Most of these state pages end up arguing for the cheaper option. Oregon is the
exception. Among the 5 healthcare administration programs in Oregon
the private tier costs about 4.7 times the public one, which is the widest
gap on this site, and it graduates 20 points more of its students.
The premium here does something.
4.7x
Private tuition multiple
+20 pts
Completion it buys
$141,690
State median pay
6th
Pay rank of 51
The One State Where Paying More Clearly Buys Something
Across twenty-odd state pages this site keeps finding the same thing: private
programs cost several times more and deliver either nothing extra on
completion or a handful of points. Michigan's sectors sit a point apart. Tennessee
charges roughly three times for five points. Virginia's cheap private tier
finishes eighteen points fewer.
Oregon runs the other way and does it at scale. The 2 private
programs average $47,818 a year against
$10,083 at the 3 public ones, and they
graduate 70% against 50%. Over four years the extra
cost is about $150,940, against a state median of
$141,690.
Two things keep that honest. Five programs is a small field, so one strong
private institution and one weak public one move both averages a long way, and
the individual rows below matter more than the sector figures. And completion
is an institutional statistic covering all first-time students, which tends to
flatter selective residential colleges and penalise open-admission ones for
reasons that have little to do with teaching. The gap is large enough to
survive both caveats, but it should be read as a reason to look closely rather
than as a rule.
All 5 Healthcare Administration Programs in Oregon, Ranked
All 5 ranked healthcare administration bachelor programs in Oregon, with tuition, graduation rate and score
#
School
Type
Delivery
In-state tuition
Graduation rate
Master’s on site
Admission rate
Degrees awarded
Score
1
Oregon Institute of Technology
Public
Fully online
$10,964
54%
95%
12
63.6
2
George Fox
Private nonprofit
Fully online
$40,600
72%
94%
7
59.9
3
Portland State
Public
On campus
$9,114
53%
CAHME-accredited
91%
2
54.5
4
Southern Oregon
Public
On campus
$10,170
43%
89%
13
50.4
5
Pacific
Private nonprofit
On campus
$55,036
67%
90%
4
43.1
The best completion record belongs to George Fox University, which finishes 72% of the students it enrolls against 54% 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. Ranked order and price order do not agree here. Oregon Institute of Technology holds the top place, while the cheapest way into the field in Oregon is Portland State University at $9,114 a year, $1,850 under the top-ranked program, and it still places 3rd of 5. 2 of the 5 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.
Oregon Tech’s Healthcare Management BS has an Administration option that includes a Medical Sociology minor and a senior capstone or internship.
The Administration option builds on common management coursework to examine healthcare systems, policy, and organizational challenges. It is offered in Klamath Falls, Oregon, at Portland-Metro, and online. Students finish with a capstone project or an internship during the senior year.
The Clinical option has a different entry route: it serves allied health professionals with a current state or national registry credential or an approved allied health certification. Students in that option also complete a senior capstone or internship.
George Fox’s online Healthcare Administration degree offers a 90-semester-credit route with a 36-credit major and a strategy capstone.
The published plan divides the 90 credits among 36 in the major, 36 in general education, and 18 in electives or approved life-experience credit. The university also offers 120-credit online degree routes. Students study healthcare finance, ethics, law, informatics, population health, and leadership.
The Strategic Management and Marketing capstone uses team projects to examine markets, organizational goals, and stakeholders. A supervised field experience course is available, but the program expressly makes it optional for Healthcare Administration majors.
Portland State’s Health Services Administration concentration combines public health study with a mentored community internship.
Students can pursue a BA or BS through the joint OHSU–PSU School of Public Health. The concentration focuses on the policy, organization, administration, and financing of healthcare systems. Applied learning activities and guest speakers bring current healthcare questions into the coursework, while the internship connects students with a community setting.
The program page lists in-person delivery for both degrees. Some courses are available online, subject to availability, so students should plan for campus attendance.
Southern Oregon’s Healthcare Administration BA/BS offers concentrations in aging, data analytics, personnel management, or population and community health.
The 2024–25 requirements combine an interdisciplinary core with a selected concentration. Core study spans healthcare economics, project management, health communication, data analysis, ethics, psychology, and the social context of care. The plan includes two Healthcare Administration Practicum courses and a capstone.
Students must earn at least a C− in the required core and concentration courses and hold a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 for the degree under that catalog.
Pacific’s 2014–15 Bachelor of Health Science completion program paired an applied organizational capstone with at least 120 internship hours.
The historical program served healthcare employees with an associate degree or equivalent study and at least two years of paid healthcare experience. Its three-semester sequence used online classes and web conferences, with two-day meetings on the campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, at the beginning and end of the program.
Students developed a project for an actual healthcare organization and submitted a paper and oral presentation. Coursework covered healthcare finance, policy, operations, quality improvement, and organizational management. The catalog required at least 120 semester credits overall, including transferred work.
Well paid and thin. Oregon sits in the top ten on median pay while running one
of the smaller workforces, which means the wage supports an expensive degree
better than most states but the number of local posts to apply for is limited.
Wage figures for medical and health services managers in this state
Median
$141,690
Above national median
$17,830
Pay rank
6th of 51
Employed
5,550
Workforce rank
31st of 51
25th percentile
$115,620
75th percentile
$184,780
90th percentile
$295,630
National median
$123,860
BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-9111.
How We Scored Oregon'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 Oregon Healthcare Administration Rankings
Program counts, graduation rates, tuition, admission rates and degrees awarded:
IPEDS,
US Department of Education, CIP 51.0701 and 51.0702 at award level 5.
Wages:
BLS OEWS,
May 2025, SOC 11-9111 (Medical and Health Services Managers). A wage survey covering the whole occupation at
every education level, carrying no employment projections
.
Accreditation:
CAHME accredits master's programs only and does not accredit any bachelor's degree.
AUPHA certifies undergraduate programs instead. Where a school states that certification
on its own page it is reported on the program rather than scored.
Degree titles, delivery format and certification: each school's own program page.
Questions About Healthcare Administration Degrees in Oregon
Is the expensive option worth it in Oregon?
Oregon is one of the strongest cases for it on this site. Private programs here average $47,818 a year against $10,083 public, about 4.7 times, and they graduate 70% of their students against 50%, a margin of 20 points. That is a far better return on the premium than Tennessee, where roughly three times the price buys five points.
What do healthcare administrators earn in Oregon?
Oregon comes 6th of 51 on pay, at $141,690 against $123,860 nationally. The top tenth clear $295,630. The workforce is small at 5,550, the 31st largest, so this is a well-paid but thin market.
How many healthcare administration programs are in Oregon?
5 bachelor's programs at 5 institutions, 3 public and 2 private, of which 2 can be finished fully online. Oregon holds 1 CAHME-accredited master's program.
What is the cheapest healthcare administration degree in Oregon?
Portland State University at $9,114 a year in state. The dearest is Pacific University at $55,036, a spread of $45,922 within one small state.
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