With a master's degree in health care management, you'll prepare for a career as an effective health care leader in one of the largest and fastest growing industries.
Prepare for a greater leadership role in the thriving health care industry with our MBA in health care management program. As you draw on powerful courses—from health economics to human capital management—you'll feel the flexibility of 7-week courses designed for busy adults. Often taught by management and health care insiders, these courses will equip you to confront and overcome the industry's greatest challenges. You'll rise in your career as you learn state-of-the-art concepts and acquire core competencies in health care management.
Our master of business administration in health care management degree program is dually accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
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In the administrative residency, you'll have the opportunity to demonstrate management competencies by applying your knowledge and skills to real world issues in health care organizations. You'll learn the ins and outs of the workplace by attending executive meetings, and completing one or more management projects. Before you graduate, you'll complete at least 360 hours of part-time or full-time experience.
If you plan to work in a health care management role while you complete the MBA program, you may fulfill the residency requirement with your current organization. Or, if you enter the program with health care management experience, you may request a residency waiver.
Complement your in-class learning with powerful workshops led by health care consultants. You'll develop a personal career development plan and learn to build a network of industry insiders. Along the way, you'll have an opportunity to connect with local recruiters by participating in a health care career panel.
PsyD/MBA in Health Care Management
In this interdisciplinary program, students earn an MBA in healthcare management and a doctor of clinical psychology (PsyD) degree at the same time. Students train to be clinical psychologists while developing a deep understanding of the healthcare system in which they will practice. By complementing the development of clinical psychology expertise with competencies related to running the business of health care, students graduate ready to run their own practices or take on leadership roles in a variety of health care settings.
Learn more about the PsyD/MBA in health care management dual degree program.
Your application to our MBA in Health Care Management program consists of the following components:
For admission consideration, we require you to have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.7 and a minimum GMAT score of 450 (If you took the GRE, we will convert your score into an equivalent GMAT score).
If you earned an undergraduate GPA less than 2.7 or a GMAT score lower than 450, we will evaluate your whole applicant profile to determine admission.
*We waive the GMAT or GRE requirement if:
We use a rolling admission format, meaning you can apply when it's convenient for you. We do recommend that you apply multiple weeks prior to the semester you'd like to begin the program; this will give us enough time to process your application.
You can start during any semester: fall, spring, or summer.
We're committed to making your graduate degree affordable by offering financial assistance. Assistantships and scholarships are available to qualified individuals enrolled in the MBA in healthcare management degree program.
Widener’s graduate tuition rates are competitively priced. Loans and payment plans—along with flexible full- and part-time study options—make it easier to finance your degree.
Schedule an appointment with our Graduate Admissions staff to explore your options.
As you partner with industry insiders and expert consultants, you'll transform your health care career.
You'll partner with faculty who bring extensive industry experience into the classroom. As you prepare to elevate your health care career, you'll learn from professors who infuse the latest trends, thinking, and technology into their teaching.
Here, you'll benefit from countless opportunities to build a lasting network, from professional development workshops to health care career panels. You'll graduate with a team of industry insiders by your side.
One-on-one advising, dedicated career support, faculty mentors—as you navigate our MBA in Health Care Management program, you'll achieve your career goals by levering powerful, personal relationships.
With our MBA in Health Care Management, you'll go further than you ever imagined. Greater leadership awaits.
Hear from our students about their experience in the MBA in Health Care Management program.
Having an MBA from Widener and being exposed to health care management will allow me to help even more patients than I would in an eight-hour, in-person shift.
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