Master of Health Care Administration
Description and Outcomes
The Master of Health Care Administration program prepares you for leadership and management career opportunities within the health care industry. The program's curriculum is designed to satisfy your intellectual curiosity by building on your current knowledge and skills. You will study overall concepts, values, research methods, and applications relevant to health care administration within local, state, or federal government and in private industry.
Courses teach you to apply health care theory and principles to real-world scenarios to develop administrative, ethical, and professional skills for middle and upper management health care leadership positions.
The Master of Health Care Administration program is currently in accreditation candidacy status with the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
Vision
The Master of Health Care Administration program at Purdue University Global aspires to be recognized as a national leader in graduate online health care administration education, inspiring and driving excellence and innovation in future health care administrators.
Mission
The mission of the Master of Health Care Administration program at Purdue University Global is to prepare early- and mid-careerists to improve the leadership and management of health care organizations in the United States.
Values
- Excellence: We strive to continuously improve and maintain a focus on the principles and practices of evidence-based learning.
- Innovation: We are committed to utilizing cutting-edge approaches to adult teaching and online education.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive to foster an inclusive environment and embrace the differences among our students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve.
- Professionalism: We help early- and mid-careerists develop the professional skills and competencies necessary to advance their careers and encourage them to become involved in professional organizations that promote lifelong learning and professional development.
Program Length
The Master of Health Care Administration program consists of a minimum of 52 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be awarded the Master of Health Care Administration degree.
Program Outcomes
- Communication, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Teamwork: Demonstrate effective health care leadership through proficient communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
- Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Problem-Solving: Design solutions through proficient critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Health Care System(s) and Environment: Assess the impact of health care system(s) and environment on organizational goals.
- Leadership, Management, and Organization: Apply leadership, management, and organizational principles and practices to further organizational goals.
- Personal Development and Professionalism: Design goals by applying personal and professional development principles and practices.
These program outcomes align with our mission and CAHME domain criteria. Information about CAHME competency assessments can be found in the core course syllabi.
Professional Competencies
In addition to the discipline-specific outcomes, professional competencies are integrated throughout your academic program. You can review the professional competencies associated with your academic program in the Professional Competencies section of this Catalog.
Program Availability
For program availability, please refer to the U.S. State and Other Approvals section and Program Availability Information.
Policies
Progression Requirements
You will be withdrawn from the program if unable to successfully complete HA599 Master's Capstone in Health Care Administration on the second attempt.
Certification, State Board, and National Board Exams
Certain state certification and licensure boards have specific educational requirements for programs to lead to a license or certification that is a precondition for employment in a recognized occupation. Prospective and current students must review Purdue Global’s State Licensure and Certifications site to view program and state-specific licensure information.
Unless otherwise specified, Purdue Global's programs are not designed to meet any specific state’s licensure or certification requirements. Licensure-track programs may limit enrollment to students in certain states; please see Purdue Global’s Program Availability Information to determine enrollment eligibility.
You are responsible for understanding the requirements of optional certification exams. Such requirements may change during the course of your program. You are not automatically certified in any way upon program completion. Although certain programs are designed to prepare you to take various optional certification exams, Purdue Global cannot guarantee you will be eligible to take these exams or become certified. Your eligibility may depend on your work experience, completion of education and/or degree requirements, not having a criminal record, and meeting other certification requirements.