Every one of the 4 healthcare administration programs in West
Virginia costs between $6,746 and $10,104 a year in
state. A spread of $3,358 is small enough that price, which decides
most of these state pages, decides almost nothing here.
$3,358
Total tuition spread
4
Programs ranked
$112,010
State median pay
2,080
Managers employed in WV
The One State Where the Private Option Is the Cheap One
On twenty other state pages this site makes some version of the same
observation: the public programs cost a fraction of the private ones, and
that gap is the largest financial decision a reader controls. West Virginia
breaks it. The private entry averages $8,400 a year and the
3 public ones average $8,833.
The explanation is what kind of institution the private one is. It is a
distance-education provider charging a flat, low per-credit rate to students
anywhere in the country, not a residential college with a campus to fund. Its
price is not a West Virginia price at all, which is worth knowing: the same
rate is available to a reader in any state, so it is not a local advantage so
much as a national option that happens to be counted here.
What that leaves is a genuinely unusual situation. With every program within
$3,358 of every other, the cost column in the table below
carries almost no information, and the ranking is effectively decided by
completion and delivery. Read those two columns and largely ignore the third.
All 4 Ranked Healthcare Administration Programs in West Virginia
All 4 ranked healthcare administration bachelor programs in West Virginia, with tuition, graduation rate and score
#
School
Type
Delivery
In-state tuition
Graduation rate
Master’s on site
Admission rate
Degrees awarded
Score
1
American Public University System
Private for-profit
Fully online
$8,400
57%
CAHME-accredited
95
65
2
West Virginia
Public
On campus
$10,104
65%
89%
6
59.2
3
Fairmont State
Public
Online and on campus
$6,746
44%
99%
10
56.6
4
Bluefield State
Public
On campus
$9,648
37%
97%
5
47
The best completion record belongs to West Virginia University, which finishes 65% of the students it enrolls against 57% 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. American Public University System holds the top place, while the cheapest way into the field in West Virginia is Fairmont State University at $6,746 a year, $1,654 under the top-ranked program, and it still places 3rd of 4. 1 of the 4 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.
APUS writes this Bachelor of Applied Science for students with military medical training, and healthcare administration is one strand of its core rather than the whole degree.
The BAS in Health Sciences is aimed at people entering or already working in healthcare, and the university names one audience specifically: those who completed military training in the medical and health sciences and want to build on it. The core curriculum spans natural sciences, sports and health sciences, public health, information systems management, health information management and healthcare administration, so administration is a component of an interdisciplinary degree rather than its subject.
Transfer is central to how the degree is meant to be used. A student holding the AAS in Health Sciences moves into it on a route the university describes as seamless and quick, which fits the military and working-professional audience the program is built for.
Administration is one strand of an interdisciplinary core
Written for students with military medical training
Direct transfer route from the AAS Health Sciences
WVU’s Health Services Administration major includes a six-credit Health Management internship and a separate undergraduate capstone.
The catalog identifies the award as a BS in Public Health with a Health Services Administration major. The 120-credit plan combines a 25-credit public health core with 33 credits in the major. Students study health data visualization, policy, project management, quality improvement, finance, and leadership.
A professional preparation seminar precedes the internship and capstone requirements. The degree requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and the major has its own 3.0 GPA requirement. This is the program in Morgantown, West Virginia; WVU Institute of Technology has a separate historical listing.
Fairmont State offers four Healthcare Management concentrations, with hybrid HCMG coursework and a management capstone.
Students can choose Health Information Technology, Healthcare Marketing, Nonprofit Agency Management, or Wellness Leadership. The current program page and linked model schedule combine healthcare finance, population health, information exchange, policy, and quality management with a business core. Senior coursework includes managing post-acute care and the Healthcare Management Capstone.
The model schedule describes HCMG courses as a mix of classroom sessions and online content. Students considering graduate study can discuss the 4+1 option, which allows them to begin graduate work during the senior year.
Bluefield State’s 120-credit Health Services Management BS combines a business core with specialized healthcare management study.
After general admission to the university, students work with an academic counselor to designate Health Services Management as their program. The degree includes general studies, business coursework, and the healthcare management curriculum. Students must earn at least a C in each business core and health services management course and maintain a 2.0 overall GPA to graduate.
The program serves students preparing to enter administration as well as employed allied health practitioners studying the management side of healthcare. Its stated focus includes ethical leadership, organizational management, and handling change in healthcare organizations.
This program is not currently taking new
students, so it is not scored against the ones you can still apply
to. Its card keeps the federal figures and the published
curriculum, and the notice on it links the source for what changed.
WVU Tech's former healthcare administration program combined business principles with science and a public-health perspective.
The university's teach-out description identifies an interdisciplinary program in health services administration, bringing a public-health emphasis to scientific study and business principles. WVU Tech now identifies healthcare administration as an area of emphasis within Business Management; the former standalone program is no longer enrolling students.
The local market is one of the smallest in the country, so anyone planning to
stay should weigh how few of these posts exist rather than only what they pay.
For someone studying online and willing to move, the state figures below matter
less than the national ones.
Wage figures for medical and health services managers in this state
Median
$112,010
Below national median
$11,850
Pay rank
32nd of 51
Employed
2,080
Workforce rank
43rd of 51
25th percentile
$94,040
75th percentile
$161,450
90th percentile
$209,090
National median
$123,860
BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-9111.
How We Scored West Virginia'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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia
Is private tuition really cheaper than public in West Virginia?
In this field, yes. The 1 private program ranked here averages $8,400 a year and the 3 public ones average $8,833. That inverts the pattern in every other state on this site, and it happens because the private entry is a large distance-education institution charging a flat low rate rather than a residential college.
How much do healthcare administration programs cost in West Virginia?
Between $6,746 and $10,104 a year in state, a spread of only $3,358. In Massachusetts the same spread is over fifty thousand dollars. Price is simply not the deciding variable in West Virginia, which is unusual enough to change how the ranking below should be read.
What do healthcare administrators earn in West Virginia?
West Virginia's median is $112,010, 32nd of 51 and $11,850 below the national $123,860. The workforce is small at 2,080, the 43rd largest, so this is a thin local market.
How many healthcare administration programs are in West Virginia?
4 ranked bachelor's programs at 4 institutions, of which 1 can be finished fully online. The state holds 1 CAHME-accredited master's program. 1 more is listed but no longer enrolling.
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