There are more healthcare administration programs in Pennsylvania than in any
other state: 24 bachelor's degrees at 24 institutions, more than anywhere else in the country. That abundance is the
reason to read a ranking rather than a list. The programs here range from
$7,716 to $60,920 a year and from 18% to
97% of students finishing, which is a wider
spread than most states can produce.
1 Health Care Administration and Management, B.S.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Fully online
Slippery Rock, PA
$7,716 in-state tuition66% graduation rate71% admit rate73.2 score
Slippery Rock pairs eight non-clinical concentrations with accelerated 3+3 and 3+2 pathways that move an administration major directly into SRU's own occupational therapy, physical therapy, or physician assistant graduate programs a year early.
The HCAM major splits into eight concentrations for students who do not want a clinical role: Financial Management, Information Systems, Leadership, Legal Environment, Long-Term Care, Marketing and Sales, Medical Device Sales, and Quality and Risk Management. All of them sit on the same core, which covers healthcare financing, the legal and regulatory environment, organizational dynamics, quality and continuous improvement, leadership, and business analytics. The Leadership concentration is the version offered as an online degree completion program, layering communication and business analytics coursework onto that same finance and organizational foundation.
A second track runs alongside the non-clinical concentrations. Leadership students can follow pre-Occupational Therapy, pre-Physical Therapy, or pre-Physician Assistant pathways, each in an accelerated and a traditional version. On the 3+3 OT route, students finish the major coursework and prerequisites in three years, apply to SRU's Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at the end of the second year, then count the first doctoral year toward the remaining bachelor's requirements. The physician assistant equivalent is a 3+2. Internship sites the department lists include UPMC, Highmark Health, Cleveland Clinic, Allegheny Health Network, Stryker, and Presbyterian SeniorCare Network.
- Eight non-clinical concentrations in the HCAM major
- 3+3 and 3+2 accelerated pathways to OT, PT and PA
- Leadership concentration as online degree completion
- Internships at UPMC, Highmark Health, Cleveland Clinic
View Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania's Health Care Administration and Management, B.S.
2 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management
Central Penn
Fully online
Summerdale, PA
$18,324 in-state tuition51% graduation rate18% admit rate71.2 score
The degree is built as the top half of a 2+2 pathway, meant for students who already hold a clinical associate degree in something like surgical technology, paramedicine or physical therapist assisting and now want the business half on top.
The coursework splits cleanly between healthcare subjects and general business. On the healthcare side sit Medical Law and Ethics, Health Services Organization and Management, Healthcare Policies & Politics, Health Economics and Financing Strategies, Healthcare Quality Management, Hospital and Health Services Administration, Healthcare Leadership, and The Interprofessional Healthcare Team. The business half covers Principles of Management, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Project Management, Microeconomics, Principles of Marketing and Business Communications. A CE Capstone Course closes out the bachelor's. Terms run 11 weeks, and Central Penn states that Healthcare Management courses are offered exclusively online, with no on-campus track in Summerdale, Pennsylvania.
Central Penn built the program around transfer students rather than first-year students. Its 2+2 pathway feeds graduates of the college's own clinical associate degrees, Medical Assisting, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapist Assistant and Surgical Technology, into the bachelor's, which adds about another year and a half. Applicants arriving with associate degrees from elsewhere in respiratory therapy, paramedicine, nursing, LPN, radiologic technology, dental hygiene, cardiovascular technology or medical information technology are also targeted. Credit for prior healthcare work experience is available through the college's lifelong learning program alongside its transfer credit policy.
- Courses offered exclusively online
- Accelerated 11-week terms
- 2+2 pathway from clinical associate degrees
- Credit for prior learning and transfer credit
View Central Penn's Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management
3 Health Policy and Administration, B.S.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
On campus
University Park, PA
$20,066 in-state tuition86% graduation rate61% admit rate68.1 score
Every Health Policy and Administration student at University Park, Pennsylvania, completes an internship in a healthcare-related setting, and the department sits in the College of Health and Human Development rather than in a business school.
Penn State states the mission of the B.S. in Health Policy and Administration as developing graduates with the knowledge, skills and values to work in entry-level management or policy positions, or to continue into graduate education in health policy, health law and related fields. Naming policy alongside management is deliberate: the department is Health Policy and Administration, and the degree treats the two as one subject.
The required internship is the practical half of that. Penn State describes it as giving students experience and contacts in the industry, and it applies to all students on the major rather than to those who seek it out.
- Internship required of every student
- Department of Health Policy and Administration
- Policy and management taught as one subject
- Routes on to health policy and health law study
View Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus's Health Policy and Administration, B.S.
4 BS in Healthcare Management
Lancaster Bible
Fully online
Lancaster, PA
$29,990 in-state tuition67% graduation rate56% admit rate67.5 score
Lancaster Bible College's 2019 Healthcare Management BS plan combines biblical studies with three experiential-learning courses and two senior practicums.
The published Fall 2019 curriculum places healthcare management alongside Bible and theology courses throughout the four-year plan. Students study medical terminology, nutrition, anatomy and physiology, accounting, healthcare policy and economics, and legal and ethical issues.
Three one-credit experiential-learning courses precede the senior sequence. That sequence includes two healthcare management practicums, community health, evidence-based research analysis and a comprehensive portfolio. These details describe the college's historical BS curriculum.
- Fall 2019 curriculum
- Three experiential-learning courses
- Two senior practicums
View Lancaster Bible's BS in Healthcare Management
5 Undergraduate Health Care Management and Policy concentration
University of Pennsylvania
On campus
Philadelphia, PA
$60,920 in-state tuition97% graduation rate5% admit rate65.7 score
Wharton's undergraduate Health Care Management and Policy concentration combines Health Care Systems with three additional credit units in health care subjects.
Students study how health markets operate and how policy and organizational decisions affect care. Elective choices include health care financing, comparative systems, strategy, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and the management of health plans.
This is a concentration for Wharton undergraduates, rather than a separately titled health administration bachelor's degree. Selected M.B.A.-level courses may count as electives when prerequisites are met and seats are available. Half-credit options include health care data analytics and medical technology.
- Wharton undergraduate concentration
- Health Care Systems foundation
- Three elective credit units
- Policy, markets and management
View University of Pennsylvania's Undergraduate Health Care Management and Policy concentration
6 Health Care Management, B.S.
Immaculata
Fully online
Immaculata, PA
$28,130 in-state tuition71% graduation rate86% admit rate65.3 score
Immaculata accepts up to 72 transfer credits toward this 120-credit degree and runs it online in seven-week terms, which makes it a completion path for adults who already hold college credit rather than a start-from-zero bachelor's.
The major runs 54 credits and stays close to the operating side of health care. Required courses include HCM 201 Medical Terminology, HCM 311 Health Care Information Systems, HCM 306 Human Resource Management in Health Care Settings, HCM 340 Legal/Social Aspects of Health Care, and a two-course finance sequence in HCM 314 Financial Accounting in Health Care Systems and HCM 315 Financial Reporting in Health Care Systems. The degree closes with a three-course capstone: ORBH 315 Capstone Proposal Design, ORBH 325 Research and Analysis Using Statistics, and ORBH 395 Capstone Synthesis and Presentation.
The rest of the 120 credits come from a 36-credit liberal arts core and 30 credits of electives, with 18 core credits satisfied inside the major itself. The core carries the university's IHM tradition: six credits of theology, six of philosophy, and PHI 384 Organizational Ethics, which counts in both places. Immaculata lists the audience as traditional undergraduates or adult learners arriving with transferable college credit, accepts up to 72 of those credits, and awards credit for workplace training through its Credit for Prior Learning program. Completion runs two to four years depending on how much transfers in.
- Up to 72 transfer credits accepted
- Online in seven-week accelerated terms
- 54-credit major within 120 total credits
- Three-course capstone research sequence
View Immaculata's Health Care Management, B.S.
7 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
Elizabethtown
Fully online
Elizabethtown, PA
$37,250 in-state tuition76% graduation rate78% admit rate65.1 score
This is a business-school program rather than a health-administration one: the page names the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs as its accreditor, and the degree runs 125 credits, five above the usual bachelor's total.
Elizabethtown runs this degree through its School of Graduate and Professional Studies, the adult and online division, and the page states accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs along with institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The degree takes 125 credit hours. Transfer students should read the residency rule closely: at least 30 of the final 60 credits must come from Elizabethtown, at least 15 of those must be in the major, and nine must be 300-400 level healthcare administration courses.
The stated program outcomes point at where the coursework sits: applying healthcare industry regulations and laws to professional practice, managing human and technological resources, using technology to inform decisions that support quality care, and making ethical and legally sound choices. Delivery is fully online. Admission is open to applicants with a high school diploma or GED and asks for official transcripts, a current resume, and a double-spaced essay covering how you plan to fit school into your life and what barriers you foresee. Elizabethtown lists an associate degree and a graduate certificate in the same field, so the bachelor's sits in the middle of a stack at one school.
- 125 credit hours to complete
- Accredited by ACBSP
- 30 of last 60 credits must be from Etown
- Digital Credly badge at completion
View Elizabethtown's Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
8 BS in Healthcare Leadership & Administration
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Fully online
Williamsport, PA
$15,450 in-state tuition53% graduation rate60.8 score
Penn College's online Healthcare Leadership & Administration BS builds on a healthcare associate degree or a qualifying current U.S. health credential.
The program uses asynchronous classes and requires no campus visits. Students can enroll part time or full time, with summer courses available. Applicants using an associate degree need at least 30 credits of discipline-specific healthcare coursework; the credential route requires qualifying training and a current credential.
The college evaluates prior healthcare education and credentials for professional credit. At least 36 bachelor's credits must be completed at Penn College, including 24 at the 300 level or above. Eligible students still completing a healthcare associate degree may pursue concurrent enrollment.
- Asynchronous online classes
- Healthcare degree or credential entry
- Concurrent-enrollment option
View Pennsylvania College of Technology's BS in Healthcare Leadership & Administration
9 Healthcare Administration (Bachelor of Science)
Mount Aloysius
Fully online
Cresson, PA
$27,127 in-state tuition57% graduation rate82% admit rate60.7 score
Students who finish one of Mount Aloysius's two-year health sciences associate degrees can stack it into this bachelor's and take the remaining coursework entirely online, while students entering as freshmen study the same major in person over four years.
Mount Aloysius builds this degree around two entry points. Students who finish an associate degree in one of the college's two-year health sciences programs can complete the bachelor's online; students entering as freshmen take the four-year bachelor's pathway in person. The college also lists optional pre-occupational therapy pathways through its university partners, which is an unusual option to find inside a management major. The department encourages pairing the major with a minor, naming business, expressive arts therapy, and American Sign Language among the choices that round out a healthcare administration degree.
Coursework covers the organizational structure of healthcare delivery, healthcare management, healthcare regulations, and healthcare law, with general leadership running through the sequence. Stated program outcomes add healthcare supervision, financial management, human resource management, marketing, information technology, and strategic analysis and planning, so the degree leans toward the business side of hospital and clinic operations rather than patient care. Internships are part of the program, and the college lists student placements at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber, Mount Nittany, Laurel View Village, and the Department of Veterans Affairs in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- Associate-to-bachelor's online completion pathway
- In-person four-year track or fully online
- Optional pre-occupational therapy pathway
- Internships at regional hospitals and care sites
View Mount Aloysius's Healthcare Administration (Bachelor of Science)
10 Healthcare Administration, B.S.
York College of Pennsylvania
On campus
York, PA
$23,000 in-state tuition64% graduation rate74% admit rate56.3 score
York College attaches three 4+1 accelerated pathways to this major, so a Healthcare Administration student can continue straight into a master's such as the MA in Strategic Leadership and Management or the Master of Public Policy and Administration in a fifth year.
The degree sits inside York College's Dr. Donald E. and Lois J. Myers School of Nursing and Health Professions and splits its required work between healthcare principles and business fundamentals. Listed core courses include Public Healthcare Administration (BHA 310), Healthcare Insurance Reimbursement (BHA 400), Administration of Healthcare Systems (BHA 415), Health Law and Policy (PS 357) and Bioethics (PHL 346), each worth three credits. Required coursework covers healthcare policy, financial management and organizational leadership, and students work on facility management, staffing, budgeting, inter-organizational relations and quality of care rather than clinical practice.
Beyond the core, the curriculum keeps a block of free electives that York College points toward a minor, naming accounting, aging studies, business analytics, communication, human resources management and management as fits for the major. Project-based coursework builds to a senior capstone where students apply evidence-based management practices, fiscally sound operations and patient satisfaction research to real scenarios, and majors can add an internship through the college's partnerships with local healthcare organizations. General education runs through the Gen Next requirements. Admission is rolling year round, and the program runs four years on campus.
- Three 4+1 pathways to a master's in five years
- Internship with local healthcare organizations
- Senior capstone in evidence-based management
- Free electives sized to carry a minor
View York College of Pennsylvania's Healthcare Administration, B.S.
11 Bachelor of Science in Health Policy and Administration
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
Fully online
University Park, PA
$15,356 in-state tuition34% graduation rate91% admit rate54.6 score
Every student completes HPA 395, a 320-hour administrative internship at a health care organization or government agency in their own community, which the department treats as a 12-credit-hour workload even though the course itself carries 3 credits.
The degree runs 120 credits and is built on a 39-credit prescribed core: HPA 101 Introduction to Health Services Organization, HPA 210 Health Care Payment, HPA 211 Financial Decisions in Health Care Organizations, HPA 301W Health Services Policy Issues, HPA 311 Population Health and Health Care, HPA 332 Health Systems Management, and HPA 455 Strategic Planning and Marketing, plus ECON 102 and PLSC 1. Seven more credits cover STAT 200 and a computing or information systems course. Nine credits come from upper-level HPA electives including Long-Term Care Management, Principles of Epidemiology and Health Care Quality, and 30 supporting credits must include at least nine at the 400 level.
HPA 395, the field experience, requires a minimum of 320 hours with a health service organization or government agency, run full time or part time across one or two consecutive semesters, in person or virtually, and built around a work plan, a weekly activity log, a presentation and a post-internship evaluation. The Department of Health Policy and Administration is a full member of AUPHA. Students who finish 60 credits with a 3.4 GPA and complete the internship can apply to the integrated BS/MHA; the BS/MPH route asks for a 3.25 overall GPA and 3.0 in HPA courses. At least 36 credits must be earned at Penn State.
- Required 320-hour administrative internship
- 120 credits with a 39-credit prescribed HPA core
- Integrated BS/MHA and BS/MPH accelerated tracks
- HPA department is a full AUPHA member
View Pennsylvania State University-World Campus's Bachelor of Science in Health Policy and Administration
12 Health Care Administration
Misericordia
On campus
Dallas, PA
$38,400 in-state tuition72% graduation rate71% admit rate54.2 score
Misericordia runs a Pre-DPT specialization of the healthcare administration major that layers chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and physics onto the business core and moves students into the university's entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy in their final spring.
The standard B.S. runs 121 credits, split between a business core and a healthcare sequence. Students take Principles of Accounting, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Principles of Management, Business Statistics, Management of Human Capital, Business Financial Management, and a senior Seminar in Business Policies alongside Introduction to Health Systems, Health Care Law, Health Care Reimbursement and Finance, Health Care Strategic Management, Health Care Marketing, and Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion in Global Healthcare. One HCM elective slot holds Population Health, Emergency Management for Healthcare Institutions, Medical Practice and Facilities Management, Healthcare Entrepreneurship, or a three-credit Business Administration Internship.
The Pre-DPT specialization runs 129 credits and replaces the free electives with General Chemistry, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology I and II, and Physics I and II, plus three summer terms; it also requires 50 observation hours across at least two facilities. A 4+1 option lets rising seniors with a 3.0 GPA take up to 12 MBA credits before graduating, with no GMAT or GRE. Admission is test-blind through the 2027-2028 entering class, and transfer applicants typically arrive with 15 college credits and a 2.0 GPA. The College of Business holds IACBE specialized accreditation.
- 121-credit major, 129 with the Pre-DPT track
- Internship is an elective option, not required
- 4+1 MBA option with no GMAT or GRE
- IACBE-accredited College of Business
View Misericordia's Health Care Administration
13 BS in Healthcare Management and Supervision
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
On campus
Johnstown, PA
$13,660 in-state tuition56% graduation rate95% admit rate53.4 score
Pitt-Johnstown's Healthcare Management and Supervision BS builds on prior healthcare training and includes a three-credit healthcare internship.
This completion program is designed for graduates of healthcare associate-degree or eligible hospital-based professional programs. The university evaluates their prior professional curriculum and can award up to 48 technical credits. Students receiving fewer technical credits complete additional coursework with an adviser.
Required courses cover management, human resources, organizational behavior, information systems and legal aspects of healthcare. The major also includes nursing informatics, statistics and a healthcare internship. General education adds writing, speaking, quantitative reasoning and courses across the university's Worlds of Knowledge.
- Healthcare degree-completion route
- Up to 48 evaluated technical credits
- Three-credit internship
View University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's BS in Healthcare Management and Supervision
14 BSBA in Healthcare Management
Waynesburg
On campus
Waynesburg, PA
$28,960 in-state tuition66% graduation rate90% admit rate52.4 score
Waynesburg's 2023–24 Healthcare Management BSBA curriculum includes both a business internship and a capstone experience.
The catalog lists a 57-credit major combining business foundations with healthcare coursework. Accounting, analytics, finance, management, marketing and business law support the specialized sequence. Students also study leadership, stewardship and ethics.
Healthcare requirements include medical terminology, human resources, organizational behavior, healthcare ethics and evidence-based practice. A course in health policy, finance and regulation connects these topics with the operating environment. The plan requires a three-credit business internship and a separate capstone. These are the published 2023–24 degree requirements.
- 2023–24 BSBA curriculum
- 57-credit major
- Internship and separate capstone
View Waynesburg's BSBA in Healthcare Management
15 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
DeSales
On campus
Center Valley, PA
$45,000 in-state tuition72% graduation rate77% admit rate50.8 score
What separates this one is the Data Analytics track, which builds Tableau, SAS and Microsoft Azure work into a healthcare administration major that otherwise sits inside the business school.
The degree runs 120 credits over four years, taught in class during the day with a fall start and rolling admission. It sits in the Waterbury Reilly School of Business, whose programs carry ACBSP accreditation, so the major pairs a business core in accounting, finance and management with healthcare courses: Foundations of Healthcare Systems, Healthcare Strategic Management and Marketing, Legal Aspects of Healthcare, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Management, Ethics in Healthcare, and Healthcare Policy Formulation. Every major must also complete an experiential capstone built around a team service project.
Two structured options sit on top of the major. The Data Analytics track adds Tableau, SAS and Microsoft Azure through courses including Databases and Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis and Predictive Modeling, and Corporate Financial Analytics. The BS to MBA pathway lets students finish both degrees in five years, taking MBA courses such as Fiscal Issues in Health Systems Management, Population Health, and Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Policy. Internships have gone to St. Luke's University Health Network, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Pfizer and B. Braun. The program is a member of the AUPHA global network, and admission is test optional with no application fee.
- 120 credits, in class day format, fall start
- Required experiential capstone service project
- Data Analytics track with Tableau, SAS and Azure
- Accelerated BS to MBA completed in five years
View DeSales's Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
16 Health Administration, BS
University of Scranton
On campus CAHME master's on campus
Scranton, PA
$53,208 in-state tuition80% graduation rate81% admit rate50.3 score
A long-term care administration concentration adds 12 credits of gerontology and a 1,000 hour internship, and meets the education requirements to sit for Pennsylvania's nursing home administrator licensure exam.
The major pairs health administration coursework with business administration, and every student picks up a business administration minor as part of the degree. Applied work is required rather than optional: a three-credit, 120 hour internship, a second three-credit internship taken as an elective, and an 80 hour community based learning requirement, with service learning built into the health administration courses themselves. Graduation requires a 2.5 GPA across all major courses and a C or better in every cognate course. The program is a full undergraduate member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.
Scranton also runs a long-term care administration track aimed at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult day care. It sequences 40 credits of health administration, 21 of business and 12 of gerontology, plus a 1,000 hour internship, which pushes the degree to 134 credits and satisfies the education requirements of the Pennsylvania State Board of Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators. Qualified students can also move into a five-year combined BS/MHA. A student association affiliated with the American College of Healthcare Executives runs alongside the coursework, and an 18 credit health administration minor is open to other majors.
- Required 120-hour internship plus 80 hours of CBL
- Long-term care track adds a 1,000-hour internship
- Business administration minor built into the degree
- Full undergraduate member of AUPHA
View University of Scranton's Health Administration, BS
17 Health Services Administration BS
Drexel
On campus
Philadelphia, PA
$60,042 in-state tuition78% graduation rate79% admit rate47.3 score
Drexel builds the curriculum against the competency areas set out by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, and the program is an Associate Bachelor's Program Member of AUPHA.
The B.S. in Health Administration is taught through Drexel LeBow and is aimed explicitly at the non-clinical side of the healthcare industry. Beyond foundational courses in business, computing, English, mathematics and the natural sciences, the degree carries a required core in health administration itself.
Two features are worth weighing together. The curriculum follows an external competency framework rather than one written in-house, which makes the content auditable against a published standard. And the degree is offered both on campus and online, so the same program is available to someone who cannot move to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- AUPHA Associate Bachelor's Program Member
- Curriculum mapped to NCHL competency areas
- On-campus and online options
- Non-clinical focus by design
The school states this program holds AUPHA certification. AUPHA certifies
undergraduate programs in health administration, which is a different thing from
the CAHME accreditation that applies to master's degrees.
View Drexel's Health Services Administration BS
18 BS in Healthcare Management
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
On campus
Greensburg, PA
$13,660 in-state tuition40% graduation rate95% admit rate47 score
Pitt-Greensburg's Fall 2025 Healthcare Management BS plan has a 48-credit major culminating in a senior project or internship course.
The major combines financial and managerial accounting, management science, human resources and information systems with healthcare-specific courses. Students examine healthcare process design, policy, law, ethics, managed care and financial management.
Twelve credits of approved electives provide room for additional study. After earning 90 credits and completing the core, students take the three-credit Senior Project/Internship for Healthcare Management capstone. Supporting general education includes business calculus, economics, statistics, business writing and organizational psychology.
- Fall 2025 BS requirements
- 48-credit major
- Senior project/internship capstone
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19 Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Administration
Arcadia
On campus
Glenside, PA
$48,760 in-state tuition67% graduation rate80% admit rate46.9 score
Arcadia builds the major so students can complete the science prerequisites for Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, or Public Health graduate admission while finishing the business core, without switching majors or adding semesters.
The degree is housed in Arcadia's School of Global Business, and the coursework reflects that placement: finance, marketing, management, and human resources paired with healthcare policy, regulation, reimbursement, and quality improvement. Introduction to Health Services opens the sequence, covering cost, quality, and access across hospitals, outpatient clinics, and long-term care organizations. Healthcare Planning and Policy takes up the historical foundations of policy development and examines current issues both nationally and internationally. Students customize from there with one of three business concentrations, Economics, Management, or Finance, or with a minor, and study abroad is available as an option.
Two experiences are required rather than elective. Internship in Health Administration puts students through 100 or more hours in a professional healthcare setting, applying classroom concepts and completing at least one significant project for the host organization. Sites the university names include Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Jefferson Health, and Acts Retirement Communities. Seminar in Health Administration is the capstone, where teams write a business plan for a local healthcare organization and are asked to view it from a whole-management standpoint. Arcadia says roughly 80 percent of its majors arrived planning a clinical career, which explains the built-in science prerequisite path.
- Required 100+ hour healthcare internship
- Team capstone business plan for a local provider
- Concentrations in Economics, Management, or Finance
- Science prerequisites for PT, PA, or MPH admission
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20 BS in Health Care Management
Mercyhurst
On campus
Erie, PA
$42,840 in-state tuition60% graduation rate81% admit rate46.2 score
Mercyhurst's 2020–21 Health Care Management BS catalog describes a 2+2 completion program for students with allied-health education.
The historical program was designed to extend prior clinical or allied-health study into supervision, management and employee education. Its learning outcomes emphasized communication with healthcare professionals, ethical practice and analysis of business problems.
The required core included financial accounting, business law, microeconomics, management and a healthcare management capstone. The catalog described transfer of prior associate-degree coursework into the bachelor's plan. These details reflect the 2020–21 curriculum.
- 2020–21 catalog profile
- 2+2 completion structure
- Healthcare management capstone
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21 BS in Business Management: Healthcare Management
Chestnut Hill
On campus
Philadelphia, PA
$39,200 in-state tuition49% graduation rate74% admit rate44.2 score
Chestnut Hill's adult Business Management BS offers a Healthcare Management concentration that connects business study with health psychology and healthcare systems.
The accelerated adult program combines liberal arts requirements with business courses in accounting, finance, economics, law, human resources and marketing. The business sequence also includes operations or strategic management and a senior seminar.
The healthcare concentration adds healthcare management, the American healthcare system, health psychology and a choice addressing cultural competence or diversity. Adults may enter with previous college credits or begin without them. The college also provides portfolio assessment and other established ways to evaluate prior learning for credit.
- Adult bachelor's program
- Healthcare Management concentration
- Prior-learning assessment options
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22 Health Policy and Administration, B.S.
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton
On campus
Hazleton, PA
$14,624 in-state tuition26% graduation rate96% admit rate40.9 score
Students who complete the major at Beaver can continue into Penn State's integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or B.S. to M.P.H. pathways, and the bulletin states the undergraduate program is a fully certified member of AUPHA.
The suggested Beaver plan runs 124 to 125 credits against Penn State's 120-credit baccalaureate minimum, with 84 to 86 credits sitting inside the major itself. Thirteen prescribed courses anchor the sequence, among them HPA 101 Introduction to Health Services Organization, HPA 200 An Introduction to Data in the Health Care System, HPA 210 Health Care Payment, HPA 211 Financial Decisions in Health Care Organizations, HPA 332 Health Systems Management and HPA 455 Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Services, plus ECON 102 and PLSC 1. Every prescribed course requires a C or better. A statistics course and a computing course such as MIS 204 are also required.
Instead of named concentrations, the degree stacks 9 credits of 400-level HPA electives on 30 credits of adviser-approved supporting coursework, at least 9 of it at the 400 level. Elective options include Long-Term Care Management, Nursing Home Administration, Health Economics, Principles of Epidemiology and Health Care Quality, and the supporting block can be steered toward a minor or toward graduate school prerequisites. All HPA students complete HPA 395 Field Experience in a health-care-related setting; the Beaver plan places it in the fourth year and recommends 6 credits. Entrance to the major requires a 2.00 cumulative GPA and third-semester classification.
- AUPHA fully certified member program
- Required HPA 395 field experience internship
- Integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or M.P.H. pathways
- 124-125 credit suggested plan at Beaver
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver
On campus
Monaca, PA
$13,824 in-state tuition22% graduation rate96% admit rate39.6 score
Students who complete the major at Beaver can continue into Penn State's integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or B.S. to M.P.H. pathways, and the bulletin states the undergraduate program is a fully certified member of AUPHA.
The suggested Beaver plan runs 124 to 125 credits against Penn State's 120-credit baccalaureate minimum, with 84 to 86 credits sitting inside the major itself. Thirteen prescribed courses anchor the sequence, among them HPA 101 Introduction to Health Services Organization, HPA 200 An Introduction to Data in the Health Care System, HPA 210 Health Care Payment, HPA 211 Financial Decisions in Health Care Organizations, HPA 332 Health Systems Management and HPA 455 Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Services, plus ECON 102 and PLSC 1. Every prescribed course requires a C or better. A statistics course and a computing course such as MIS 204 are also required.
Instead of named concentrations, the degree stacks 9 credits of 400-level HPA electives on 30 credits of adviser-approved supporting coursework, at least 9 of it at the 400 level. Elective options include Long-Term Care Management, Nursing Home Administration, Health Economics, Principles of Epidemiology and Health Care Quality, and the supporting block can be steered toward a minor or toward graduate school prerequisites. All HPA students complete HPA 395 Field Experience in a health-care-related setting; the Beaver plan places it in the fourth year and recommends 6 credits. Entrance to the major requires a 2.00 cumulative GPA and third-semester classification.
- AUPHA fully certified member program
- Required HPA 395 field experience internship
- Integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or M.P.H. pathways
- 124-125 credit suggested plan at Beaver
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley
On campus
Center Valley, PA
$14,624 in-state tuition18% graduation rate97% admit rate37.5 score
Students who complete the major at Beaver can continue into Penn State's integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or B.S. to M.P.H. pathways, and the bulletin states the undergraduate program is a fully certified member of AUPHA.
The suggested Beaver plan runs 124 to 125 credits against Penn State's 120-credit baccalaureate minimum, with 84 to 86 credits sitting inside the major itself. Thirteen prescribed courses anchor the sequence, among them HPA 101 Introduction to Health Services Organization, HPA 200 An Introduction to Data in the Health Care System, HPA 210 Health Care Payment, HPA 211 Financial Decisions in Health Care Organizations, HPA 332 Health Systems Management and HPA 455 Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Services, plus ECON 102 and PLSC 1. Every prescribed course requires a C or better. A statistics course and a computing course such as MIS 204 are also required.
Instead of named concentrations, the degree stacks 9 credits of 400-level HPA electives on 30 credits of adviser-approved supporting coursework, at least 9 of it at the 400 level. Elective options include Long-Term Care Management, Nursing Home Administration, Health Economics, Principles of Epidemiology and Health Care Quality, and the supporting block can be steered toward a minor or toward graduate school prerequisites. All HPA students complete HPA 395 Field Experience in a health-care-related setting; the Beaver plan places it in the fourth year and recommends 6 credits. Entrance to the major requires a 2.00 cumulative GPA and third-semester classification.
- AUPHA fully certified member program
- Required HPA 395 field experience internship
- Integrated B.S. to M.H.A. or M.P.H. pathways
- 124-125 credit suggested plan at Beaver
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