The top MBA programs in Healthcare Management are in fact a mix of top MBA programs with Health Administration major options and top MBA programs with dual degree programs, usually an MBA/MHA degree done in collaboration with the University School of Public Health.  There are also a few MBA programs that have seen fit to incorporate healthcare administration into their EMBA programs but not provide it as an option in the full MBA degree.  These schools are catering to an expanding stream of healthcare career professionals who are seeking out a quick solution to the need for management credentials.

Our list is assembled from the top ranked MBA schools in the country that offer some sort of healthcare management option in conjunction with an MBA degree.  There are a few in this list that are online degrees, and although some are offered by non-traditional schools they belong in our top fifty selections because they are accredited programs that by virtue of their flexibility are filling a top fifty need for graduate business education.

1.      Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management has Health Enterprise Management as an area of specialization for the full time MBA program.

2.      UC Berkeley Haas School of Business offers the MBA in Health Management as one of the areas of concentration.  There is also the MBA/MPH, a dual degree program offered in conjunction with the School of Public Health.

3.      Johns Hopkins University has a dual degree MBA/MPH option that can be completed in eighteen months.  The program is administered by the Carey Business School jointly with the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

4.      Baylor University has just been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education for its MBA in Healthcare Administration Specialization.  Baylor Business School recently introduced the option, noting that healthcare accounts for 15% of the gross domestic product annually.

5.      Boston University School of Management offers an MBA degree with a Health Sector Management Program embedded in it.  This specialization option was introduced in 1972 as an adjunct to the graduate business program and is today available to full time MBA students.

6.      Duke University Fuqua School of Business has an MBA with the Health Sector Management concentration available in five variations of the graduate business program.  The MBA/Global Executive Health Sector Management, the Weekend Executive MBA/Health Sector Management, the full time MBA option and Health Sector Management as a certificate option for Fuqua alumni.

7.      Yale University School of Management has an Executive MBA program for Leadership in Healthcare.  It is designed around weekend classes, but with intensive in-residence segments during the summers.  The Visiting Scholars program provides access to eminent executives and practitioners from a variety of healthcare settings.

8.      University of Colorado/Denver Business School has an Executive MBA (EMBA) in Health Administration degree as well as the full time MBA option in Health Administration; there is also a an MBA in International Health Management and Policy.

9.      University of Iowa Tippie School of Business has developed a joint MBA/Master of Health Administration degree in conjunction with the College of Public Health.  You must be admitted to both schools; the course of study is two and a half years in length.

10.  University of Miami has introduced an Executive MBA program in Health Sector Management and Policy.  The EMBA is designed for working professionals; in this case, the professionals may be businessmen, healthcare executives, public health administrators or entrepreneurs that have entered the healthcare field.

11.  University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of Health Management and Policy have developed a joint Master of Business Administration/Master of Health Services Administration degree.  This dual degree option is a three year program.

12.  University of Scranton is a Jesuit school often overlooked by MBA shoppers, but remains a respected institution.  The school has initiated an online degree option for the MBA in Healthcare Management; also a specialization choice available to full time, on-campus students.

13.  University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business offers eighteen areas of specialization for the MBA, among them Health Care Management.  The Wharton Executive Education School offers a condensed version of the same degree.

14.  Saint Louis University Cook School of Business offers the MBA/MHA dual degree in conjunction with the School of Public Health.  The business and health management program is designed such that students complete studies for both schools simultaneously.

15.  Temple University Fox School of Business has MBA concentrations in Healthcare Management and Health & Life Sciences Innovation.  One is a degree oriented to health services management, and the other focused on Risk & Insurance as they relate to Health Care Management.

16.  Texas Tech University Rawls MBA Program offers ten areas of concentration for graduate business students.  One of those is Health Organization Management which addresses domestic and global economics of health care within the context of business enterprise.

17.  Georgia State University Institute of Health Administration has teamed with the Robinson College of Business to develop the dual degree MBA/Master of Health Administration option.  There is an Administrative Residency attached to this academic mix that will further polish the MBA graduate’s skills in a health systems environment.

18.  Union College Graduate School of Management offers the MBA in Healthcare Management accredited by both the Association to Accredit Collegiate Schools of Business and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.  It’s a small New York school with a history of respected academic standards.

19.  University of Washington Foster School of Business administers a joint effort with the School of Public Health to deliver the dual degree MBA/MHA course of study.  The program is a three year commitment, not available as part of the executive education option at either school.

20.  University of Phoenix School of Business offers Health Care Management as an option for an area of concentration in the MBA program.  This degree is available on some of the school’s campuses and online, which can be a part time endeavor if necessary for working students.

21.  CUNY Baruch College works in collaboration with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to provide the MBA Program in Health Care Administration.  Mount Sinai is a major medical center in addition to an educational facility, providing senior healthcare executives to the faculty corps for this degree.

22.  Tulane University Freeman School of Business and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine offer the joint MBA/MHA degree, the first of its kind in the nation.  It is a rigorous academic undertaking, requiring the completion of 93 course credits.

23.  Herzing University includes Health Care Management as one of the majors available in the school’s online MBA degree program.  There is substantial and important focus on regulatory issues, compliance, insurance company operations and health care finance in a managed care environment.

24.  George Washington University has an online version of the Healthcare MBA offered by the School of Business.  The curriculum is offered in seven week class modules, twenty three of which are core courses and twelve of which are electives in such fields as management of acute care hospitals, physician practice management, and managing skilled nursing facilities.

25.  Cornell University College of Human Ecology offers the Sloan Program in Health Administration in conjunction with the MBA offered by the Johnson Graduate School of Management to create the dual degree MBA/MHA option for Cornell graduate students.

26.  Keiser University includes Health Services Management as one of the majors available in the MBA program.  This distance learning program requires a commitment to thirty course credits applied to the core business courses and a lineup of electives beyond that related to the major.

27.  University of Houston/Clear Lake has a program coordinated by the School of Business that provides a concurrent degree MBA/Master of Healthcare Administration option.  Many of the courses are web supported, but students also participate in field activities and internships.

28.  Argosy University has an MBA program with ten choices for an area of concentration.  The MBA Healthcare Administration major allows students to expand the number of course credits allotted to health management electives in order to sharpen the degree’s focus.

29.  Texas State University/San Marcos McCoy College of Business Administration offers an MBA with concentration in Health Administration.  The tiered course selection process provides some ancillary academic exposure to important elements of health administration: information technology, organizational behavior and marketing management.

30.  South University has an online MBA in Healthcare Administration that is also available on many of their campuses.  The online option allows for more flexibility in scheduling classes and maintaining a pace that matches a work schedule.

31.  Baker College makes the MBA in Healthcare Management available online and through the Center for Graduate Studies.  The academic course of study incorporates all of the core courses for graduate work in business school and a series of electives that examine the economic and administrative core of the healthcare industry.

32.  Fairleigh Dickinson University has developed an Executive MBA for Healthcare and Life Science Professionals.  Despite the lofty title, this graduate program is open to any health services employee with a modicum of management experience who would like to obtain the training and credential for a more senior management role.

33.  American Intercontinental University introduced an MBA with concentration in Healthcare Management on its Houston campus in 2008 and now is offering the degree online.  This can be a compressed course of study with completion in less than a year.

34.  State College of New York/Binghamton offers an Executive MBA degree with an option for Health Care Concentration.  One of the curriculum assignments is a health care consulting project, a field training project for the career professionals who have returned to college.

35.  Eastern University has a Fast Track MBA in Health Administration that mixes curriculum elements of social science and government policies into the usual economics and medical issues that are embroiled in healthcare management.

36.  Loyola University of Chicago Graduate School of Business has a specialized MBA in Health Care Management program that includes course requirements in Health Care Informatics, Health Care Law and Health Care Accounting – all baseline components in healthcare administration.

37.  Duquesne University Donahue Graduate School of Business has ten areas of focus for the MBA program, including Health Care Management.  The courses focused on the business of healthcare are taught by faculty members from the Rangos School of Health Sciences.

38.  Vanderbilt Owens Graduate School of Management has a Healthcare MBA in the stable of graduate business fields of study.  The Healthcare MBA faculty are all on the Owens roster of professors; the school sees no need to draw upon teaching resources in other departments.  That speaks to a school with breadth and depth in its teaching assets.

39.  Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business includes Health Care as one of four MBA areas of concentration.  That speaks to the growing prominence of the health industry on the business radar screen in the United States.  The health care track is also available with the EMBA curriculum.

40.  Wake Forest University Schools of Business offers a full time MBA program with a Health Concentration as one of the career areas of focus.  There are also two career tracks within the Health Concentration: Healthcare Delivery & Support Services, and Healthcare Related Business and Life Sciences – the entrepreneurship option.

41.  University of Utah Eccles School of Management has both an MBA and a Master of Healthcare Administration degree in the school catalog.  However the two areas of study are combined only in the form of a dual degree, MBA/MHA academic option.  The joint degree requirements include admission to both graduate programs

42.  Claremont Graduate University Drucker & Masatoshi School of Management has joined with the School of Community and Global Health to offer the joint MBA/MPH degree.  The Master of Public Health brings the study of public health systems and the economic engines that feed them to the core business curriculum.

43.  Hofstra University Zarb School of Business offers an MBA with Health Services Management as one of ten majors.  The curriculum allocation calls for a 48 credit course of study to meet core course requirements and fifteen credits committed to the Health Services Management specialization.

44.  Cleveland State University Nance College of Business Administration includes the field of Health Care Administration as one of the career specializations in the MBA program.  Cleveland State is part of the Ohio State University System and maintains a large co-op program with Cleveland’s top corporate employers.  The result is an active paid internship program for MBA students.

45.  DePaul University offers a tremendous range of concentration options in the MBA program, divided into seven categories.  In the Management subdivision Health Sector Management is offered as a career specialization.

46.  Lamar University is part of the Texas State University system, located in Beaumont, TX.  The School of Business offers an MBA degree with several areas of focus including Healthcare Administration.  Included in the electives is a course on healthcare information systems, a field that is beginning to drive the entire design of healthcare delivery.

47.  Simmons College School of Management offers an MBA program that can be completed in as little as sixteen months.  One of the academic options for the MBA program is a Certificate in Health Care Management that is a two semester program which includes a practicum.

48.  Adelphi University includes Health Services Administration as one of seven career tracks in the MBA program offered by the School of Business.  The specialization includes an internship working in health administration for a local facility.

49.  Gonzaga University MBA in Healthcare Management is composed of approximately 50% regular MBA classes and 50% healthcare-specific MBA classes.  That is a substantial immersion in healthcare for an MBA program.  Some of the faculty for the healthcare portion of the program is drawn from professional medical centers and corporations in the Spokane area.

50.  University of Southern California Marshall School of Management includes an elective option in Health Care Advisory Services for the MBA degree.  This career concentration is meant to be general in nature, preparing the graduate for an analytical or consulting role in a healthcare setting of any sort, whether hospital, clinic, medical practice or insurance company.

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