Health Administration
Major
Health administration degree overview
If you enjoy solving problems and want to help your community, consider our health administration degree. It combines health sciences, health informatics and administration.
This degree prepares you for entry-level administrative positions in various health settings. It's the ideal career path if you're community-focused and enthusiastic about helping people.
AT A GLANCE
Why choose our health administration degree?
Our health administration degree is for you if you're interested in the business side of healthcare. With this degree, you could run a doctor's office, long-term care facility or hospital. You can also advance your career in the medical field.
This program will get you ready for various careers in health administration, like a community health service manager. Health service managers strive to provide affordable, quality care to the members of their communities. Your leadership and management skills will be invaluable as healthcare delivery systems become more complex.
If you're good at problem-solving, writing clearly and finding solutions, you'll do great in a health administration job. If you value others from all backgrounds and cultures, you'll do well as a health administrator.
Highlights of the health administration degree
In our health administration degree, you can:
- Build your skills: Combine health sciences, health informatics and economic coursework for a well-rounded skillset.
- Get job experience: Do an internship at a local health care organization. You can choose places like MyMichigan Health, St. Mary's Mercy, Beaumont Hospital or Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
- Network with like-minded individuals: Utilize the resources of the School of Health Sciences and The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions — including state-of-the-art facilities and student groups like C.H.A.P.S. (Collegiate Health Administration Preparatory Society).
- Join a living learning community: You can live and study with other health professions students in the Health Professions Residential College.
Health administration careers
Our health administration degree will prepare you for various health service management positions.
| Career | Projected Salary |
|---|---|
| Nursing Home/Home Health Administrator | $33,530 |
| Health Care Administrator | $110,680 |
| Clinical Case Manager | $56,222 |
| Patient Advocate/Navigator | $43,548 |
| Medical and Health Services Manager | $104,830 |
Join the Collegiate Health Administration Preparatory Society
The Collegiate Health Administration Preparatory Society, or C.H.A.P.S., is a group where you can network and grow personally and professionally alongside other students interested in health administration. Members are able to participate in exclusive events such as speakers, professional development opportunities and social events.
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