Master of Health Administration

Program Overview

UIW's 21-month MHA program equips students with ethical, theoretical, and professional skills for leadership roles in healthcare. The program offers a health systems perspective, integrating real-world experience through various opportunities. Graduates are prepared for careers in hospital administration, physician practice management, and other healthcare settings, with excellent employment rates and a high median salary.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Program Overview:

• UIW's MHA program is a 21-month, 48-hour program designed for those seeking to pursue careers in the healthcare industry.
• The program is values-based, competency-driven, and experientially focused.
• The program develops students' ethical, theoretical, and professional skill sets.
• The MHA degree curriculum is built upon a foundation of 20 competencies.
• The program provides students with a health systems perspective based on an understanding of health and disease, as well as the economic and social factors that influence the industry.
• The program integrates a wide range of opportunities for students to gain real-world healthcare experience.

Objectives:

• Advance your career as a leader in the healthcare industry.
• Earn a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree from the H-E-B School of Business and Administration.
• Develop students' ethical, theoretical, and professional skill sets.
• Provide students with a health systems perspective based on an understanding of health and disease, as well as the economic and social factors that influence the industry.
• Integrate a wide range of opportunities for students to gain real-world healthcare experience.

Outline:

Program Content:

• Human resources management
• Budgeting and financial decision-making
• Legal and ethical issues
• Quality and continuous improvement
• Information management
• Marketing
• Health policy and strategic thinking

Structure:

• The program is offered in two formats: on-campus and online hybrid.
• The on-campus cohort meets at UIW's Northwest Center in San Antonio two nights per week.
• The online hybrid cohort attends classes synchronously via Zoom two nights per week.
• The online hybrid program curriculum includes three on-campus sessions, which are held at the beginning, middle, and end of the program.

Course Schedule:

Careers:

Potential Career Paths:

• Hospital and health systems administration
• Physician practice management
• Federally Qualified Community Health Center administration
• Governmental agency administration
• Military and veteran health system administration
• Health insurance company administration
• Long-term care facility administration
• Home health agency administration
• Managed care organization administration
• Pharmaceutical / biotech / medical device company administration
• Medical group practice administration

Opportunities:

• The program prepares students for success in a wide range of settings within the health and medical services management industry.
• Graduates are employed in a wide range of healthcare organizations.

Outcomes:

• The program has excellent student graduation and employment rates.
• The median annual salary for health services managers in the U.S. is $119,840.
• The number of positions in health services management is projected to grow at 28% between 2021 and 2031.