MBA in Healthcare Management

Our Master of Business Administration with a Specialization in Healthcare Management provides you with a comprehensive understanding of business and in-depth knowledge of 21st-century healthcare issues. This program, offered 100% online, is geared toward the medical aspects of information management and covers a variety of subjects, including managerial economics, healthcare policy and legal responsibility.

What You'll Learn

In the MBA in Healthcare Management online program, you will learn how to apply emerging theories of effective leadership, management and negotiation. You will gain real-world experience by forming a business plan tailored to your interests and ambitions. Other topics covered include:

• Healthcare policy and law
• Healthcare planning and marketing
• Information management in healthcare
• Organizational behavior
• Finance management

You will also learn how to apply contemporary business principles integral to a medical organization, and how to plan, motivate and communicate effectively in the healthcare environment. In addition, you will complete a capstone course that includes in-depth, live case analysis and a management simulation, conveying the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level.

See sample curriculum here. Find textbooks and materials required for each specific term.

Accreditation

Florida Institute of Technology is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degrees.

Florida Tech’s MBA in Healthcare Management is housed under the Nathan M. Bisk College of Business, which is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) to award associate’s, bachelor’s and MBA degrees.

Careers

An MBA in Healthcare Management provides the industry-specific knowledge, as well as the understanding of foundational business principles, required for professional advancement in a variety of healthcare careers, such as:

• Health services manager
• Hospital administrator
• Healthcare finance manager
• Director of healthcare marketing

18% growth for medical and health services managers is projected from 2018 to 2028*

Why Florida Tech

Choosing Florida Tech to further your education means you’ll earn your degree from a private, nonprofit, nationally-ranked university. Named a Tier 1 Best National University by U.S. News & World Report (2020) and ranked a Best Value College in Florida by PayScale’s ROI Report (2018), Florida Tech positions students to pursue success by offering its rigorous academic programs 100% online. Other benefits of Florida Tech include:

• Learn from subject matter experts and industry practitioners
• Collaborate in an interactive and user-friendly online classroom
• Access course materials anytime, anywhere with 24/7 access
• Communicate and network with classmates from all over the country
• Alumni include NASA scientists, Fortune 500 CEOs and top military generals

“I have already begun using the knowledge I gained in the MBA program in my current managerial role and in the development of our new research program.”

-Tyler K., MBA in Healthcare Management

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical and Health Services Managers, on the internet athttps://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/medical-and-health-services-managers.htm(visited December 20, 2019).

National long-term projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions , and do not guarantee actual job growth. Degree and/or certificate program options do not guarantee career or salary outcomes. Students should conduct independent research for specific employment information.