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An MBA in healthcare management is a good program to study if you are wanting a career in the business side of the health care industry.  This page gives you more information about the program, where you can study it online, careers in health care management, and the job prospects after completion.

What is studied in an MBA in healthcare management?

Your studies are designed to prepare you for a wide range of leadership and management careers in health care management, throughout the sector. 

Your degree teaches you the usual knowledge, skills and strategies found in an MBA and applies these to the health care sector.  The curriculum typically includes content in finance, policy, research, technology, quality improvement, economics, marketing, and strategic planning.  But you also learn to critically examine and evaluate issues, so that you can advocate and influence or create health care policies. 

You can also study health care as an MBA in a dual degree, e.g., MBA and MS in Nursing: Leadership in Health Care Systems at Grand Canyon University.

Where can you study an online MBA in healthcare management?

Here are some selected universities where you can study an online master of business administration in health care management: 

• Capella University
  • MBA - Health Care Management

• University of Phoenix Online
  • MBA - Health Care Management

• Kaplan University Online
  • MBA - Health Care Management

• Walden University

  • M.B.A. - Healthcare Management

• Grand Canyon University
  • M.S. in Nursing: Health Care Informatics
  • M.S. in Nursing: Public Health

• Northcentral University
  • Health Care Administration

• American InterContinental University Online
  
  • MBA - Healthcare Administration

• Jones International University
  • MBA in Health Care Management

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What jobs are there after graduating with an MBA in healthcare management?

An MBA prepares you for leadership in health care management in governmental, nonprofit, and private organizations.  Graduates with an MBA degree may enter the industry as an associate administrator or manager/supervisor of a department.  With more experience in the industry, the specific positions you might take would include: hospital administrator, health service manager, health care administrator, and other positions of leadership in health care management. 

Prospects are good for jobs in health care management.  According to the US Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics, The median health management salary was $84,980 in May 2007.  The Bureau predicts that employment of managers of this sector will grow 16 percent from 2006 to 2016. 

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