The Master of Science in Healthcare Administration prepares individuals to lead amidst the rapid transformation of the contemporary healthcare delivery system. As the industry continues a methodical shift toward a dual focus on acute care treatments and community-based prevention and wellness, organizational leaders must navigate revolutionary technological advances and decentralized care models that extend directly into patient homes and communities. This program provides students with the strategic and ethical framework necessary to manage these complexities, ensuring that healthcare organizations remain safe, accessible, financially viable, and deeply committed to service quality and excellence.

To achieve these system goals, healthcare administrators provide essential operational, financial, and strategic  leadership across an array of diverse organizations. They must understand and manage the needs of patients, families, and communities while successfully aligning organizational goals with stakeholder expectations.

This program prepares students for a wide variety of leadership paths, such as clinical directors, quality assurance directors, nursing home administrators, public health directors, health informatics leaders, insurance or  pharmaceutical directors, and many others.

Designed for both practicing healthcare professionals seeking leadership advancement and individuals entering the healthcare sector, this curriculum equips students to become highly effective, forward-thinking leaders through advanced studies in ethics, interprofessional teamwork, legal compliance, and data analytics. Students study
theories and best practices of clinical operations, quality improvement, and the operational integration of next-generation technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), wearables, and other smart health technologies.

Graduates of the Master of Science in Healthcare Administration are expected to:

• Evaluate the external forces and infrastructures that founded and continuously shape the healthcare industry.
• Analyze structures, processes and outcomes involved in the operations, delivery, and financing of healthcare services in the U.S.
• Analyze evidence-based practices responsive to the unique needs of all stakeholders.
• Integrate professional leadership qualities with ethical and legal standards into healthcare administration and decision-making.
• Promote the infusion of an industry-based business model while providing service excellence.
• Analyze the integration of technology, innovation, and data-driven decision-making to achieve service excellence, quality, and safety.
• Evaluate healthcare’s organizational systems' ability to serve all stakeholders from diverse & global perspectives.
• Develop and demonstrate critical reasoning, data-driven decision-making, and process improvement that contributes to the growth, quality, and evolution of the rapidly growing healthcare industry.