Master of Science in Health Administration (Online Only)
Online
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jul 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 517 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
UofL’s online Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) is designed for aspiring healthcare executives or leaders with 5+ years of experience who are looking to broaden their core healthcare management competencies and/or pursue career advancement by applying the principles of population health management.
UofL’s online master’s in health administration prepares you to confidently lead healthcare organizations into the future. Implementing our reputable CAHME-accredited curriculum and taught by leaders in healthcare innovation, the online MSHA courses will explore broad principles and important influencers within top healthcare organizations, examine data-driven methods of strategic leadership and effective management, analyze external policy and healthcare environments that affect management, and more. Overall, the MSHA program builds on your experience and deepens your understanding of processes, environments, structures, and strategies that are disrupting the industry as well as focusing on assessments that emphasize solving authentic, real-life challenges you face within your current role.
Highlights
- Skip the GRE - it's not required for admission.
- Learn on your schedule with flexible and 100% online courses.
- Gain applicable and transferable healthcare knowledge and methodologies through every course.
- Take advantage of recently lowered tuition to join a quality CAHME-accredited program that is now more affordable.
- Experience a specialized curriculum using UofL’s Population Health Leadership (PHL) Competency Model-a modified version of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) Competency Model.
- Complete your degree in just 2 years with 8-week terms (courses completed 2-3 at a time). Part-time enrollment is also available.
Admissions
Curriculum
The Master of Science in Health Administration is a 57-credit-hour program, broken down into 20 courses. All courses are delivered 100% online, asynchronously in 8-week terms.
- PHMS 505 Governance and Management of Healthcare Organizations
- PHMS 509 Health Finance and Financial Management
- PHMS 520 Foundations of Public Health for Healthcare Management
- PHMS 610 Health Policy and Analysis
- PHMS 620 Healthcare Strategic Management
- PHMS 625 Population Health Management
- PHMS 630 Human Resource Management in the Public Health Sector
- PHMS 635 Health Law and Ethics
- PHMS 662 Health Economics
- PHMS 680 Health Management Leadership Seminar
- PHMS 681 Population Health Quantitative Methods
- PHMS 682 Population Health Information Management
- PHMS 683 Healthcare Quality Management
- PHMS 684 Project Management for Population Health
- PHMS 685 Health Operations Management & Science
- PHMS 687 Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Managers
- PHMS 688 Healthcare Marketing
- PHMS 689 Insurance and Alternative Payment Models
- PHMS 690 MSHA Capstone
- PHMS 694 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
Program Outcome
Why Earn a Master's in Health Administration?
A Master of Science in Health Administration is a must-have for those pursuing higher-level healthcare leadership roles. The online MSHA program at UofL can give you the expertise you need to advance into a healthcare executive position (e.g. senior director, VP, CEO, etc.).
The online Master of Science in Health Administration degree will prepare you for organizational leadership and management roles, whether your experience is in a healthcare-related or non-healthcare-related field. Positions range from healthcare administrator, military officer, civil service, or health insurance to dental, veterinary, or allied health care provider. As a leader in any healthcare industry, you’ll be responsible for overseeing and managing services, programs, staff, budgets, facilities, external relations, and more.
Leading in healthcare is especially advantageous. With an aging population and increased demand for services, healthcare occupations are expected to grow 13% between 2021 and 2031, adding around 1.9 million jobs in that same period – faster than the average growth compared to all occupations (bls.gov).
As a graduate of our program, you’ll be equipped to:
- Manage strategic projects and action plans in healthcare organizations
- Assess institutional financial and healthcare delivery performance
- Examine community healthcare needs per industry standards
- Model accountability with respect to compliance with policy, regulation, and ethical codes of conduct
- Analyze organizational needs based on clinical and financial data
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