Online Graduate Certificate in Health Care Administration: Career Outlook
Impact lives with an in-demand, modern health career.
- Work environments include hospitals, physicians’ offices, nursing facilities, and outpatient care centers1
- Employment of medical and health services managers is projected to increase 32% by 20301
Earning your Health Care Administration Certificate equips you for employment in an industry projected to grow four times more than the average for all occupations.1 Prepare for entry-level employment in health care administration and compete for mid-level administrative positions with a graduate certificate from Methodist University.
Learn about policy issues, finance and economics, and organization and leadership topics while partnering with faculty members to solve unique, real-world issues that health care organizations face. Get the knowledge and skills you need to discover career opportunities in a promising industry with this certificate.
Medical and Health Services Managers
$101,340/year
Lead a medical department, facility, or practice to coordinate health services and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Quality and efficiency are key as managers are needed to respond to the increased need for services.1
Health Care Consultants
$80,101/year
Help managers of health care organizations become more efficient and effective. In this role, you’ll work with leaders to evaluate and improve the organization’s systems and procedures.2
Other positions you could qualify for with your graduate certificate in health care administration:
- Administrative manager
- Director of assisted living
- Health care human resources manager
- Health informatics officer
- Hospice director
- Medical office administrator
- Nursing home manager
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Program Outcomes
In the online health care administration graduate certificate program, you’ll:
- Prepare to manage, lead, and improve a changing health care system.
- Meet the needs of a dynamic United States health care system.
- Create and apply evidence-based knowledge to enhance the health of individuals and communities.
- Have the opportunity to make a direct impact on people’s lives through the improvement of personal health services.
- Train for management positions that are rapidly changing and have significant social overtones.
Ensuring Your Success Beyond Graduation
From the moment you become a student at Methodist University, you’ll have access to the support needed to obtain career readiness skills, internships, employment, and other career opportunities. And you can tap into a wide variety of career services long after you’ve graduated.
Here are just a few examples of what you can expect for career support as a student or alumnus. You can benefit from all of them remotely.
Sources:
- “Medical and Health Services Managers.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved on September 1, 2022 from https://www.bls.gov.
- “Average Healthcare Consultant Salary.” PayScale. Retrieved on September 1, 2022 from https://www.payscale.com/.