Virginia is among the easiest states in this ranking to study in without moving:
10 of the 12 healthcare administration programs in
Virginia can be finished fully online. It is also the state where a cheap price
tag warns you least, because the private programs here cost close to public rates
and graduate eighteen points fewer of their students.
1 B.S. in Healthcare Management
Regent
Fully online
Virginia Beach, VA
$19,950 in-state tuition57% graduation rate38% admit rate70 score
Regent offers the degree on its own or with a Nursing Home Administration concentration, and teaches it exclusively online from a stated Christian foundation.
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management runs to 120 or more credits and is built around the continuum of care in the US health system and ethical managerial decision-making. Coursework covers healthcare operations, informatics, marketing, accounting and organizational dynamics, and the program gives particular attention to legal questions a manager faces: healthcare legislation, informed consent, corporate liability, medical malpractice and patients' rights.
Delivery is online only, with faculty based at the campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Nursing Home Administration concentration gives students heading toward long-term care a defined route inside the same degree, and the university lists medical services administration, long-term care administration and community health management among the roles it prepares graduates for.
- Nursing Home Administration concentration available
- 120+ credits, delivered exclusively online
- Coursework on malpractice, liability and patients' rights
- Taught from a stated Christian foundation
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2 BS in Health Services Administration
James Madison
On campus
Harrisonburg, VA
$8,150 in-state tuition80% graduation rate72% admit rate68.5 score
JMU’s Health Services Administration BS includes a General Business minor and an approved senior internship.
All students in the major complete the business minor, tying administrative preparation to the operation of healthcare organizations. JMU identifies the undergraduate program as fully certified by AUPHA. Its required HSA 454 internship takes place during the senior year, with the program director helping students identify a setting and approving the placement.
The department lists hospitals, physician practices, managed care organizations, retirement communities, and consulting firms among possible internship settings. Admission to the major is competitive; meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee a place.
- General Business minor
- Required senior internship
- AUPHA certified
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3 Health Services, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Virginia Commonwealth
Fully online CAHME master's on campus
Richmond, VA
$13,200 in-state tuition63% graduation rate93% admit rate66.7 score
The whole degree can be taken face-to-face or entirely online, and a student reaching 84 credits at a 3.0 can enter an accelerated route to a master's in Gerontology that counts up to 12 graduate credits toward both awards.
The Health Services B.S. runs to 120 credits, of which the major core is a fixed 36 across twelve three-credit ALHP courses. Those include Health Care Financing and Budgeting (ALHP 415), Health Care Economics (ALHP 416), Health Care Management and Performance (ALHP 425), Health Care Technology and Innovation (ALHP 340) and Professional and Clinical Ethics (ALHP 410). Four named courses outside the core carry three credits each: ACCT 202 Accounting for Non-business Majors, HCMG 300 Health Care Organization and Services, ECON 210 Principles of Microeconomics and STAT 210 Basic Practice of Statistics.
Beyond that the degree is unusually open: 24 credits of restricted electives and 24 of open electives, which is 48 credits of choice inside a 120-credit degree. The senior year closes with ALHP 435, the culminating experiential requirement. The accelerated Gerontology route opens after 84 undergraduate credits including the accounting, economics and statistics courses, needs a 3.0 overall and a 3.0 across core ALHP courses and restricted electives, and is applied for by the end of the junior spring. It takes a minimum of five years in total.
- 120 credits with a fixed 36-credit ALHP core
- Entire program available face-to-face or online
- 48 credits of restricted and open electives
- Accelerated B.S. to M.S. in Gerontology after 84 credits
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4 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Healthcare Administration
Liberty
Fully online
Lynchburg, VA
$15,297 in-state tuition65% graduation rate99% admit rate65.8 score
Liberty accepts transfer credit for up to 75 percent of the 120-credit degree and runs it in eight-week online courses with eight start dates a year and no set login times.
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is taught through Liberty's School of Business and delivered entirely online. Featured courses include BUSI 302 Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare, BUSI 311 Introduction to Healthcare Administration, BUSI 344 Human Resource Management in Healthcare Administration and HLTH 349 Policy and Public Health, and students taking HLTH 491 Grantsmanship receive free access to the Foundation Center's grant database. An internship is strongly recommended rather than required.
Admission is built for people returning to study. There is no standardized test requirement, a 2.0 cumulative GPA is needed for admission in good standing, and a High School Self-Certification Form allows enrollment in up to 12 credit hours before final transcripts arrive. Credit for life experience may be available, and electronic textbooks are provided for every undergraduate course at no added cost.
- Transfer in up to 75% of the degree
- Eight-week online courses, eight starts a year
- No standardized test for admission
- Internship strongly recommended
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5 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
Radford
Fully online
Radford, VA
$8,528 in-state tuition49% graduation rate90% admit rate63.3 score
Radford University Carilion teaches every major class online, splits the degree into four named learning tracks including Long-Term Care and Medical Practice Management, and offers an express path into its own MHA.
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration sits in the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership within the Waldron College of Health and Human Services. All major classes are offered fully online, and the degree can also be completed as a hybrid of campus and online study. Instructors bring experience from Carilion Clinic and other health systems, and the program is a member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.
The four learning tracks are Healthcare Administration, Long-Term Care, Medical Practice Management and a Capstone Project, and students can take an internship in a chosen specialty area. Admission asks for a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA, with 2.8 preferred, and recent high school graduates submit SAT or ACT scores. Community college students can enter through a 2+2 route, beginning with an associate degree and transferring to finish the bachelor's.
- All major classes online, or hybrid
- Four tracks incl. Long-Term Care and Practice Management
- Express path into the Radford Carilion MHA
- 2+2 transfer route for community college students
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6 BS in Health Services Management
Norfolk State
Fully online
Norfolk, VA
$6,076 in-state tuition38% graduation rate88% admit rate60.1 score
Norfolk State’s online BS pairs healthcare business courses with a six-credit Health Services Management internship.
The 2025–26 catalog sets the degree at 120 credits. Coursework covers personnel management, healthcare finance and marketing, population health, information systems, and comprehensive health planning. In the final year, students take the six-credit internship alongside courses in long-term care administration, managerial epidemiology, and research.
The university makes an important distinction for students seeking long-term care administrator licensure: the degree’s internship does not meet that licensure requirement. Those students must arrange the separate required internship. The Food Science and Nutrition concentration follows its own 123-credit plan.
- Online BS
- 120 credits
- Six-credit internship
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7 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management
South University-Richmond
Fully online
Glen Allen, VA
$17,100 in-state tuition42% graduation rate55.8 score
South University's Healthcare Management B.S. ends with capstones in case analysis and strategic management, within a 180-quarter-credit curriculum.
The degree allocates 48 quarter credits to general education, 36 to foundation courses and 96 to major requirements. Health care finance examines reimbursement and financial statements; other core courses address law, ethics, marketing, risk and managerial epidemiology.
Students choose ten electives from a pool that includes federal and state health programs, project management and organizational behavior. South says specialized courses are delivered online, while some general education courses may be available at a campus. Its program page and catalog list the participating locations.
- 180 quarter credits
- Case-study and strategy capstones
- Online specialized coursework
- Health care finance and risk management
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8 Bachelor of Health Administration (BHA)
University of Management and Technology
Fully online
Arlington, VA
$9,360 in-state tuition33% graduation rate55 score
UMT makes HA 105 Essential Medical Terminology mandatory for anyone arriving without prior health administration work or coursework, so newcomers to the field start with the vocabulary before the management core.
The Bachelor of Health Administration requires 120 credit hours: at least 30 in general education, 27 in the health administration core, a capstone, and electives for the remainder. The core runs through HA 100 Introduction to Health Services, HA 230 Healthcare Organization Management, HA 270 Information Technology for Health Professions, HA 310 Epidemiology and Community Health, HA 340 Introduction to Healthcare Law and Ethics, HA 350 Healthcare Management, HA 410 Managed Healthcare, HA 420 Long-Term Care Management and MKT 320 Health Services Marketing.
The degree closes with HA 499 Health Politics and Policy as its capstone. Among the stated outcomes, graduates should be able to search for health information using current technology and analyze health care data with statistics to guide management decisions, which puts quantitative work alongside the organizational material.
- Medical terminology required for newcomers
- 27-credit core including managed and long-term care
- HA 499 Health Politics and Policy capstone
- 120 credit hours, electives beyond the core
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9 Bachelor of Science in Medical and Health Services Management
American National
Fully online
Salem, VA
$10,716 in-state tuition33% graduation rate54.5 score
American National University builds on prior healthcare education and experience, with a completion pathway focused on medical practice operations, management and leadership.
For the Bachelor of Science in Medical and Health Services Management, ANU's admissions requirements include a healthcare-related certificate, diploma or associate degree from an accredited institution and a 2.0 GPA. Applicants must also hold healthcare licensure or certification, or have at least 12 months of healthcare work experience. The program prepares students for supervisory work in physician offices, hospitals, long-term care facilities and clinics.
Classes provide a foundation in management and leadership for roles such as clinical manager and health information manager, alongside courses in ethics, law, health policy and economics intended to keep practice compliant with state and federal law.
- Prior healthcare education and a 2.0 GPA
- Built for practitioners moving into supervision
- Ethics, law, policy and economics coursework
- Aimed at clinical and health information management
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10 Healthcare Administration (BA)
Mary Baldwin
Fully online
Staunton, VA
$20,762 in-state tuition39% graduation rate53.2 score
Mary Baldwin teaches this as a fully online Bachelor of Arts and attaches a 4+1 route into its own MHA, with the application made at junior standing.
The Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Administration is taught online over four years, and a minor in the subject is offered alongside the major. The university points graduates toward hospitals, behavioral health organizations, governmental healthcare agencies, long-term care facilities and national health associations.
Coursework reaches beyond the US system. HCA 250 Global Healthcare compares American care with the systems of Canada, England, Germany, Japan and Australia, looking at cultural history, values, levels of care and delivery models. Students who want the graduate credential can move through the 4+1 pathway into the Master of Healthcare Administration after meeting its requirements.
- Bachelor of Arts, fully online
- 4+1 pathway into the MHA
- Global Healthcare course comparing five countries
- Minor also available
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11 Bachelor of Science in Health Science-Healthcare Administration
ECPI
On campus
Virginia Beach, VA
$17,424 in-state tuition42% graduation rate75% admit rate49.4 score
ECPI builds externships into both of its tracks: the Acute Care route carries two healthcare administration externships and the Long-Term Care route two long-term care externships plus a review course for the national licensing exam.
The degree is a Bachelor of Science in Health Science with a healthcare administration focus, and it runs on a year-round accelerated calendar of five-week terms taking one or two courses at a time. It requires 120 credits over a minimum of eight semesters, the equivalent of 30 months of instruction, and a 65-credit core covering healthcare finance, ethics, legal aspects, human resources, health information systems, emergency management, epidemiology with a lab, and a capstone.
Students then choose one of two 13-credit tracks. Acute Care, aimed at hospital and clinic roles, adds public health and applied project management to its two externships. Long-Term Care, aimed at assisted living and skilled nursing, adds two Domains of Care courses and LTC482 Review for National Exam. The program is offered online and at campuses in Virginia, South Carolina and Florida.
- 120 credits in five-week accelerated terms
- Acute Care or Long-Term Care track
- Two externships in either track
- Long-Term Care track includes national exam review
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12 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management
South University-Virginia Beach
Fully online
Virginia Beach, VA
$17,100 in-state tuition8% graduation rate42.2 score
South University's Healthcare Management B.S. ends with capstones in case analysis and strategic management, within a 180-quarter-credit curriculum.
The degree allocates 48 quarter credits to general education, 36 to foundation courses and 96 to major requirements. Health care finance examines reimbursement and financial statements; other core courses address law, ethics, marketing, risk and managerial epidemiology.
Students choose ten electives from a pool that includes federal and state health programs, project management and organizational behavior. South says specialized courses are delivered online, while some general education courses may be available at a campus. Its program page and catalog list the participating locations.
- 180 quarter credits
- Case-study and strategy capstones
- Online specialized coursework
- Health care finance and risk management
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