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The Intersection of

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Business and Healthcare

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As industry pioneers, we designed our Healthcare MBA to help professionals expand upon decades of experience to hone specialized expertise — and it has helped graduates succeed for more than 15 years.

At the George Washington University, 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why Choose GW’s

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ONLINE Healthcare MBA?

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An Applied Focus

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The GW online Healthcare MBA is more than a traditional theoretically based curriculum. We take pride in offering a practical program that emphasizes the applicability of business methodologies and practices to healthcare environments. Students can exercise the tools of business management, decision-making, and leadership in their current and future healthcare roles while bringing their own real-world situations into the classroom.

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A World-Class Faculty

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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.

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EXPERIENCE A PREMIER ONLINEHEALTHCARE MBA PROGRAM

Accreditation ensures the credibility of educational institutions and the recognition of their degrees. It allows credit transfers, financial aid eligibility, clear institutional improvement benchmarks and application to additional programs. For online programs like GW's Healthcare MBA, accreditation distinguishes quality education and is governed by the same standards as on-campus programs.

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Best Online MBA Programs
U.S. News & World Report ranks the George Washington University School of Business #55 for Best Online MBA Programs and #43 for Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans in 2025.

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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.

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AACSB Accredited
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.

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MSCHE Accredited
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.

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OUR ALUMNI SNAPSHOT

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Our graduates form a diverse, expert network of doctors, executives, health administrators, nurses, pharmacists and other professionals dedicated to improving healthcare management. Their level of 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.

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Who Should Choose

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A Healthcare MBA?

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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.

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EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS IN A GROWING INDUSTRY

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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 by equipping you with 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

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Online Healthcare MBA Program
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Senior Consultant at BluePeak Advisors

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Chris Katkocin, MBA, PMP, CHFP

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

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GAIN KEY INSIGHTS TO EVOLVE YOUR PATIENT CARE

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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

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Partner at Holy Cross Anesthesiology

Associates Co-Director at Holy Cross Hospital Pain Center

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EXPAND YOUR HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

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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.

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Legal Services Consultant at John Muir Health

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Kimberly Matthews

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2014 Graduate

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

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PRECISE SKILLS TO SUPPORT YOUR UNIQUE PRIORITIES

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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.

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