Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA)

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 are 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. Prospective students seeking conditional admission must complete a satisfactory assessment interview with the MHA program director or faculty designee.

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, Canvas. 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.

The following are required costs to complete the courses related to this program:

• HCL5140 - Principles of Leadership and Strategy
  Pre-Assessment Exam: $45
• HCL6115 - Value-Based Financial Management & Budgeting
  Mid-Point Assessment Exam: $45
  
• HCL6205 - Capstone Project: Addressing Real-Time Health Care Challenges and HCL6240 - Health Industry Field Experience
  Post-Assessment Exam: $45

Mission Statement

As a Christian university, our mission is to provide holistic, diverse and collaborative learning experiences to prepare students for early to mid-career leadership roles in healthcare organizations. Trevecca's MHA program will equip its students with leadership and management competencies in healthcare administration.

Vision Statement

Trevecca's MHA program will be a leading provider of a transformative Christian-based healthcare management curriculum, preparing students for career entry or advancement in healthcare administration across healthcare delivery systems.

Program Values

As aligned with its mission and vision, Trevecca's MHA Program core values are:

COMMUNITY: The MHA program embraces diverse communities, fostering inclusion, respect and equity, ensuring people feel valued and heard. We prioritize fair treatment regardless of age, citizenship, disability, economic status, ethnicity, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation, creating an environment of civility for our students' personal and professional growth.

INNOVATION: The MHA program understands the importance of innovation by fostering creativity, originality and initiative within healthcare management education. Graduates from the program are seen as forward-thinkers who will contribute to the continuing transformation of the healthcare system by addressing challenges from multiple perspectives to solve problems and advance knowledge.

INTEGRITY: The MHA program believes that having strong ethical and moral principles signifies the quality of integrity of the student's work environment. Regardless of who may be watching, individuals with integrity act with honesty, honor and truthfulness.

LEADERSHIP: The MHA program recognizes that future healthcare leaders must demonstrate strong leadership competencies to propel positive change, promote innovation and address complex challenges in the healthcare industry.

SERVICE: Service signifies the commitment to serving communities and addressing their healthcare needs. The MHA program emphasizes community involvement while contributing to the community's well-being by understanding their needs and how to hold themselves accountable for their words and actions.

In alignment with the program and course learning outcomes, the following 12 competencies are addressed throughout Trevecca's MHA program curriculum:

Accountability - The ability to hold people accountable to standards of performance or ensure compliance by effectively and appropriately using the power of one's position or personality, with the long-term good of the organization in mind.

Achievement Orientation - A concern for surpassing standards of excellence. Standards may involve past performance (striving for improvement), objective measurements (results orientation), outperforming others (competitiveness), challenging goals or redefining the nature of the standards themselves (innovation).

Analytical Thinking - Developing a deeper understanding of a situation, issue or problem systematically; making systematic comparisons of different features or aspects; setting priorities on a rotational basis; and identifying time sequences, casual relationships or if-then relationships.

Communication Skills II - Speaking & Facilitating- The ability to use spoken communications in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding and productively move agendas forward.

Collaboration - The ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with other individuals and/or teams they do not formally lead; working together as opposed to working separately or competitively.

Financial Skills – The ability to understand and explain financial and accounting information, prepare budgets, and make sound long-term investment decisions.

*Leadership - The ability to recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.

Organizational Awareness - The ability to understand and learn the formal and informal decision-making structures and power relationships in an organization or industry (e.g., stakeholders, suppliers). This includes the ability to identify who the real decision-makers are and the individuals who can influence them, and to predict how new events will affect individuals and groups within the organization.

Performance Measurement – The ability to understand and use statistical and financial metrics and methods to set goals and measure clinical as well as organizational performance. The commitment to and consistent deployment of evidence-based techniques.

Strategic Orientation - The ability to consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, political and regulatory implications of decisions and develop strategies that continually improve the long-term success and viability of the organization.

Talent Development – The ability to build the breadth and depth of the organization's human capability and professionalism, including supporting top-performing people and taking a personal interest in coaching and mentoring high-potential leaders.

*Career and Self-Development - To proactively develop oneself and one's career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities and networking to build relationships within and without one's organization.

In addition to the 12 management competencies and program and course learning outcomes, Trevecca's MHA program curriculum is centered around these three essential components:

1. Professionalism: Leadership & Management Development
   Students are immersed in practical, synchronous and asynchronous activities from the program's beginning to end. Students complete industry and self-assessments to increase self-awareness about their leadership and management competencies and the demands of the healthcare workforce.
2. Field Experience
   The administrative field experience promotes students' immersion to obtain real-world experience and gain exposure to multiple disciplines within the ecosystem of healthcare administration. Completing the field experience will assist students with identifying areas of interest specific to their chosen career pathway or advancing within the workforce in a managerial or leadership position that aligns with their level of education and career aspirations.
3. Capstone Project
   The industry capstone project requires student collaboration with a healthcare professional, research, application and synthesis of leadership theories, competencies and other coursework learned throughout the program. Students will identify a problem and work alongside a healthcare leader to find a resolution to the problem. The project's results are revealed in a final presentation.

The advisory board for Trevecca's MHA program includes the following members.

• Andrew McDonald
  Shareholder, President/CEO, LBMC
  Physician Business Solutions, LLC
  Brentwood, TN
• Stephen Bearden
  Chief Operating Officer (COO)
  Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown
  Nashville, TN
• Katina Beard
  Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center
  Nashville, Smyrna, and Clarksville, TN
• Dwayne Gunter
  Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  Ovation Health
  Brentwood, TN
• Teresa Sparks
  Independent Board Member, Audit Committee Chair, Experienced Healthcare Executive
  Nashville, TN
• Amy Wheeler
  Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  Baptist Health, Alabama Region
  Birmingham, AL
• Kyle Davis
  Chief Financial Officer (COO)
  Hospital-Based Physician Services
  Healthcare Corporations of America (HCA)
  Nashville, TN
• Howard Wall
  Partner
  Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
  Nashville, TN
• Chad Uram
  Vice President, Integrated Revenue Cycle Operations
  Parallon/HCA Healthcare
  Nashville, TN
• Rhonda Hatfield
  Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Management Consultant
  Common Spirit/Trinity Health
  Steubenville, OH
• Dr. Kathleen Mandato
  Director, Epic Training
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  Nashville, TN
• Jerry Vaughan
  Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  Concentric Senior Care, LLC
  Nashville, TN
• Dona Hanna
  Safety Specialist and MHA Program Alumna
  Sarah Cannon Research Institute
  Nashville, TN
• Alissa Bryan
  Director of Nutrition Services and MHA Program Alumna
  Murray - Calloway County Hospital
  Murray, KY

Student Data & Program Outcomes