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Build upon your passion for the business side of healthcare with the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program at American College of Education (ACE). With its unique application-based approach, fully online coursework and supervised local practicum, you’ll be prepared for advanced leadership roles that position you for greater impact. Coursework equips you with knowledge in strategic planning, policy, economics, management, data analytics and more within healthcare organizations.
Effective healthcare leaders are crucial to ensuring a smooth patient experience. Completing ACE’s master’s in healthcare administration prepares you to confidently develop and execute initiatives that enhance the experiences of both healthcare teams and patients. It also sets you up for roles like hospital administrator, care facility manager or medical insurance executive.
No matter the healthcare administration role you aspire to become, this program equips you with a variety of advanced skills to get you there.
Empower your students and community, and take the next step toward a future full of possibility.
The Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) prepares students for advanced leadership roles within organizations in the healthcare field. This program will combine coursework in topics such as communication, technology, leadership, management, critical thinking, and professionalism. The curriculum includes a planned supervised practicum to facilitate application of theoretical concepts, provide real world experience and build on students' professional experiences in the healthcare industry. Through application-based coursework and the supervised practicum, students will learn how to apply program competencies to their careers within healthcare organizations.
Here are the courses you’ll take when working towards this program. If no focus of study option is selected, you can choose any 3 courses from the study options below.
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This course examines historical and current trends in healthcare policy and its relationship to health outcomes and the decision making process for healthcare administrators, policy makers, and practitioners. Students will examine how healthcare policies are created, developed, and evaluated at the local, state, and national level. The relationship between healthcare policy and delivery, as well as economic, legal, and liability concerns, will be analyzed.
This course focuses on legal and ethical implications for healthcare administrators. Students will gain competencies in legal, regulatory, and risk management concepts as they relate to healthcare leadership and accountability. Emphasis is placed on the application of ethical principles in decision making.
Concurrent enrollment transfer credit
This course examines core epidemiological and public health functions and concepts. Analytic and descriptive epidemiology and the relevance to public health and healthcare organizations will be studied. The role of healthcare administrators in analyzing and interpreting data to determine risk measures and public health impact will be investigated
The focus of this course includes information, skills and processes required to guide quality improvement initiatives in a variety of healthcare settings. Students learn to apply leadership skills, theory and evidence to ensure quality, and cost effectiveness of healthcare delivery within the organizational structure. Students acquire the skills to select the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality and apply quality principles to improve outcomes. Current national efforts in performance measures, financial incentives and quality are discussed.
This course is designed to provide students will a broad exposure to informatics in the healthcare setting. An overview of software platforms used in day to day operations will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on technology skills that will impact project management, quality and efficiency in the healthcare delivery system.
Students will learn to assess the financial status of healthcare organizations via the application of financial accounting and statement analysis. Both nonprofit and for-profit accounting methods will be examined, with an emphasis on case-based studies. The impact of private and government insurance on budgeting, operations, and revenues will be examined.
Concurrent enrollment transfer credit
This course examines marketing to consumers and payers in the healthcare marketplace. Concepts such as customer satisfaction and branding as it relates to the healthcare industry, as well as digital marketing, including websites, social media, and search engine optimization, will be studied. Data driven research analysis will be emphasized.
This course focuses on essential skills of project management, including the ability to utilize data and technology, business skills, planning, effective communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution. Emphasis is placed on the ability to set and carry out organizational goals, plans, policies and procedures in a data and deadline driven healthcare environment.
This course will include a culminating leadership and management experience. Students will demonstrate competencies in leadership, management, effective communication, use of data analytics and decision- making to implement healthcare administration project.
This course will address how to collect, analyze and utilize data for decision-making purposes. Learners will explore a range of research approaches, including formative and summative research, to examine how to determine the best fit for their program needs. Students will be expected to demonstrate a working knowledge of research methods and analyze service statistics to make informed choices regarding quality improvement for health related programs.
Organizational behavioral theories will provide the theoretical framework for critical study of effective leadership within the context of micro and macro systems across healthcare organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the processes of communication, problem solving, critical thinking, risk- taking, conflict management, team building, change management and effective decision-making. Various models of leadership and necessary leadership competencies for the healthcare administrator will be examined.
Advanced concepts in human resources management in healthcare organizations will be studied. The development and implementation of human resource programs to support workforces in healthcare organizations, and the role and responsibilities of management, will be examined. Staffing, recruiting, training, compliance, and legal implications for healthcare organizations will be emphasized.
Concurrent enrollment transfer credit
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Continuing your education is a big decision that involves an investment of your time and money. We recognize that, which is why we're committed to ensuring you experience a positive return on that investment.
You only pay the cost it takes for us to deliver your education, nothing more. By keeping our tuition low, we’ve helped our students see a $19.20 return in future higher earnings for every $1 they invested in their ACE education.1
Because of our low tuition and total program cost, 87% of our students graduate debt-free.2 Popular payment options include paying by course, paying by month or paying in full. Visit our payment options page to learn more.
You deserve a great return on your educational investment, and we deliver master's degrees at a total average cost of $10,000*. We also award over $1.2M in scholarships and grants each year.
Tuition & ROIWe are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Our faculty work in the industries where you work and are committed to your success, contributing to our 84% graduation rate.3 Our curriculum equips you with practical strategies you can apply right away, as well as skills to help you advance your career.
Success StoriesOur virtual campus and convenient start dates provide you the flexibility you need to achieve your goals at a time and place that works with your busy schedule. Our student support services are available 24/7 and tutoring is included at no additional cost.
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Because we don’t have a physical campus, our students don’t need to pay infrastructure or facility fees. We also keep our operational costs low by not participating in Title IV federal funding. We pass all these savings along to our students.
Due to our engaging online format, you’ll connect and learn from industry peers worldwide. And even though you’re learning online, you won’t feel alone thanks to student discussion boards and online forums.
Learn strategies and skills you can apply immediately and leverage for future career advancement. Employers of ACE graduates report a 96% satisfaction rate,3 while 98% of our students felt their professional skills were stronger after graduation.3
Every course is created by our in-house curriculum and production team working in tandem with our academic leaders. Plus, all courses follow a consistent structure. No outdated coursework, no surprises.
*The application fee is valid for one year from date of submission.
**Additional evidence may be required to fulfill state requirements, including but not limited to verification of professional experience, test scores, or an interview.
All applicants must submit, to the Admissions Office, an official evaluation from a NACES-approved organization.
All applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate competence in the English language as demonstrated in one of three ways:
2Internal research conducted November 2025
3Across all ACE Programs. See Student Right to Know. Accessed May 28, 2026
4Education Data Initiative. Accessed January 28, 2026
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