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Drexel LeBow’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program provides you with the knowledge required to successfully navigate and pursue leadership or senior management and planning roles in health services or systems, risk, insurance, compliance, research or related industries.
Who Is This Degree For?
The MHA program is designed for experienced health care professionals seeking to explore the three areas of health leadership: transformation, execution and people. The program’s curriculum is grounded in the business of health care, with every class focusing on real-life application to some aspect of the health care industry.
Master of Health Administration Curriculum
With its solid focus on real-world application, the online MHA program is grounded in the National Center for Healthcare Leadership’s Competency Model — the leading model used by accredited graduate education programs to build proven leadership competencies across the health professions.
Our curriculum is organized around three key domains: transformation, execution and people. It’s designed to give you the skills needed to move up the executive management ladder, covering strategic planning, practice management, team building, project coordination, public policy and financial oversight. You’ll also broaden your leadership perspective with advanced coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics, health care economics, ethics and law.
Flexible Time Frame
Online courses plus a five-day campus residency
Fully Accredited
The economics faculty were enormously helpful to me. They were engaged, active and willing to help.
Caleb Fitzpatrick ’24
Research Assistant
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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The graduate minor in health administration is designed for those pursuing graduate studies who are interested in finding a place in management in the health care industry, health policy, health care advocacy, non-profit organizations or other leadership roles in health care services or human services.
Admission Requirements
Do you have a question regarding the admissions process or program requirements? Schedule a one-on-one with a LeBow graduate enrollment advisor or request information about the MHA.
- MHA Admissions Criteria
In addition to a completed Drexel admissions application, the minimum standards for admission are:
- A bachelor’s degree in health administration or a closely related field (such as a clinical discipline, health sciences, or general business) or a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field and a minimum of one year of health care work experience.
- GPA of 3.0 or above is preferred.
- MHA Required Documents
The Master of Health Administration follows LeBow’s Graduate Application Requirements, with two exceptions:
- We require two letters of recommendations.
- Applicants are required to submit a personal statement/essay of approximately 500 to 750 words describing your relevant professional and life experiences, outlining your career goals, and explaining your motivation for pursuing a career in health care management and obtaining an MHA degree.
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