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Online MBA in Healthcare Management
Take Your Healthcare Experience Higher
30 credit hours
Full-time and part-time degree options; complete in one to two years
You’re on the path to healthcare leadership. Now you need the business acumen to reach the next level. Augusta University Online’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare Management teaches advanced business concepts informed by administrative action in increasingly complex healthcare ecosystems.
The MBA in Healthcare Management is an established program that’s new to online, extending our healthcare-focused business curriculum and experienced team of faculty researchers to students based anywhere in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and across the U.S.
Ready to expand your influence in healthcare? Take the next step at AU Online.
Rise to Management in Your Health System With an MBA
What You’ll Learn
The online MBA in Healthcare Management prepares you to build on your clinical experience while boosting your business acumen and teaching you administrative skills to amplify your impact across patient communities.
In addition to core leadership skills, the online MBA in Healthcare Management covers healthcare-specific topics to augment your expertise. These topics include:
- Healthcare accounting and financial management, with a focus on cost, quality and access
- The role of health services professionals in management, health policy and ethical challenges, such as long-term care and special populations
- Operations management concepts, practices and tools to support decision-making in healthcare
- Healthcare market supply and demand, both in theory and in practice
Career Outlook With a Healthcare MBA
The online MBA in Healthcare Management program supports clinical professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists and dentists, as well as business leaders outside of healthcare, as they seek to manage and oversee operations in hospitals, physicians’ offices, nonprofit health organizations and health insurance settings.
The demand for medical and health services managers is expected to increase by 23 percent between 2024 and 2034, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — much faster than the average for all occupations in the U.S. The median annual salary for medical and health services managers was $117,960 as of May 2024, according to the BLS.
Explore potential earnings in the top-employing industries for health management roles.*
Median Annual Salary: $106,990
Offices of Physicians
Median Annual Salary: $100,780
Outpatient Care Centers
*Salary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024
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High-Value Degree at an Accessible Cost
With in-state tuition at just $7,140, the online MBA in Healthcare Management provides an accessible, specialized and expert-led pathway to higher earnings in healthcare.
Experience the AU Online Difference
As a student in the program, you’ll complete core courses and electives online with no set class times, allowing you to balance your coursework with your responsibilities outside of school.
Courses in the program come to life through instruction aligned with the faculty’s areas of expertise and small class sizes that allow close interaction with your professors.
AU Online ranks in the top 5 percent for increased economic mobility for low- and moderate-income students, according to the Economic Mobility Index, a tool created by the Third Way think tank.
About Augusta University Online
Augusta University Online brings the tight-knit community experience found on campus to students across the country. Small class sizes, engaged professors, strong relationships with a multitude of professional organizations and valuable input from subject matter experts across industries allow our graduate degrees to provide students with individualized attention and practical, real-world skills. One of the country’s top universities for improving economic outcomes for low- and moderate-income graduates, AU Online gives students a truly transformative degree experience that allows them to make a profound impact on their lives.
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Government (Excluding State and Local Education and Hospitals)
Median Annual Salary: $132,620
Online MPA Tuition Rate
Augusta University Online is proud to give students the opportunity to earn a high-value education at an affordable cost with one of the most affordable online tuition rates in the U.S.
| Credit Hours | Cost per Credit | Fees | Total Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | $236 per credit hour in-state $822 per credit hour out-of-state & $838 out-of-country |
$393 per semester | $8,496 + fees (in-state) |
$238 per credit hour for in-state students*
*Out-of-state tuition is $863 per credit hour and out-of-country tuition is $889 per credit hour.
Hospitals: State, Local and Private
Median Annual Salary: $130,690
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Median Annual Salary: $99,250
Georgia’s Flagship Healthcare Institution
Augusta University is home to the Medical College of Georgia, the state’s flagship medical school and research center, operating in partnership with Wellstar Health System. As an online student, you’ll benefit from AU’s deep roots in Georgia’s healthcare system through industry-relevant courses delivered by active faculty researchers.
