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Who Should ChooseA Healthcare MBA?

DESIGNED FOR THE EXPERIENCED AND ASPIRING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL

The online Healthcare MBA attracts professionals seeking to acquire solid business skills with a clear health focus. The objective? To help you develop a specialized expertise to pursue leadership roles, including health services manager, administrator and executive.

Your background in healthcare makes you particularly well-suited to pursue the online Healthcare MBA at the George Washington University.

Whether you are a practicing physician, administrator, pharmacist or pharmaceutical executive, business professional, nurse, healthcare director or manager, scientist, dentist or dental hygienist, this program offers options to customize your Healthcare MBA and align it with your career goals.

Submit your application for summer programs by 4/1/24 to receive exclusive, limited-time benefits.

 

You'll receive a $3,000 enrollment fee waiver and reduced deposit requirement.

Application Deadlines

Summer 2024
April 10, 2024

Fall 2024
August 1, 2024

COMPLETELY ONLINE

Earn the premier degree of its kind 100% online. Our Healthcare MBA has helped advance business leaders for more than 15 years. It’s designed to be flexible and provide convenient course options that work with your busy schedule.

COMPREHENSIVE & CUSTOMIZABLE

Build your personalized curriculum from an array of robust options. Choose electives from our distinguished schools in business, health sciences, public health, law and more. Your elective courses can also serve to add a graduate certificate to your MBA.

DIVERSE NETWORK

Join a diverse network of professionals, including health directors, doctors, nurses, consultants and more. The majority of our graduates report more than 10 years of health industry experience. Your online MBA also provides study abroad opportunities.

PRESTIGIOUS & MILITARY FRIENDLY

Earn a distinguished online Healthcare MBA from one of the best business schools in the nation, as consistently ranked by Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. It’s also a top option for active military members and veterans.

YOUR SPECIALIZED HEALTHCARE MBA

The online Healthcare MBA has a long history of helping today’s most experienced business and healthcare leaders advance their careers. How? We provide more course options, empowering you to better align curriculum with your professional goals. Earning a graduate certificate in health care quality, health sciences, regulatory

affairs or clinical research are among some of those options that position you to graduate with a distinguished MBA and a unique specialty showcasing your refined experience.

A Rigorous Curriculum

The rigorous online Healthcare Master of Business Administration is designed to teach business management basics while challenging students to think strategically. Courses in project management, finance, ethics and other business administration disciplines immerse you in intensive core MBA courses with additional healthcare management related subjects and electives. Students may also choose to complete one of seven certificates offered by the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences as part of the curriculum:

Graduate Certificate in Health Care Quality
Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences
Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Affairs
Graduate Certificate in Integrative Medicine
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research Administration
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research Practice
Graduate Certificate in Clinical & Translational Research

PROGRAM CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

An associate teaching professor from the School of Business, the senior associate dean for Health Sciences and the chair of the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences explain the partnership, the program curriculum and opportunities for students.

Benefits of Earning Your HCMBA from George Washington University.

The online Healthcare MBA has a long history of helping today's most experienced business and healthcare leaders advance their careers. How? We provide more course options, empowering you to better align curriculum with your professional goals.

Earning a graduate certificate in health care quality, health sciences, regulatory affairs or clinical research are among some of those options that position you to graduate with a distinguished MBA and a unique specialty showcasing your refined experience.

What can a Healthcare MBA do for your career?

When you earn your MBA from the George Washington University, you’ll graduate with a prestigious credential carefully tailored to your career goals. Our customization process allows you to weave your professional ambitions right into your curriculum, preparing you for the future you envision for yourself.

Below you can learn more about a variety of healthcare occupations, salaries, responsibilities and more.

Can earning an online Healthcare MBA lead to increased earning?

According to the Graduate Management Admission Council’s 2020 Corporate Recruiters Survey, the median salary of MBA grads is 75% higher than that of professionals with a bachelor’s degree alone. While not guaranteed, higher earnings are a real possibility as you become eligible for new, higher-paying roles.

The Intersection ofBusiness and Healthcare

GET TO KNOW US

As an industry pioneer, this program is designed to help professionals expand upon decades of experience to hone specialized expertise — and it has helped graduates succeed for more than 15 years.

At George Washington, you can customize your MBA and build your ideal online curriculum from courses that span our top-tier schools in business, medicine and health sciences, public health, nursing, international affairs and law.

This personalized approach is a prominent reason why our Healthcare MBA attracts a diverse range of professionals, including seasoned healthcare experts, business leaders, and international and military students. Join us, and develop skills to support progress in the healthcare industry — and your career.

EXPERIENCE A PREMIER ONLINE
HEALTHCARE MBA PROGRAM

Best Online MBA Programs USN

The George Washington University is ranked in the top 100 among Best National Universities by U.S. News & World Report. The George Washington University School of Business has also been ranked in the top 25 as a Best Business School and in the top 40 as a Best Online MBA Program and is ranked #25 for Best Colleges for Veterans in 2019 by U.S. News & World Report.

Military Friendly

For nine years in a row, the George Washington University has been distinguished as “Military Friendly” by G.I. Jobs and “Best for Vets” by Military Times Edge. We’re also a proud participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

AACSB

The George Washington University School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). AACSB ensures that quality management education is maintained around the world through a rigorous accreditation process.

MSCHE

Located in Washington, D.C., the George Washington University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). The commission examines institutions to determine that educational programs maintain and promote the highest standards as part of the accreditation process.

OUR ALUMNI SNAPSHOT

Our graduates form a diverse, expert network of doctors, executives, health administrators, nurses, pharmacists and other professionals dedicated to improving healthcare management. Experience ranges from less than five years to more than 25 years in their fields, yet the majority agreed: the GW online Healthcare MBA expanded their knowledge and helped them advance in the business and healthcare management industries.

Which factors helped our graduates reach their goals? Where do they work today? Find out by exploring the results of our graduate survey now.

Why Choose GW’sONLINE Healthcare MBA?

An Applied Focus

The GW online Healthcare MBA is more than a traditional, theoretically-based curriculum; it prides itself on being a practical program that emphasizes the applicability of business methodologies and practices to healthcare environments. Students are able to exercise the tools of business management, decision-making and leadership in their current and future healthcare roles, while also bringing their own real-world situations into the classroom.

ONLINE HEALTHCARE MBA: LEADERSHIP

Dr. Christopher Kayes
Chairman, Department of Management
The George Washington University School of Business

ONLINE HEALTHCARE MBA: TRANSLATIONAL

Dr. Joseph Bocchino
Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

A World-Class Faculty

The George Washington University online Healthcare MBA degree program is taught by a faculty of acclaimed scholars, practitioners, and educators. Students in the program benefit from the exceptional research and published works of this group of business and healthcare experts, which creates a rich and challenging environment for high-level dialogue and instruction. The esteemed program faculty also brings an abundance of practical healthcare and business experience into the classroom.

THE LEARNING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: DATA & BUSINESS MODEL

Dr. John M. Young
Assistant Professor, Clinical Research & leadership
The George Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine & Health Sciences

FUTURE: BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE SERVICE DELIVERY

Dr. Rhea Cohn
Assistant Director of Clinical Education
The George Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine & Health Sciences

The Business Professional

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS IN A GROWING INDUSTRY

Professionals with strong business backgrounds in areas such as health insurance or the regulatory and consulting industries can seek opportunities in the expanding healthcare market, where a range of skills can lead you down alternate career paths. The online Healthcare MBA can help diversify your expertise to acquire key insights into global regulations, the clinical research industry, trends that affect today’s health systems and more.

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Genevieve Regal, PharmD, MBA

Online Healthcare MBA Program
2016 Graduate

Senior Consultant at BluePeak Advisors

Learn more about Genevieve here.

Chris Katkocin, MBA, PMP, CHFP

Online Healthcare MBA Program
2011 Graduate

Deputy Director (Business Advisory Services Group) at the Altarum Institute

Learn more about Chris here.

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The Clinician

GAIN KEY INSIGHTS TO EVOLVE YOUR PATIENT CARE

Medical professionals — nurses, doctors, dentists and others — who wish to develop business skills to improve patient care or transition to a leadership role can leverage the online Healthcare MBA to do this more effectively. Your Healthcare MBA includes core business courses in strategic decision-making in a changing environment, managing people and organizations, managing information resources and other foundational business concepts. It also offers options to take elective courses at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences and gain expanded insights into specialized areas such as the clinical research industry, clinical investigation, healthcare enterprise and more.

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Dr. Talal Ghazal, MD, MS, MBA

Online Healthcare MBA Program
2016 Graduate

Partner at Holy Cross Anesthesiology Associates Co-Director at Holy Cross Hospital Pain Center

Learn more about Talal here.

The Health Services Professional

EXPAND YOUR HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

Mid-career professionals already working in or looking to enter the healthcare administration field can expand upon and specialize their expertise through the online Healthcare MBA. Advanced business courses in operations management, decision-making and data analysis, and global perspectives help you hone modern leadership skills. Diverse electives in patient safety systems, health information, quality and outcomes can help you gain a clear healthcare focus, add weight to your MBA, and open your career to growth opportunities.

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Hassan Mirza, JD, MBA, Ph.D.

Online Healthcare MBA Program
2012 Graduate

Legal Services Consultant at John Muir Health

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Kimberly Matthews

Online Healthcare MBA Program
2014 Graduate

Division Manager of Geriatric Medicine & UF Health Senior Care Clinic at UF Health Gainesville

Learn more about Kimberly here.

The Entrepreneur

PRECISE SKILLS TO SUPPORT YOUR UNIQUE PRIORITIES

Both business and medical professionals can gain skills through the online Healthcare MBA to help you succeed as an entrepreneur. Whether that’s running a private practice, consulting firm or other healthcare business, your career goals can align with our robust MBA course options. Pursue the precise skills you need to support your unique priorities as an entrepreneur with specialized graduate certificates and your choice of elective courses in business, medicine and health sciences, public health, nursing, international affairs or law.