Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Healthcare Administration Online

Prepare for rewarding careers across healthcare organizations and systems with an online degree that delivers expertise in strategy, operations, health analytics and organizational leadership.

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Start class: 1/19/27
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Program Overview

Grow your health systems expertise with the online MBA Healthcare Administration degree

Learn to lead in a complex industry with the MBA in Healthcare Administration online degree from Texas State University. Through a curriculum that combines business strategy with data-informed decision-making, you’ll build the expertise to navigate challenges and lead effectively across healthcare organizations.

Earn your MBA in Healthcare Administration online as part of a community of learners within Texas State University’s AACSB-accredited McCoy College of Business. You’ll receive personalized attention from expert faculty while completing 100% online coursework focused on health policy, analytics, quality improvement and healthcare leadership.

As a student of this online MBA in Healthcare Administration program, you will learn how to:

  • Utilize appropriate information technologies for managing business data for decision-making, enhancing productivity and communicating with others
  • Apply quantitative and analytical methods to evaluate healthcare data, improve operational efficiency, and support evidence-based decision-making
  • Design, implement and assess quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient safety, care delivery and organizational performance
  • Analyze internal operations and external factors including market forces, regulatory environments, and population health trends to inform strategic planning.
  • Interpret and apply healthcare policies, laws, and regulations to ensure compliance and guide organizational decision-making
  • Lead teams, manage change, and solve complex problems in diverse healthcare settings, demonstrating effective communication and ethical leadership
As a student of this online MBA in Healthcare Administration program, you will learn how to:
  • Utilize appropriate information technologies for managing business data for decision-making, enhancing productivity and communicating with others
  • Apply quantitative and analytical methods to evaluate healthcare data, improve operational efficiency, and support evidence-based decision-making
  • Design, implement and assess quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient safety, care delivery and organizational performance
  • Analyze internal operations and external factors including market forces, regulatory environments, and population health trends to inform strategic planning.
  • Interpret and apply healthcare policies, laws, and regulations to ensure compliance and guide organizational decision-making
  • Lead teams, manage change, and solve complex problems in diverse healthcare settings, demonstrating effective communication and ethical leadership

Also available:

We also offer an online MBA in Business Analytics, online MBA in Finance, online MBA in International Business, online MBA in Human Resources, and online MBA in Marketing. Explore all of the online Texas State MBA programs.

Total Tuition $25,428*
Duration As few as 16 months
Credit Hours 39

Accreditation

AACSB accredited

The McCoy College of Business at Texas State University is an accredited member of AACSB International. For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education. McCoy College's Department of Accounting also holds an additional AACSB accreditation. Fewer than 200 universities worldwide earn AACSB accreditations in both business and accounting.

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Tuition

Explore tuition details for the affordable online MBA Healthcare Management program

Tuition for the online MBA in Health Administration program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA in Healthcare Administration $652 $1,951 $25,428*

*Students in Accelerated Online Programs are not eligible for payment plans or emergency loans. Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. BookSmart fees are automatically added each semester but are not included in program costs; students may opt out by the start of each term. Registrations after the tuition deadline require full payment at registration. Cost of Attendance details are available through TXST One Stop.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $25,428*
Per Credit Hour $652

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Calendar

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The Texas State MBA in Healthcare Administration is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20271/19/271/4/271/11/271/19/271/14/273/8/278 Weeks
Spring 2 20273/9/272/23/273/2/273/9/273/4/245/12/278 Weeks
Summer 1 20276/1/275/17/275/24/276/1/275/27/277/19/278 Weeks
Fall 1 20278/25/278/11/278/18/278/25/278/19/2710/13/278 Weeks
Fall 2 202710/18/2710/4/2710/11/2710/18/2710/14/2712/16/268 Weeks

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Start Class 1/19/27

Admissions

Review admission requirements for the accelerated MBA Healthcare Administration online

Apply to the MBA in Healthcare Administration degree online program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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To be eligible to earn your MBA in Healthcare Administration online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

    • Two years or more of professional business experience
    • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
    • Completed online application
    • Nonrefundable application fee of $55 ($90 for international*)
    • Official transcripts from each institution where course credit was granted
    • Resume/CV outlining education, professional and technical achievements, scholarships/grants, publications/presentations, other accomplishments
    • Essay outlining the applicant’s interest in the program and a description of the applicant’s three most significant accomplishments
    • Submit the name of two professional references from persons best able to assess the student’s ability to succeed in graduate school
    • No GMAT or GRE required

    For applicants without a U.S. bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)**:
    You must submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements.

    • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of
      • 19 listening
      • 19 reading
      • 19 speaking
      • 18 writing
    • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
    • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
    • Official Duolingo scores required with a 110 overall
    • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

    **Exemption: Applicants who have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a country on our exempt countries list are not required to submit an English proficiency exam score.

    You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:

    • Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
    • Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
    • Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
    • Arrange all pages in the correct order
    • Remove any encryption/password protections


    Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].

    Official transcripts can be mailed to:

    TXST One Stop
    Texas State University – Graduate Admissions
    601 University Dr.
    San Marcos, TX 78666

    *Texas State defines an on-campus international student as anyone with a nonimmigrant visa status, including H-1B visa holders, or those seeking a visa to enroll. If you are not a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you will be classified as an international applicant.

    An online international student is someone who holds citizenship in another country, is not a U.S. permanent resident, and resides outside the U.S. while enrolling in an online program.

    Students who are not on a visa but are graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence are considered domestic applicants.

    If you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, you are considered a domestic applicant.

Admission Requirements

  • Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university (minimum 2.75 GPA)
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 to be considered for admission
  • No GMAT or GRE required

Courses

Discover what you’ll learn with accelerated MBA Healthcare Administration online course work

To graduate from the healthcare administration MBA online program you must complete a total of 39 credit hours, including 30 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of electives.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to contribute to the development of the business professional. Academic content is supplemented by training in soft skill topics to better prepare the students for a successful business career. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide an integrative understanding of the firm. A variety of organizational models and perspectives will be incorporated to facilitate understanding of the complexities of the firm, its environments, and its relationships with stakeholders. Includes focus on case analysis issues and communication skills.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Use of accounting information for improving managerial decision making. Emphasis is on understanding the practice of business management, budgeting, cost behavior, and operational, internal, and management control. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of managerial decision-making and business policy. Topics include demand analysis, production and cost theory, pricing strategies, and optimization techniques such as linear programming. Analytical models are used to examine how firms allocate resources, respond to market conditions, and evaluate strategic alternatives. Emphasis is placed on using quantitative methods to inform decisions related to pricing, output, and resource allocation in competitive environments. Prerequisite: QMST 5334 with a grade of "C" or better.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the major considerations in financial decision making. These considerations are analyzed by exploring the role of financial managers in creating value and maximizing shareholder wealth within the constraints of legal and ethical behavior. The development of critical thinking, quantitative applications, and analytical skills are major goals of this course because the topics require knowledge of specialized problem-solving techniques. 
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An integrative approach to policy formulation and administration (decision making) to achieve organization objectives. Should be taken the last semester of student’s MBA program
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines how organizational behaviors shape workplace effectiveness by evaluating individual, team, and organizational dynamics. Students analyze job satisfaction, stress, personality, ability, motivation, trust, justice, and ethics to enhance decision‑making and performance. The course also explores team dynamics, leadership styles and behaviors, and organizational differences to deepen the understanding of organizational effectiveness. Throughout the course, students apply advanced organizational behavior insights into real organizational challenges to examine leadership and organizational outcomes Prerequisite: B A 5351 with a grade of "C" or better.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the planning and coordination of marketing functions, marketing policies, and the analysis of marketing administration.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a comprehensive quantitative foundation for business analytics and data-driven decision-making. Students explore essential topics such as inferential statistics, regression analysis, and various statistical modeling techniques used to solve complex business problems across functional areas. Significant emphasis is placed on understanding core statistical concepts, applying appropriate methods, and interpreting results within real-world business contexts. The curriculum focuses on analytical reasoning and evidence-based evaluation rather than prescriptive managerial conclusions, ensuring learners can critically assess data to support organizational objectives.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the concepts and strategies used to design, manage, and continuously improve the processes that create and deliver goods and services. The course examines operational and tactical challenges organizations face and explores both qualitative and quantitative approaches to addressing them. Students analyze how process decisions influence organizational performance while considering emerging technologies, digital transformation, and data-enabled operational practices across diverse organizational settings.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to information systems management for healthcare organizations, with a focus on incorporating analytics for informed decision-making. It covers the determination of information required by whom, design of information flows, procurement of information systems technology resources, assurance of information security, and management of systems integration. Students gain skills in leveraging analytics for insights and trend analysis, optimizing technology solutions, and addressing the unique challenges of healthcare data management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course instructs the concepts of quality management in healthcare integrating quality improvement tools using continuous process improvement methodologies. Students learn to translate healthcare quality management theory, concepts, and knowledge into practice by applying statistical methods and analysis to eliminate defects, reduce waste, and deliver excellent patient/client experiences. Students gain familiarity with the quality standards required by federal and private organizations.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses legal issues pertaining to health services as they relate to providers and consumers within the health care system. It covers the legal issues surrounding the relationship of patients, providers, and health care institutions. It examines managerial and clinical ethics as they relate to the provision of health services. The course also addresses policy issues at state and national levels, including how to analyze policies and facilitate policy development, from the perspective of various stakeholders. Students evaluate changing healthcare policy paradigms and decision points.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This capstone course builds upon analytical skills needed for making evidence-based strategic and marketing decisions. It covers the strategic planning/management process in the competitive healthcare industry including the assessment of both the external and internal environments and alignment of organization’s strengths and weaknesses with external threats and opportunities as well as the study of marketing functions, principles, and concepts as they relate to the healthcare delivery system. Students develop skills by analyzing a real healthcare organization and recommending strategic and marketing decisions.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course includes an overview and comparison of the organization and delivery of health services focusing on the history, development, and current delivery by organizations in the continuum of care. Through the course, students acquire foundational knowledge and management applications pertaining to governance, policy, organizational structures, stakeholders, research, and patient-centered care.

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