further improvement across these delivery areas. Modern reform to include the influences of landmark legislation such as Medicare and Medicaid and the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will be examined. The effects of proactive risk-management initiatives to ameliorate system delivery and process outcomes will be examined. Course outcomes include an ability to describe the laws, and variables that affect the health care system and identify areas opportunities for innovation and improvement. The human resource legal framework, including the Fair Labor Standards Act and Equal Opportunity Commission guidelines will be discussed in relation to policies and procedures. Issues affecting Human capital/talent, threats of malpractice, and environmental risk factors influence quality and innovation.
HQIS 660: Healthcare Strategy
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Engaging in a strategic planning initiative to help an organization articulate a vision requires an awareness of tools and their systematic uses. Products and services that differentiate organizations in the marketplace; and the tools used for establishing a desired organizational uniqueness are identified and examined. Strategic planning models, processes, and systems that foster efficiency and creativity to optimize return on investment, consistent with the organization's mission and vision, are explored.
The following courses may be required based on a review of transcripts.
ACC 530: Essentials of Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive study of accounting principles and practices for those with no previous background in accounting. The collection, reporting and interpretation of the financial data of a modern business firm is emphasized.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and predict the impact of business decisions on a company's financial statements.
- Examine and determine the financial condition and performance of a business.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills in business situations.
- Understand accounting terminology and essential concepts in financial and managerial accounting.
BUS 532: Statistical Analysis for Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An overview of basic probability and statistical techniques, to provide a foundation in the use of statistical methodologies, and the interpretation of the findings in analyzing business data.
BUS 724: Foundation for Business Studies
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding accounting, economics, statistics and case study analysis. The development of the aforementioned basic skills occurs within a business organization context and recognizes previously completed courses as well as experiential learning.
Learning Outcomes
- Address "real life" corporate challenges and influence business performance using a mix of analytical and practical skills.
- Understand and explain the implications of contemporary business trends such as globalization, corporate mergers, technological advances, innovation, social media, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, ecological sustainability, changing employment practices, corporate citizenship, and social responsibility.
- Analyze and frame strategic management problems and develop both proactive and reactive solutions to them.
- Use critical thinking skills to create effective strategic management case analysis recommendations and courses of action.
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