A bachelor’s degree in health administration can help you gain skills for a variety of healthcare career paths. Learn all aspects of health management including finance, healthcare information systems and marketing to healthcare consumers. And with a unique storytelling approach from practitioner faculty, you’ll learn how to nurture a culture of empathy in medical settings. Get into the business side of patient care and help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes.
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The Bachelor of Science in Health Administration (BSHA) courses align with skills you’ll need in the diverse healthcare arena. Coursework includes public and community health, healthcare finance and ethics and responsibility in the healthcare industry. While completing the core curriculum, you can select an area of focus that is designed to expand your professional opportunity in a specialized area of health management.
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You’ll need 120 credits to complete this Bachelor of Science in Health Administration degree. Your course schedule may vary based on transferable credits or credits earned through the University’s Prior Learning Assessment.
Core courses build your knowledge of all aspects of health administration including the management of health records, human resources, budgets and healthcare quality and management and outcome analysis.
Elective courses allow you to focus on specific areas of health administration that are of interest to you. Explore legal issues in healthcare, facility planning, risk management and more.
General education courses provide a solid foundation in soft skills essential for healthcare administration including effective communication and critical thinking. Your general education courses round out your healthcare admin degree with teamwork and collaboration development and a broader understanding of social and cultural differences you may encounter as a healthcare professional.
Once your core courses are complete, you’ll focus on your healthcare interests by selecting an elective track in Health Administration, Lifespan Management or Health Information Systems.[1]
[1] The Health Information Systems elective track educationally prepares you to sit for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) exam.
Specialize your BSHA degree with three elective track options.
Study management, finance, legal and ethical parameters, risk and quality management, human resources and information systems.
Gain fundamental knowledge and skills to help manage programs, employ effective strategies to market services and to maintain regulatory compliance, financial viability and quality management.
Focus on database concepts, information networking and telecommunications, system design and the project management of health information systems.
As an Approved Education Partner (AEP), coursework in our BSHA degree, and its three elective track options, align with the rigorous standards for quality health information technology or healthcare education set by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Both the on-campus and online healthcare administration degrees feature the same courses, and your academic advisor will help you schedule them.
If you are located in Phoenix, this program may be offered as Blended. This means you’ll start at the Phoenix campus to complete your general education courses, and then transition to online learning for your core program courses.
Learning shouldn’t take years to put into practice. That’s why we’re empowering you to build career-relevant skills with every five- to six-week course.
We’ve worked with labor market researchers like Lightcast to find in-demand skills for careers and mapped those to our related associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
Your previous eligible college credits can save you time and money – helping you to graduate faster. That’s why we’ve accepted transcripts from 5,000+ institutions, so you can apply eligible transfer credits from an institutionally accredited university or college toward your health administration degree.
Save time and money when you transfer eligible credits toward your bachelor's in health administration.
Lock in the peace of mind that comes with fixed, affordable tuition. You’ll enjoy one flat rate from the moment you enroll until the day you graduate from your program. That’s your Tuition Guarantee.
Phoenix | |
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Cost per credit
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$398
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Credits per course
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3
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Tuition per course
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$1,194
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Total program length in credits
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120
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Length of course in weeks
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5
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Fees
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One fee per course
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Tuition guarantee
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YES
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Data pulled on September 14, 2023
[1] $365 per 1000-2000 level credit; $415 per 3000-4000 level credit
Source of data: For each institution, the data are publicly available in multiple locations, including Academic Catalogs, Program pages, Tuition and fees pages, and syllabi. All data are publicly available on the websites.
Certain licensure programs and coursework in other degree programs may have additional fees. Please check with your advisor or course catalog for additional info.
COA Components | Bachelor's Degree (non-CBE) |
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Tuition and Fees¹
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$9,288
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Books, course materials, supplies and equipment
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$1,416
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Transportation
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$1,360
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Miscellaneous personal expenses
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$550
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Living Expenses²
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Food
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$2,650
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Housing³
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$5,120
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Federal student loan fees
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$60
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Dependent care expenses
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$0
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Disability related expenses
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$0
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Total COA
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$20,444
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1The tuition component is based on a per credit weighted average for the credential level across the entire University.
2The University allows the same living expense amounts for students in all living arrangements and dependency statuses.
3The living expense component for students receiving Military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) only includes an allowance for food.
Everyone deserves an affordable education. That’s why we offer an unlimited number of scholarships, so if you qualify, you can get one. Starting with your first course, every qualifying new student will be awarded one of our scholarships, worth up to either $1K or $3K. Or you'll get the better offer you qualify for.
Employers in the health administration field include hospitals, nursing homes and group medical practices. About 56,600 openings for medical and health services managers are projected each year.
A BSHA can prepare you to be a:
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When you earn your Bachelor of Science in Health Administration degree, you’ll be equipped with a concrete set of skills you can apply on the job. You’ll learn how to:
28% Growth
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for medical and health services managers is projected to be much faster than average between 2020 and 2030.
The BLS Projected Growth for 2020-2030 is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS’ projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to University of Phoenix students or graduates.
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Work toward your degree without giving up what matters most. Start your health administration degree year-round and take one class at a time.
Health admin courses include engaging video content to help reinforce the importance of the skills being covered. These videos lend a human touch to the courses and provide you with insights from practitioner faculty who are working within the field.
As a health admin student, you don’t have to go it alone. We have a support team available up to 20 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Meet other health administration students while you study. You can even join one of the largest honor societies — Upsilon Phi Delta.
Your success is a top priority for our deans and faculty members. They bring an average of 26 years of experience and hands-on perspective to the classroom, and help bridge the gap between academics and industry knowledge. As practitioner faculty who work within the field, they share real-world examples directly from the workplace that helps you gain better insight into health administration.
Our health admin faculty at University of Phoenix use storytelling techniques to engage you with their first-hand experiences in the healthcare industry as administrators and health managers. Through these storytelling methods, our instructors help to cultivate the empathy that is so important for the best patient care outcomes. The Bachelor of Science in Health Administration prepares you with the skills to create and nurture a culture of empathy in any healthcare setting.
The healthcare industry is much broader than hospitals. Healthcare includes rural clinics, retail health locations and at-home services. The diversity and range of opportunity has made healthcare administrators essential for organizing and managing facilities effectively across this wide spectrum.
The healthcare industry is constantly changing. New laws and regulatory requirements require healthcare administrators to adapt policy and procedure without compromising patient care.
Real-time coursework structured by an Advisory Council of industry professionals ensures you learn health administration protocol. Made up of leaders in their fields, the Advisory Council meets periodically to review industry needs and trends, providing valuable insights that help keep our health programs relevant. The Bachelor of Science in Health Administration also prepares you with adaptable leaderships skills to manage change as the industry changes.
University of Phoenix has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), hlcommission.org, since 1978.
A Bachelor of Science in Health Administration degree can prepare you for administrative roles in various industries related to healthcare. This includes pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, hospitals, clinics and doctor’s and dental offices.
The job potential with your Bachelor of Science in Health Administration includes Medical and Health Services Managers – a role experiencing a 32% growth, much faster than average.
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A Bachelor of Science in Health Administration prepares you for careers such as medical and health service managers, which have an estimated salary range of $79-143k. Salary ranges for medical and health services managers reflect the 25th-75th percentile for the occupation in Arizona, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The BLS Projected Growth for 2021-2031 is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS’ projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to University of Phoenix students or graduates.
A BHSA degree prepares you for managing or directing at medical facilities to improve overall efficiency. The demand for healthcare administrators is high. The BLS projects 32% job growth through 2029. According to BLS, the median annual wage for medical and health services managers is $104,000 as of May 2020.
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A BHSA degree takes approximately 4 years to complete. However, you may be able to complete your degree sooner if you transfer credits from another institution or earn credits for your work or life experience.
While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.