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Healthcare Administration (M.S.)

The Master of Science in healthcare administration focuses on leadership, service and innovation in the healthcare management field. This program equips students to become effective leaders as they learn to tackle healthcare challenges of cost, access and quality with innovative solutions, cutting-edge technology and industry best practices. With seven specialized tracks, students will hone their skills and be prepared for work in a variety of fields.

Upcoming Start Dates:

Online:
Sep. 19, 2023

Trevecca’s Master of Science in healthcare administration equips students with the skills to succeed in the competitive field of healthcare management. The program focuses on leadership, service, innovation, technology, information security and value-based management as they apply to the growing healthcare industry.

Program Benefits

  • Complete your degree online in 18 months with no residency requirements.
  • Continue to work and focus on your other priorities while earning your degree, taking one course at a time with all materials delivered to you.
  • Utilize a built-in support system and complete your degree alongside others who are working toward similar goals through Trevecca’s cohort model.
  • Establish a sustained advantage in a competitive market with a focus on healthcare innovation.
  • Learn from faculty who possess the highest degrees in their fields and have relevant and valuable real-world experience.

What to Expect

As a student in Trevecca’s Master of Science in healthcare administration program, you’ll learn the theories and practices surrounding the three pillars of healthcare: cost, access and quality. Our leadership focus will help you to become a patient-centered, effective and self-aware leader in healthcare management.

Choosing one of seven specialty tracks gives you another level of expertise within healthcare administration that can set you apart. The tracks include:

  • Crisis and emergency management
  • Data analytics
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Human resources management
  • Interdisciplinary studies
  • Nonprofit leadership and management
  • Project management

These will enable you to move forward in your career with expertise that will set you apart in your field. You’ll also improve your organizational, critical thinking, communication and decision-making skills. You’ll work with cutting-edge technology; learn industry trends; and identify best practices for cost containment, patient access and overall healthcare experience. The research component of the program will allow you to connect with current industry leaders and complete a field experience or industry project. In just 18 months, you’ll be fully equipped to serve in your desired field.

Why Choose Trevecca?

Founded in 1901 and a leader in online education for more than two decades, Trevecca helps students discover and pursue an individual calling by providing innovative instruction; cultivating a supportive, Christ-centered community; and establishing relationships that open doors.

Recognized nationally and locally for academic quality, Trevecca has earned a reputation for providing the world with servant leaders, problem solvers and difference makers. Trevecca’s holistic approach to education encompasses intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual growth.

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Financial Aid & Costs

Nearly every student at Trevecca receives some form of assistance in paying for college. Learn all about the affordability of a TNU education and options for receiving aid.

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Here’s a look at the approximate tuition rates you could expect for this program at Trevecca, including the cost per credit hour and the total tuition expense for the full degree program. Please note that rates and fees are subject to change.

Here’s a look at the approximate tuition rates you could expect for this program at Trevecca, including the cost per credit hour and the total tuition expense for the full degree program. Please note that rates and fees are subject to change.

Cost/Credit Hour

$500
Hours

36
Tuition Cost*

$18,000

*$150 Student Resource Fee assessed per course. Books are not included.

Our three-step enrollment process is fast, easy and free! Simply complete the application, submit your transcripts and we’ll take care of the rest.

Getting started

  1. Complete the online application (it's free!). No GRE or GMAT scores required
    Need help applying? Read the step-by-step instructions here!
  2. Fill out FAFSA to be considered for financial aid.
  3. Request official transcripts from your undergraduate institution.

Admissions requirements 

  1. Have earned a bachelor's degree from an institution accredited by a CHEA-recognized regional accrediting agency or the Association for Biblical Higher Education. Students who do not meet these degree requirements may be conditionally accepted in accordance with the Conditional Admission Policy
  2. 2.75 cumulative GPA for all prior coursework
  3. Completion of a college-level math course with a grade of C or higher
  4. Completion of a college-level English course with a grade of C or higher
  5. Provide photocopy of government-issued identification (e.g., driver's license, state ID, military ID or passport). This requirement ensures that Trevecca complies with the U.S. Department of Education expectations for student verification. (This is only required for students enrolled in an online program.)

If you feel you may not meet these requirements, please fill out the form below to be connected with an enrollment counselor.

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We understand life is busy and you may not have time to attend class on campus. You can earn your degree with us while focusing on one class at a time, any time—24/7. Through Trevecca Online, classes are taught digitally through our learning management system, Blackboard. Additionally, books and materials are delivered to your front door. And when we say the degree is entirely online, we mean it. Our program is structured so that you never have to step foot on campus—not even once!

Our online students also benefit from a cohort model, where students begin and complete their degree alongside a group of other online classmates working toward similar goals.

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The following are required courses by the track they fall under:

Crisis and Emergency Management
  • Foundation of Emergency Management 
  • Social Media Communications and Crisis Information Management 
  • Crisis and Emergency Management Planning
Data Analytics
  • Introduction to Data Analytics 
  • Processing Data for Decision-Making
  • Leading Data Analytics Projects
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation 
  • New Venture Creation 
  • Small Business Management
Human Resources Management
  • Strategic Human Resource Management 
  • Staffing and Development 
  • Compensation and Benefits
Nonprofit Leadership and Management
  • Introduction to Nonprofit Leadership and Management 
  • Raising Human and Financial Resources for Nonprofits 
  • Fiscal Administration in Nonprofits
Project Management
  • Introduction to Project and Program Management 
  • Project Schedule and Risk Management 
  • Cost, Contract and Procurement Management
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Career Opportunities: Master's in Healthcare Administration

With a Master of Science in healthcare administration, you’ll be ready to advance your career and tap into higher earning potential. When combined with your work experience, your degree will position you to be competitive in the following roles:

Degree and 1-4 Years Work Experience:

  • Supervisory positions
  • Coordinator/specialist roles in specific areas)
  • Office manager
  • Business manager
  • Associate administrator
  • Administrative coordinator

Degree and 5+ Years Work Experience:

  • Regional vice president (corporate level)
  • Hospital administrator
  • Nursing home administrator (must possess state licensure)
  • Executive director
  • Associate C-Suite level 
  • Senior VP level(s)
  • Chief executive officer
  • Chief operating officer
  • Health information director
  • Director of operations
  • Program manager

“The program has also helped develop research academic skills to a much deeper level thus enhancing my professional competency.”

Fernando Almeida Trevecca graduate

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Cohort Schedule

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Organizational Behavior and Change in Healthcare
HCL 5110

This course evaluates dynamics of healthcare organizations and suggests ways healthcare leaders might influence organizational behavior among personnel to attain desirable outcomes and meet organizational goals.

Credit Hours: 3
Principles of Healthcare Leadership and Strategy
HCL 5140
This course assesses healthcare professionalism, strategic leadership and explores innovative strategies for leading people in healthcare organizations. Emphasis is on industry-specific competencies that promote leader's awareness of how to efficiently care for patients in the health delivery system while attaining optimal treatment outcomes and enhancing patient and employee experiences.
Credit Hours: 3
Value-Based Financial Management and Budgeting
HCL 6115
This is a comprehensive examination of specific financial management functions in healthcare organizations. Emphasis is on healthcare budgeting and drawing inferences from financial statements. Students will examine the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to revenue projection, the collection, and review of departmental proposals, the development of capital budgeting policy, and other budgeting tasks. The course also addresses budget implementation, accounting, value-based healthcare delivery models, and financial reporting. Various methods for maintaining budgetary balance, preventing overspending, and dealing with contingencies are presented and discussed.
Credit Hours: 3
Health Reform and Alternative Healthcare Delivery Solutions
HCL 6130
Access, quality and cost of healthcare services remain a continuous challenge in the U.S. health delivery system. This course takes an in­ depth look at current and proposed governmental policy and its influence on the provision of healthcare within the United States. Additionally, this course examines the importance of professionalism, including ethical behaviors, in a complex and challenging health delivery system comprised of diverse perspectives, professional codes of ethics, institution-specific policies and government regulations.
Credit Hours: 3
Health Information Informatics and Security
HCL 6160
This course examines the role of disruptive innovation in healthcare through the use of technology. Emphasis is on how healthcare innovation is utilized to enhance patient care, increase patient access to health services, reduce costs of health expenditures, and improve operational efficiency for healthcare organizations and integrated health delivery systems.
Credit Hours: 3
Human Resource Management in Healthcare
HCL 6170
This course examines best practices for operating healthcare organizations. Emphasis is on recruitment and retention, satisfying staffing requirements, credentialing of providers, compensation models, diversity and inclusion, employee relations and employment law.
Credit Hours: 3
Health Economics
HCL 6180
This course examines the US health system and analyze behaviors of individual stakeholders within the healthcare ecosystem. Through application of economic theories and models, students will be able to assess various outcomes and decision-making made by health consumers, providers and suppliers of healthcare services, lobbyists, and governmental officials.
Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Operations and Key Performance Indicators
HCL 6190
This course illustrates innovative strategies and tactics that healthcare leaders may utilize to evaluate and measure specific metrics to determine organizational performance's efficacy at both micro and macro levels. Emphasis is on essential components of achieving excellence in healthcare delivery, such as quality, cost, access, population health, and patient experience.
Credit Hours: 3
FIELD EXPERIENCE (CHOOSE ONE)
Field Experience Project
HCL 6205
As part of the course design, students will complete an industry project in the format of a mini-thesis. The industry project will require students to identify and connect with a leader(s) in the healthcare field to gain practical knowledge and experience. The mini-thesis will synthesize theoretical, academic, and practical components that address current issues confronting healthcare organizations and impacting healthcare leaders. Specific emphasis will be placed on innovative strategies to address challenges in healthcare and the importance of leadership style, professionalism, and personal code of ethics.
Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Industry Field Experience
HCL 6240

The industry field experience offers students an opportunity to shadow healthcare professionals in various roles and settings. Students will obtain real-world experience and gain exposure to multiple disciplines within the landscape of healthcare administration. Successful completion of the field experience will assist students with identifying areas of interest specific to their chosen career pathway. The industry field experience is a required, 120- hours, 12-week course for students enrolled in the M.S. Healthcare Administration Program who possess less than three (3) years of healthcare experience.

Credit Hours: 3
 
OPTIONAL PRACTICUM TRACK
Health Industry Practicum Continuation
HCL 6230

This course is a continuation of HCL 6240, healthcare industry field experience, that will allow students additional time to meet the 120 hour, 12-week requirement to successfully complete the program. It will run for six additional weeks at zero credit hours.

Credit Hours: 0

Choose a Track

Crisis and Emergency Management
TRACK
Crisis and Emergency Management Planning
MGT 6210
This course features comprehensive emergency management planning on the public side and business continuity management on the private side. This course concentrates on effective application of strategies designed to create timely responses to unpredictable events or unforeseeable consequences. The content includes risk-based planning, management of critical resources and collaborative partnerships.
Credit Hours: 3
Foundations of Emergency Management
MGT 6220
This course is an introduction to the emergency management field, including preparations for dealing with a crisis that could threaten health, safety, and economic functions. Strategic applications covered in the course assist organizations in designing quick resolutions for efforts to minimize the disruptions, damages or other affects from emergency situations.
Credit Hours: 3
Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Management
MGT 6240
This course highlights the unique aspects of defending the homeland related to both public and private organizations against acts of terror and other forms of disruption. Homeland security, cybersecurity, and information management in the crisis and emergency management context are the primary areas of focus.
Credit Hours: 3
Data Analytics
TRACK
Introduction to Data Analytics
BUS 6150
This course will expose students to the data analytic practices executed in the business world. Students will explore such key areas as analytical processes; how data is created, stored, and accessed; how organizations work with data; and how to create environments in which analytics can flourish. This course will provide students with a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help students to better position themselves for success within their organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
Processing Data for Decision-Making
BUS 6160
In the face of an enormous amount of data gathered by businesses and organizations, business leaders struggle to gain information to help guide their decision making. In this course, students will extend and deepen their understanding and use of data analytics techniques (data mining, predictive analytics, and machine learning algorithms) to find patterns of relationships between data elements in big and noisy data sets. Students will learn how to help the data ‘talk and tell a story’ leading decision makers to an enhanced understanding of the data along with action oriented insight.
Credit Hours: 3
Leading Data Analytics Projects
BUS 6170
This course will expose students to the key components of operationalizing business intelligence and data analytics for the purpose of improved decision making and quality improvement within an organization. Specifically, students will learn how to take on the role of a business intelligence consultant and apply data analytics techniques to inform business decision making within a business context.
Credit Hours: 3
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
TRACK
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
BUS 6210
An introduction to the entrepreneurial mindset, intrapreneurship, and the different types of innovation. Includes such topics as developing entrepreneurial thinking in a corporate setting, managing entrepreneurial ventures within a larger corporate structure, the difference between sustaining and disruptive innovations, and developing processes for stimulating creative solutions to business challenges.
Credit Hours: 3
New Venture Creation
BUS 6220
Provides processes and tools for developing and evaluating new business ideas including new venture ideation, business planning, financial forecasting, competitive analysis, target market identification, and basic marketing strategies. As part of the course, students will develop a modified business plan around a business idea of their choosing.
Credit Hours: 3
Small Business Management
BUS 6230
This course highlights the unique aspects of owning and managing a small business, particularly in the areas of marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, and strategic planning. Includes an introduction to various software packages and third party resources to help the small business owner in these areas.
Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Administration
TRACK
Change Management and Negotiation Strategies
BUS 8135
This course will help students learn strategic methods of change management and how to effectively lead change in healthcare organizations. Students will examine change models, challenges leaders encounter while leading change, and negotiation tactics to overcome barriers to change. Through application of theoretical and conceptual schema, case scenarios, and other related material, students will identify their negotiation style and learn how to influence change to promote organizational development and achieve desirable outcomes for all stakeholders of health organizations.
Credit Hours: 4
Quality Systems Management and Regulatory Affairs
BUS 8145
In this course, students will examine the purpose and role of regulatory requirements in healthcare organizations. Students will also learn the significance of quality management systems and how such tools assist healthcare executives in establishing quality control measures and evidence-based practices in yielding optimal healthcare and services. Through case scenarios, collaborative group work, application and synthesis of continuous quality improvement concepts, principles, and models, students will learn how to develop evidence-based management processes and influence enhanced clinical outcomes and operational efficiency.
Credit Hours: 4
The Culturally Competent Healthcare Leader
BUS 8155
This course examines various models and strategies executive leaders may use to promote the delivery of culturally competent care and establish a culturally competent environment in healthcare organizations and healthcare systems. Students will conduct a self-assessment of their cultural competency. Through application of theoretical and conceptual frameworks, case scenarios, and interpretation of self-assessment scores, students will learn how to promote cultural intelligence throughout healthcare organizations and healthcare systems.
Credit Hours: 4
Legal and Regulatory Issues in Healthcare
HLT 6200

Healthcare delivery has been influenced by the legal issues surrounding the delivery, security, and research associated with the patient / provider relationship. The legal influences on the corporate healthcare environment will be presented. Discussions of the influences on the delivery process and policy will be reviewed, including, but not limited to, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

Credit Hours: 3
Quality Healthcare Management
HLT 6400

Outcome-based healthcare delivery and case management have been topics of discussion for some time, and the influence on delivery and reimbursement will continue to impact the healthcare environment. Topics include the quality of care and the influencers, such as staff shortages, educational shortcomings and technology velocity, and their influence on healthcare delivery. Patient safety and patient satisfaction will be presented through current data on the topic and the results of quality initiatives such as the Healthcare-focused Baldrige award and audit process. The influences of the organizational efficiencies on healthcare delivery and the opposing healthcare delivery process on organizational efficiencies will be reviewed and discussed.

Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Strategy
HLT 6600

Healthcare delivery in the U.S. has been influenced and changed significantly through the legislative process at the federal, state and local levels. These changes have significantly altered the strategic planning of healthcare delivery. This course will present and discuss the strategies available to address the changing landscape of healthcare delivery through the use and study of healthcare issues and how they will influence the future of healthcare delivery. Case studies will be a major portion of this course to determine how others have approached the policies in the past and how they have been impacted by the choices made.

Credit Hours: 3
Human Resources Management
TRACK
Strategic Human Resource Management
BUS 6110

This course analyzes the strategic role of the human resource management function. The following topics will be examined: the environment of HR, job analysis, HR planning, labor relations, and health and safety considerations.

Credit Hours: 3
Staffing and Development
BUS 6130

This course analyzes the steps necessary for recruiting and selecting the employees needed to effectively execute an organization’s strategy. Topics related to successful performance appraisal, training, and development are also explored.

Credit Hours: 3
Compensation and Benefits
BUS 6140

This course examines theoretical and practical issues of compensation and benefits including legally mandated benefits (social security, worker compensation, unemployment, health insurance, family and medical leave, etc.) as well as voluntary programs (retirement, disability, life insurance, time off, etc).

Credit Hours: 3
Nonprofit Leadership and Management
TRACK
Introduction to Nonprofit Leadership and Management
BUS 6240
An introduction to nonprofit organizations including issues of organizational structure, governance, finance, resource development, operations, and evaluation.
Credit Hours: 3
Raising Human and Financial Resources for Nonprofits
BUS 6250
For nonprofits to thrive, leaders and managers much recruit human and financial resources adequate to serve the purposes of the organization. Fund-raising and grant-writing will be covered as well as recruiting human resources that align with the mission and vision of the nonprofit.
Credit Hours: 3
Fiscal Administration in Nonprofits
BUS 6260
This course highlights the unique aspects of managing financial resources in a nonprofit setting. This includes topics related to nonprofit accounting, financial reporting and strategic analysis in education, healthcare, churches, ministries and humanitarian organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
Project Management
TRACK
Introduction to Project and Program Management
PMI 6000

Development of project scope, work breakdown structures, project planning and project budgets will be discussed and presented. Project Management tools and techniques will also be introduced to support the project development process. The Project Manager must maintain a knowledge of the current systems and solutions available to ensure successful project/product delivery. In addition to the waterfall techniques, the tools and processes that support Agile, Lean and Six Sigma will be reviewed and presented. Detailed discussions regarding the benefits and limitations of each technique and the supporting tools will be of value to the participant when presented with making choices regarding the selection, development and delivery of projects.

Credit Hours: 3
Project Schedule and Risk Management
PMI 6200

The development of the sequencing and timing of project components and the risks associated at every point within the project must be understood and addressed. Recognition of the risk and the influence of the costs associated with risk, the scope challenges presented by the risk, and the schedule complexity that adds to and is influenced by risk must be understood by the successful Project Manager. Quantitative and qualitative techniques for risk management are components of Project Management, but the ability to recognize the threat is perhaps more critical. Threats can take the form of human, operational, procedural and technical threats or they may be political in nature. In any case, addressing threats and risks associated with these threats must be a tool in the Project Management arsenal.

Credit Hours: 3
Cost, Contract, and Procurement Management
PMI 6400

Many Project Managers are confused or sidetracked by the legalities of the cost management issues when utilizing contract or outsourced providers for portions of project delivery. The procurement process is often subjugated to the purchasing group(s) within the organization. The responsibility for the project cannot, however, be transferred to others. Therefore, the process must be understood and managed by the successful Project Manager. Most projects have some contract and procurement component that will influence the overall success of the project. With competitive bidding, technology advancements, and federal and state legal issues that influence the process of procurement, it is important that the Project Manager be aware of and knowledgeable in this aspect of the project process.

Credit Hours: 3

*For a complete list of courses, tracks and other relevant information, view the program's course catalog.