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Master of Health Administration
Start your online master of health administration degree
Make an impact on the business side of patient care — and shape your healthcare facility from the top down. With our Master of Health Administration (MHA), you’ll gain a wide range of skills and knowledge — from marketing and IT to policy and economics. Designed to fit into the lives of busy working adults, this degree program can be completed online in short, manageable, 6-week courses.
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Courses
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Education should hold practical value. That’s why our courses meet rigorous academic standards and provide you with skills and knowledge immediately applicable to your career.
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Requirements: 36 credits
You’ll need 36 credits to complete this Master of Health Administration program. Your course schedule may vary based on transferable credits or credits earned through the University’s Prior Learning Assessment.
Master of Health Administration program requirements:
- An undergraduate degree or higher from a college or university with approved institutional accreditation, or that is a candidate for accreditation, or comparable undergraduate bachelor's degree or higher earned at a recognized foreign institution or a graduate degree or higher from an ABA accredited institution (i.e- JD, LLB, LLM). If the institution became accredited while the student was attending, a minimum of 75% of the coursework taken toward the degree must have been completed while the institution was accredited or during the candidacy period.
- A cumulative GPA of 2.5 for all coursework listed on the degree posted transcript at the same level as the conferred degree (i.e., undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral) is required for admission.
- A minimum equivalent of three (3) years of full-time, post-high school professional work experience within the past ten years.
- All applicants must be currently employed or have access to a suitable work environment for the completion of course assignments.
Mission
The Master of Health Administration prepares early- to mid-careerists in the health sector, who desire to pursue a degree while employed, with the competencies necessary to grow professionally, facilitate cross-system transformation of the sector as driven by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Triple Aim, and engage with their communities.
Vision
Creating a new type of health sector leader who is authentic, transparent, and creative – who thinks critically and with agility, comfortable at the intersection of industry expertise and academic scholarship.
Specialize Your Degree
Master of Health Administration with a concentration in Informatics
Prepare for leadership opportunities and gain skills to use information and data to help improve patient and provider outcomes.
Master of Health Administration with a concentration in Health Care Compliance and Privacy
Equip yourself with skills to navigate the healthcare laws, rules and regulations designed to help keep patients and providers safe.
Master of Health Administration / Master of Business Administration
With this dual-degree, gain an in-depth understanding of healthcare systems and the business practices that help them run smoothly.
Earn career-relevant skills in weeks – not years.
Learning shouldn’t take years to put into practice. That’s why we’re empowering you to build career-relevant skills with every five- to six-week course.
We’ve worked with labor market researchers like Lightcast to find in-demand skills for careers and mapped those to our related associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
Tuition
Paying for school
Lock in the peace of mind that comes with fixed, affordable tuition. You’ll enjoy one flat rate from the moment you enroll until the day you graduate from your program. That’s your Tuition Guarantee.
| COA Components | Master's Degree (non-CBE) |
|---|---|
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Tuition and Fees¹
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$16,128
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Books, course materials, supplies and equipment
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$1,632
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Transportation
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$1,632
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Miscellaneous personal expenses
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$660
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Living Expenses²
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Food
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$3,180
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Housing³
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$6,144
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Federal student loan fees
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$108
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Dependent care expenses
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$0
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Disability related expenses
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$0
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Total COA
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$29,484
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1The tuition component is based on a per credit weighted average for the credential level across the entire University.
2The University allows the same living expense amounts for students in all living arrangements and dependency statuses.
3The living expense component for students receiving Military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) only includes an allowance for food.
Scholarships to earn your master’s degree, more affordably.
Everyone deserves an affordable education. That’s why we offer an unlimited number of scholarships, so if you qualify, you can get one. Starting with your first course, every qualifying new student will be awarded one of our scholarships, worth up to $1K.
Financial aid
You have options when it comes to paying for college tuition and expenses, such as federal grants and loans. Our finance advisors can answer your questions about financial aid and can help guide you through the process.
Federal Student Loan Basics
Careers & Outcomes
What can you do with an online degree?
Learning can lead to earning. Discover where your degree might take you and make informed choices about your future.
An MHA can help prepare you to be a:
- Health information management director
- Health manager
- Practice administrator
Student outcomes can be viewed by clicking on the following link to the CAHME website.
Top skills learned in this program:
Health Administration
Business Management
Communications
Leadership
Professionalism
Strategic Planning
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What you’ll learn
When you earn your master’s in health administration online, you’ll be equipped with a concrete set of skills you can apply on the job. You’ll learn how to:
- Evaluate industry and organizational dynamics in the healthcare environment.
- Generate core business strategies based on innovative concepts developed in the program.
- Construct strategic relationships with diverse stakeholders across the health sector to achieve business objectives with a current or desired employer.
- Develop a leadership identity that reflects traits required in complex healthcare environments.
- Produce a personal legacy that fosters investment in people and the community to drive the future of health care.
- Foster the ability to create and execute operational improvement plans that address transformation, communication, and execution elements within the sector.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for medical and health services managers is projected to be much faster than average between 2021 and 2031.
The BLS Projected Growth for 2021-2031 is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS’ projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to University of Phoenix students or graduates.
Admissions
Apply for free – no application fee, no obligation.
Starting your degree is a big decision — and we want you to feel great about it. That’s why we remove obstacles from your application.
- No cost to request transcripts
- No GMAT
- No essay required
How to enroll at University of Phoenix
Gabriel G., Enrollment Rep
Receive highly rated 1-on-1 support
You’ll have a support team of real people you can lean on to encourage your success as a student. Start a conversation about your future with one of our enrollment representatives today.
Call us at 844-937-8679 or chat with us 7 days a week.
Receive highly rated 1-on-1 support
You’ll have a support team of real people you can lean on to encourage your success as a student. Start a conversation about your future with one of our enrollment representatives today.
Call or chat with us 7 days a week.
Student Experience
An education that fits your busy life
Balancing family, work and school
Work toward your degree without giving up what matters most. Start your degree year-round and take one class at a time.
Online learning
Enroll in online classes and attend class whenever it fits your life, day or night.
Around-the-clock support and resourcess
You have a support team available up to 20 hours a day, 5 days a week. And our academic counselors, who are with you every step of the way, have earned a 5-star rating from 90% of our surveyed students.[1]
[1] Transactional Survey, August 2021-22 (18,645 respondents)
Faculty Spotlight
Professionals dedicated to you
Your success is a top priority for our deans and faculty members. They bring an average of 26 years of experience and hands-on perspective to the classroom, and help bridge the gap between academics and industry knowledge.
Accreditation
Count on the quality of your education
programmatic accreditation
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program is programmatically accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), PO Box 911, Spring House, PA 19477,
301-298-1820.
Accredited since November 2019.
Student outcomes can be viewed by clicking on the following link to the CAHME website.
Frequently asked questions about the Master of Health Administration degree
An MHA degree prepares you for high growth career opportunities including:
- Medical and Health Services Managers median salary $73-131k.*
- Software Development and Applications, median salary $74-122k.*
- Health Educators, median salary $36-70k.*
* Salary ranges reflect the 25th- 75th percentile for the occupation in Arizona, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
An MHA degree graduate has the potential to earn $73–131k* for jobs like medical and health service managers, software and development applications and health educators.
*Salary ranges reflect the 25th-75th percentile for the occupation in Arizona, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
A master’s degree in healthcare administration prepares you for roles in the growing healthcare industry including:
- Medical and Health Services Managers 32% growth
(Much faster than average growth).
- Software Developers, Applications 22% growth
(Much faster than average growth).
- Health Educators 17% growth
(Much faster than average growth).*
*Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A master’s in healthcare administration prepares you for high growth career opportunities including:
- Medical and Health Services Managers $79-143k.*
- Software Development and Applications, $79-125k.*
- Health Educators, $50-78k.*
* Salary ranges reflect the 25th- 75th percentile for the occupation in Arizona, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.