Master of Health Care Administration
If you have been following today’s headlines, you know that America’s health care system is expected to undergo radical changes—and experience faster-than-average growth.* Future medical and health services managers must be prepared to handle complex new developments in technology, economics, ethics, finance, policy, and management.
The rising costs and shrinking accessibility of quality health care are critical issues to individuals and organizations nationwide. Effective leadership in the industry could help improve management structures and find solutions to unique challenges facing individuals and communities.
Master of Health Care Administration Program Highlights
The Kaplan University master’s degree in health care administration could help prepare you to seek leadership and management positions in governmental, nonprofit, and private organizations. The program is designed to help you:
- Compare theoretical health care principles essential to leadership positions.
- Design effective strategies based on leadership and management concepts within the health care industry.
- Assess the impact economics, ethics, professional standards, and the law have on health care administration.
- Develop policies and programs to address health care industry concerns.
- Analyze statistical and financial methods in order to evaluate health care practices.
What are the Career Opportunities?
With a Master of Health Care Administration from Kaplan University, you may be prepared to pursue a wide range of leadership and management positions, including health services manager, health services project administrator, managed-care facility manager, hospital administrator, director or vice president of a health care facility, and more.† You may also have built a solid foundation for the further pursuit of academic degrees.‡