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Healthcare Management Major

Focus on the business side of healthcare.

Would you like to work on the business side of the dynamic and rapidly growing industry of healthcare?

Maybe your passion is for leading, organizing, and planning rather than nursing or providing direct patient care. The healthcare management major, with a focus on business management, prepares you for a career in healthcare administration or advanced studies.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 28% job growth rate
between 2021 and 2031, reflecting the skyrocketing demand for medical and healthcare managers.

The healthcare management major incorporates a strong business foundation with healthcare-related skills such as management, organizing, accounting, and ethical leadership skills.

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Program Highlights

Apply your business savvy and management skills to pursue a career in the growing field of healthcare management. Consider a career in the government, public sector, healthcare, or medical facilities.

Program Features:

Program Features:

  • State-of-the-art Aquinas Hall with makerspace to create, invent, and learn.
  • Internships aligned with companies and areas of interest

What You'll Learn

What You'll Learn

  • Management practices, specifically planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
  • Accounting practices, planning budgets, and financial reporting
  • Communications skills for the healthcare industry
  • Ethical decision-making and leadership skills, especially when considering public policy and healthcare management

Course Catalog

Career Outlook

Medical and Health Services Managers

$101,340

Financial Managers

$131,710

Social and community service managers

$74,000
28%

job growth rate