Master of Healthcare Administration | Online Executive Track

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Students gain deeper insights into advanced leadership and strategic management, high-level decision-making, organizational behavior, and complex problem-solving tailored for experienced professionals.

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Taking LOCAL Impact to GLOBAL Change

The Executive MHA is designed for working, experienced professionals who want to apply what they learn immediately. Coursework integrates leadership theory, organizational strategy, finance, and operations with real‑time challenges from students’ own workplaces. This applied approach strengthens decision‑making, enhances executive judgment, and equips leaders to drive system‑level improvement across diverse healthcare settings.

The EMHA curriculum allows students to tailor their learning to their professional goals. Whether you’re advancing in hospital administration, physician practice management, public health leadership, or health system operations, the program supports specialization through project‑based learning and opportunities to engage with faculty experts and industry partners.

Executive students develop advanced competencies that align with the demands of modern healthcare leadership. The program strengthens skills in strategic planning, financial stewardship, quality improvement, data analytics, policy interpretation, and organizational change. Graduates leave prepared to lead teams, manage complex systems, and influence organizational strategy at the highest levels.

Executive students develop the advanced competencies needed to lead in today’s evolving healthcare environment. The curriculum emphasizes strategic planning, financial stewardship, quality improvement, data‑driven management, communication, and organizational change. Graduates emerge ready to influence strategy, lead teams, and drive performance across diverse healthcare settings.

Credit Hours: 45

Core courses - 39 Credit Hours

HADM 7102 | Healthcare Law
HADM 7103 | Health Planning
HADM 7105 | Health Policy and Organization of Health Services
HADM 7108 | Health Care Finance I
HADM 7109 | Health Information Systems
HADM 7110 | Leadership and Organizational Change
HADM 7116 | Administration of Health Services Organizations
HADM 7140 | Population Health Management
HADM 7204 | Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Management
HADM 7208 | Health Care Finance II
HADM 7209 | Quantitative Methods in Health Services
HADM 7605 | Human Resources Administration
PUBH 7710 | Health Economics

Internship - 3 Credit Hours

HADM 7190 | Internship

Comprehensive Experience - 3 Credit Hours

HADM 7210 | Comprehensive Experience in Healthcare Management

In Numbers

8:1 Student to Advisor

17:1 Student to Instructor

90% Courses taught by faculty

98% Off-campus PH Fieldworks

8 Centers and labs

45 Credit hours

How to apply

Requirements:

Completed SOPHAS of HAMPCAS application
Undergraduate degree with minimum GPA of 3.0
Five (5) years of relevant healthcare management or clinical experience
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Statement of Purpose (400-500 words)
Two (2) letters of recommendation
Credentials evaluation for foreign transcripts
Language proficiency test if language of instruction was not English

SOPHAS Application

SOPHAS Application Guide

SOPHAS Fees and Fee Waivers

Connect with us

Dale Sanders, DO, DHA, MBA
Professor and Program Director

Briana McNeil, MBA, MEd
Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator

Shirl Sharpe, MS
Manager, Academic Services