This healthcare MBA is designed to help you become a leader, influencing decisions and impacting outcomes for patients.
A master's in healthcare management is key in preparing you for executive leadership roles in your career. As the healthcare industry is rapidly changing with new regulatory requirements, standards, and expectations, credentialed leaders who are ready to help lead the charge are needed. This online healthcare MBA will prepare you for a lucrative, exciting, and rewarding career influencing decisions in healthcare, and changing the future of the industry.
Take your career to the next level with a master's degree in healthcare management. You can increase your salary potential, be eligible for promotions, or move into a position or industry that you're passionate about. Become a leader who influences decisions and directs the healthcare industry. WGU's online MBA Healthcare Management program is designed to prepare motivated individuals for mid- to upper-level management and administration positions in hospitals, health system management, consulting, physician practices, and government and non-government agencies.
Graduates can finish within
12 months
WGU lets you set a schedule so you can finish your MBA in just one year. You are in control of the schedule and timing for your MBA program.
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Tuition per 6-month term is
$4,530
Tuition charged per term—rather than per credit—helps students control the ultimate cost of their degrees. Finish faster, pay less!
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Average salary increase
$16,200
MBA graduates report an average salary increase of $16,200 after completing their WGU degree. Are you ready for a raise?
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Become a dynamic leader, influencing the future of healthcare. Earn your healthcare MBA through one of our great healthcare and business programs.
Healthcare is big business in today's complex economy. It takes smart leadership and administration to run today’s hospitals, medical offices, and government agencies. WGU's MBA in healthcare management offers a focused curriculum that prepares you for executive-level positions by focusing on areas like decision-making, marketing, and financial resource management as they apply to the health and care industry. Prepare for an exciting and lucrative career with a healthcare MBA.
Master business leadership skills while focusing on how to run a thriving healthcare organization.
WGU's Masters in Business Administration in Healthcare Management is an accredited online health care MBA program designed for experienced healthcare professionals. Today's healthcare executives need not only a solid business background but also a relevant and up-to-date understanding of the current healthcare environment. This program delivers both.
To ensure WGU graduates acquire the knowledge and skills sought by employers, our MBA in Healthcare Management was developed with significant input from health experts and business leaders who serve on our Business Program Council. The master's in healthcare management curriculum is designed to prepare you to lead, influence, and shape the future of healthcare.
Key Subject Areas
Courses focused on healthcare, leadership, and management in this program include:
Marketing
Managing Organizations and Leading People
Operations Management
Accreditation Audit
Service Line Development
Accounting for Decision Makers
Ethical Leadership
Financial Management
Data-Driven Decision Making
Global Economics for Managers
MBA, Healthcare Management Capstone
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Benefits for MBA Students
See why this MBA in healthcare management is a fit for you:
Finish in one year. WGU's unique competency-based model allows you to move faster through your degree program. Learn about our one year MBA program that allows you to graduate in just 12 months. Earning potential. After graduation, WGU MBA master's degree graduates report earning $16,200 more per year. Are you ready to make more money?Entirely online. The online master's in healthcare management degree at WGU is 100% online, which means it works wherever you are. You can do your coursework at night after working at your full-time job, on weekends, while you're traveling the world or on vacation—it's entirely up to you.
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Why WGU?
Discover why WGU is a good option for your MBA in healthcare management:
Top accreditation. The online master's in healthcare management degree at WGU is ACBSP accredited, a top recognition that shows the value of your education and diploma. Increase your salary and credentials with the help of an accredited and recognized healthcare management degree.Impact communities. This MBA in healthcare management degree program is focused on giving you the skills you need to make a positive impact. You will learn communication and leadership strategies that ensure you can drive impactful change at a high level.
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A supported, personalized experience.
WGU is different from other online universities—in the best possible ways! Take a look at what we mean:
Faculty
Learning
Assessment
Capstone
Alumni Support
Faculty
SUPPORTING YOU:
An entire team of faculty members has one goal in mind: your success. Your Program Mentor is your individually assigned faculty member, providing regular program guidance and instruction from the day you start, to the day you graduate. In addition, Instructors provide regular, subject-matter instruction and support, typically one-on-one, throughout each course you take.
Learning
Establish YOUR ROADMAP: A personalized learning plan.
Your program is made up of a series of courses, each a personalized journey toward subject mastery. A preassessment provides insight into what you already know. You’ll then learn what you still need to learn, using online learning resources—available 24/7—along with one-on-one or cohort-based faculty instruction.
Assessment
Learn it, PROVE IT: Show you know your stuff.
WGU measures learning, not time, so each course in your program culminates in an assessment—a test, paper, project, or presentation that allows you to prove what you know. As soon as you’re ready, you take the assessment. Take proctored exams from the comfort of your own home—via webcam, any time of day!
Capstone
Apply it to the REAL WORLD: You’ll solve a problem.
You’ll complete a final capstone project that allows you to show off everything you’ve learned by working through a simulated business problem. You’ll integrate competencies learned throughout the program, putting your knowledge and skills to the test and preparing you to apply your expertise to your current role or enhance your marketability for advanced roles in your field.
Alumni Support
Once you're a WGU Night Owl, you're ALWAYS a Night Owl.
Continued support after you graduate includes many opportunities for professional development and enrichment, career support, and networking. WGU Night Owls may be independent learners, but they also become highly engaged in our active alumni community through apps, groups, and in-person events.
The accreditation you need, plus industry respect and recognition.
One important measure of a degree’s value is the reputation of the university where it was earned. When employers, industry leaders, and academic experts hold your alma mater in high esteem, you reap the benefits of that respect. WGU is a pioneer in reinventing higher education for the 21st century, and our quality has been recognized.
Accredited
In addition to WGU's regional accreditation through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, WGU's College of Business programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Respected
Value is a combination of low cost and high quality. University Research & Review has named WGU a Best Value School several years running—a strong measure of return on investment!
Recognized
Every student in WGU's HR program is eligible to join our online SHRM virtual student chapter. This organization helps students continue their education and networking with the HR field through events, presentations, and other resources.
Our programs check all the boxes. If this degree is your goal, get started toward becoming a student today—programs start the first of each month.
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