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Best Healthcare Administration Programs in Massachusetts, Ranked (2026)

Edited by Taylor Rupe, B.A. Psychology, University of Washington Seattle · B.S. Computer Science, Oregon State University

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Programs ranked IPEDS

10

at 10 institutions

Median tuition IPEDS

$39,240

in state, per year

Average graduation rate IPEDS

54%

across ranked programs

Median pay BLS

$134,360

10th of 51 jurisdictions

Salem State University charges $910 a year in state. Stonehill College charges $55,750. Both are healthcare administration programs in Massachusetts, both award a bachelor's degree, and they are in the same small state. That $54,840 gap is the first thing to understand about studying this subject here.

$910
Cheapest, a year in state
$55,750
Dearest, a year
10
Programs ranked
$134,360
State median pay

One State, Both Ends of the National Price Range

The useful way to read Massachusetts is as two separate markets that happen to share a border. At one end, Salem State University at $910 a year in state , the lowest in-state price attached to any ranked program in the country. At the other, Stonehill College at $55,750. Four years apart, those two routes differ by roughly $219,360.

This is why the state averages elsewhere on this page should be treated cautiously. 2 public programs averaging $7,904 and 8 private ones averaging $40,299 is a true summary and a misleading picture: no program here costs the average, and the decision facing a reader is not "public or private" but "which of these ten specific prices".

The pay figures make the top of that range defensible in a way they would not be in Alabama or Missouri. Massachusetts sits 10th of 51 on the median and its ninetieth percentile is $296,030, so the ceiling here is among the highest in the country. Whether it justifies $223,000 of tuition is a question about your own finances rather than one the data answers.

All 10 Healthcare Administration Programs in Massachusetts, Ranked

All 10 ranked healthcare administration bachelor programs in Massachusetts, with tuition, graduation rate and score
# School Type Delivery In-state tuition Graduation rate Admission rate Degrees awarded Score
1 Salem State Public Fully online $910 50% 96% 36 65.6
2 Endicott Private nonprofit Fully online $39,750 76% 71% 2 65.3
3 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Public Fully online $14,897 52% 91% 6 61.9
4 MCPHS Private nonprofit Fully online $39,240 62% 85% 10 57.7
5 Springfield Private nonprofit On campus $43,800 74% 72% 2 52.8
6 Stonehill Private nonprofit On campus $55,750 76% 66% 17 50
7 Emmanuel Private nonprofit On campus $48,064 68% 76% 6 48.2
8 Fisher Private nonprofit Fully online $34,489 28% 71% 5 48
9 American International Private nonprofit On campus $43,230 46% 100% 4 37.6
10 Cambridge Private nonprofit On campus $18,072 11% 21 33

The best completion record belongs to Endicott College, which finishes 76% of the students it enrolls against 50% at the top of the list. It places 2nd rather than first because graduation rate carries 40% of the score and tuition, delivery and selectivity carry the rest. The top of this table is also the cheapest entry in it: Salem State University at $910 a year, so nothing at the top of this ranking trades cost against placement. 5 of the 10 run fully online, and the highest placed of them is the program at the top of the table, so the ranked answer and the distance-study answer are the same one here.

1

BS in Healthcare Studies

Salem State

Fully online

Salem, MA

$910 in-state tuition50% graduation rate96% admit rate65.6 score

Salem State’s Healthcare Studies BS offers an online route and combines a healthcare core with a required minor of the student’s choice.

Students can complete the degree entirely online or attend part time through the evening hybrid option. The program emphasizes equity, advocacy, accessibility, and the organization of healthcare. Its core is supported by electives and a required minor chosen from the university’s offerings.

For students interested in healthcare management and administration, the department suggests minors such as management, administration, entrepreneurship, or information technology. Those choices let students pair the healthcare curriculum with focused preparation in business or related areas.

  • Online degree option
  • Required minor
  • Evening hybrid option

View Salem State's BS in Healthcare Studies

2

Healthcare Management (B.S.)

Endicott

Fully online

Beverly, MA

$39,750 in-state tuition76% graduation rate71% admit rate65.3 score

Endicott teaches healthcare management inside its School of Business and deliberately mixes management coursework with public health and healthcare policy rather than keeping them apart.

The B.S. in Healthcare Management is described as interdisciplinary by design, combining traditional management coursework with elements of related fields. The specific content Endicott names is the commercial machinery of the industry: health insurance, health care finance and reimbursement, alongside the trends and challenges currently affecting the sector.

The destinations listed are correspondingly broad, spanning hospital administration, public health, rehabilitation administration, insurance underwriting, medical and health service management, social service management, healthcare analysis and healthcare communications, across both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

  • Taught in the School of Business
  • Health insurance, finance and reimbursement coursework
  • Public health and policy inside a management degree
  • For-profit and non-profit career routes named

View Endicott's Healthcare Management (B.S.)

3

BS in Healthcare Administration

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Fully online

North Dartmouth, MA

$14,897 in-state tuition52% graduation rate91% admit rate61.9 score

UMass Dartmouth’s Healthcare Administration BS includes 39 major-related credits and a capstone, with an online completion option.

The 120-credit degree develops financial, analytical, and management skills for healthcare organizations. Major-related coursework includes health economics, human resource management, and a healthcare services administration capstone. General education and electives, or a second major or minor, complete the degree.

An online completion route serves adults who already have some college credit. Qualified students may also pursue the 4+1 pathway into the MS in Healthcare Management, beginning graduate coursework while completing the bachelor’s degree.

  • 120 credits
  • Healthcare administration capstone
  • Online completion option

View University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth's BS in Healthcare Administration

4

BS in Healthcare Management

MCPHS

Fully online

Boston, MA

$39,240 in-state tuition62% graduation rate85% admit rate57.7 score

MCPHS’s 2025–26 Healthcare Management BS plan includes an internship, a management capstone, and healthcare business coursework.

The catalog describes a 120-credit BS on the campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Courses cover leadership, healthcare finance, accounting, operations, quality improvement, digital care delivery, and supply chain management. The standard plan lists a three- to six-credit internship and a separate three-credit Healthcare Management Capstone.

A degree-completion route in the same catalog serves transfer students with an associate degree in business or a related field. That route has its own transfer evaluation and course requirements.

  • 2025–26 BS curriculum
  • 120-credit degree
  • Internship and capstone

View MCPHS's BS in Healthcare Management

5

BS in Health Care Management

Springfield

On campus

Springfield, MA

$43,800 in-state tuition74% graduation rate72% admit rate52.8 score

Springfield's Health Care Management outcomes emphasize business simulations, ethical decisions and healthcare law.

Springfield's 2020–21 student-achievement report identifies Health Care Management as a Bachelor of Science major. The college's published program outcomes cover accounting, finance, management, marketing and the application of business principles to healthcare.

Students are expected to use simulations and business technology, assess legal and social-responsibility questions, and communicate effectively in writing and presentations. The outcomes also address global business issues and professional identity. These are the college's stated learning goals, rather than a list of required courses.

  • Historical BS major
  • Business simulations
  • Healthcare legal issues

View Springfield's BS in Health Care Management

6

BA in Healthcare Management

Stonehill

On campus

Easton, MA

$55,750 in-state tuition76% graduation rate66% admit rate50 score

Stonehill’s campus-based Healthcare Management BA requires a 400-hour internship and holds AUPHA undergraduate certification.

The major combines business study with a liberal arts foundation. Coursework covers healthcare systems, policy, economics, law, leadership, data analytics, and gerontology, as well as marketing, operations, and supply chain management. Students apply their preparation through a required 400-hour internship for academic credit.

The program’s sample courses include epidemiology, which examines study design and the interpretation of health evidence, and healthcare supply chain management. The BA sits within Stonehill’s Meehan School of Business.

  • 400-hour internship
  • AUPHA certified
  • On-campus BA

View Stonehill's BA in Healthcare Management

7

BA in Management: Health Care Management

Emmanuel

On campus

Boston, MA

$48,064 in-state tuition68% graduation rate76% admit rate48.2 score

Emmanuel’s Health Care Management concentration adds healthcare ethics, economics, and a choice of related courses to the Management BA.

The concentration requires 12 credits beyond the management major’s requirements. Students take healthcare ethics and healthcare economics, then choose from courses in health communication, public and global health, health psychology, healthcare systems, or social justice and global health.

The college recommends completing the management internship in a healthcare setting. Its curriculum connects healthcare laws, regulations, and technology with the business work of managing operations, staff, finances, and marketing.

  • 12-credit concentration
  • Healthcare economics and ethics
  • Management BA

View Emmanuel's BA in Management: Health Care Management

8

BS in Management: Healthcare Management

Fisher

Fully online

Boston, MA

$34,489 in-state tuition28% graduation rate71% admit rate48 score

Fisher’s Healthcare Management concentration is available online or on campus within its BS in Management.

The program includes Healthcare Delivery Systems, Healthcare Law and Government Regulations, and Topics in Healthcare, alongside accounting, finance, human resources, operations, and business strategy. Its 54-credit program-course block includes two program electives. General education adds public health and epidemiology, human biology, statistics, and communication.

Some requirements differ by location: students at the campus in Boston, Massachusetts, take Common Experience and a course preparing them for internships and careers. Online students replace the internship-preparation course with a free elective. The course prepares students for internships; it is not itself a required placement.

  • Online or campus options
  • Healthcare management concentration
  • 54-credit program-course block

View Fisher's BS in Management: Healthcare Management

9

BS in Healthcare Management

American International

On campus

Springfield, MA

$43,230 in-state tuition46% graduation rate100% admit rate37.6 score

AIC's 2018–19 Healthcare Management transfer plan pairs a business internship with a senior policy seminar.

The historical BS curriculum combines accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing with healthcare coursework. Its major requirements include healthcare information management, legal and ethical issues, healthcare economics and finance, human resources, leadership and project management.

The published Holyoke Community College pathway lists 64 credits earned at HCC and 56 remaining at AIC. A three-credit business internship and a three-credit senior policy seminar appear in that plan.

  • 2018–19 transfer plan
  • Business internship
  • Senior policy seminar

View American International's BS in Healthcare Management

10

BS in Healthcare Management

Cambridge

On campus

Boston, MA

$18,072 in-state tuition11% graduation rate33 score

Cambridge College's 2023–24 Healthcare Management BS plan in Boston, Massachusetts, combines a 42-credit major with a Strategic Management capstone.

The historical program in Boston, Massachusetts, requires 120 credits: 42 in general education, 42 in the major and 36 in open electives. Its catalog explicitly identifies CIP 51.0701. Coursework covers comparative healthcare systems, human resources, finance, health insurance and reimbursement, policy and reform.

Students also study information systems, statistics, epidemiology and public health. Strategic Management serves as the capstone. The catalog allows up to 90 accepted transfer credits and says at least half the program may be taken through fully online coursework. These are the published 2023–24 requirements.

  • 2023–24 BS curriculum in Boston, MA
  • 42-credit major
  • Strategic Management capstone

View Cambridge's BS in Healthcare Management

What the Work Pays in Massachusetts

The state's advantage is at the top rather than in the middle. Its median beats the national one by $10,500, but its ninetieth percentile beats the national ninetieth by considerably more, which describes a market with room to climb rather than a uniformly generous one.

Wage figures for medical and health services managers in this state
Median $134,360
Above national median $10,500
Pay rank 10th of 51
Employed 17,600
Workforce rank 8th of 51
25th percentile $104,630
75th percentile $178,540
90th percentile $296,030
National median $123,860

BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-9111.

How We Scored Massachusetts's Healthcare Administration Programs

Graduation rate carries 40% of the score, in-state tuition 25%, delivery flexibility 20% and admission selectivity 15%. Every input is federal IPEDS data or the school's own program page, and a program has to report both a graduation rate and a tuition figure, and still be enrolling new students, to be ranked at all. Weights are never renormalized around a missing factor, because that turns non-disclosure into an advantage. The same model runs on every state page, with no editorial override and no paid placement. The full weighting, and the factors left out deliberately, are in the ranking methodology (version 1.0).

No accreditation factor appears at this level. CAHME accredits healthcare management programs at master's level only, so no bachelor's degree anywhere carries it, and an undergraduate program claiming otherwise is describing something that does not exist. Where a school states AUPHA certification on its own page, that is reported on the program rather than scored.

Sources for These Massachusetts Healthcare Administration Rankings

Questions About Healthcare Administration Degrees in Massachusetts

What is the cheapest healthcare administration degree in Massachusetts?
Salem State University at $910 a year in state, which is the lowest in-state tuition of any ranked healthcare administration program in the country, not just in Massachusetts.
Why is the tuition range so wide in Massachusetts?
Because the state has 2 public programs and 8 private ones, and its private institutions are expensive even by private standards, averaging $40,299 against $7,904 public. The full range runs from $910 to $55,750. An average across those ten programs is not a useful number.
What do healthcare administrators earn in Massachusetts?
$134,360 at the median, $10,500 over the national $123,860 and 10th of 51. The ceiling is unusually high: the top tenth clear $296,030 against $224,340 nationally.
How many healthcare administration programs are in Massachusetts?
10 bachelor's programs at 10 institutions, of which 2 are public. The state also holds 4 CAHME-accredited master's programs.

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