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Health Administration

Prepare for the career path of your choice through D'Youville's highly-regarded programs in health services.

Lead the Future of Healthcare

A Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) from D’Youville prepares you to step confidently into leadership roles across the healthcare ecosystem. As the industry becomes more complex, financially, operationally, and technologically, organizations need leaders who understand how health systems function and how to improve them. An MHA gives you the strategic, analytical, and management skills to influence decisions, improve patient and organizational outcomes, and drive meaningful change from hospitals and health systems to insurers, consulting firms, and beyond.

Through a competency-based curriculum, students build strengths in health systems, finance, information technology, as well as quality and team management, all grounded in real-world problem solving. D’Youville students also gain access to a deep network of healthcare professionals, alumni, and community partners, opening doors to roles such as health services manager or administrator in provider offices, hospitals, nursing homes, integrated delivery systems, community organizations, insurance companies, health departments, and many more professional settings.

Program Highlights

  • Build leadership and management skills specifically for healthcare environments
  • Gain strategic knowledge in finance, policy, operations, and system-level decision making
  • Learn from faculty with industry experience, not just theory
  • Create powerful connections through D’Youville’s strong healthcare alumni network
  • Graduate prepared for roles across hospitals, public agencies, insurers, consulting, biotech, and more
  • Health Services Administration MS An MS degree in Health Services Administration can give you the credential you need to succeed whether you’re currently an administrator or aspire to be one.
  • Health Services Administration Certificate You’ll strengthen organization and management skills, build understanding of legal and ethical issues within the health services field, become proficient in human resource management, and more.
  • Long Term Care Administration Certificate This certificate program will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a career in long term care administration. Credits completed count toward an Health Administration EdD.

Mission

The Health Administration program at D'Youville educates individuals with diverse professional backgrounds to organize, coordinate, and manage the delivery of healthcare services and provides leadership direction and strategic planning in health service organizations.

The goals of the Health Administration program are as follows:

  • The utilization of in-depth knowledge, skills, and standards of practice in one's profession to contribute to the betterment of society.
  • The contribution to the further development of one's profession by the testing and evaluation of innovative, interdisciplinary models of services/programs/care.
  • Collaboration with other professionals to foster empowerment within the healthcare or educational system.
  • Demonstrate professional responsibility and accountability by participating in activities that contribute to personal and professional growth through research and scholarly discourse with peers.

Meet Our Health Administration Faculty

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