Healthcare Administration Program Highlights
Develop your skills and further your career with a healthcare administration bachelor’s degree.
Baker College’s healthcare administration program enables you to develop the broad range of knowledge and critical thinking skills you need to effectively manage the delivery, quality and costs of healthcare services. Our healthcare curriculum is developed with the input of an advisory board of healthcare professionals to ensure it addresses the demands of the real world.
- When you graduate, you will have the training, knowledge and experience to begin a successful healthcare career.
- The health administration degree at Baker College combines general education and healthcare courses with a healthcare management related externship.
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Healthcare Administration classes are taught exclusively through Baker Online. Plus, general education and prerequisite courses are typically available through Baker Online, Online Live, and on all campuses throughout Michigan.
Learn MoreWhy Earn a Healthcare Administration Degree?
Healthcare administrators plan, direct and coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, private and public clinics, agencies and other healthcare organizations. Some healthcare management administrators specialize in one area, such as finance or marketing, but others have broader responsibilities that can range from managing people and services to developing procedures to improve the quality of health services.
Healthcare Admin Curriculum
The Baker College healthcare administrator degree is a four-year, Higher Learning Commission-accredited program consisting of 120 credit hours (51 hours of healthcare administration, 27 hours of general education requirements, and 42 hours of electives). Our curriculum includes management courses, healthcare courses, and a 121-hour work experience.
View Full CurriculumSample Courses
Health Care Administration
Introduction to Public Health
Health Care Administration Externship
Membership
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration (BHCA) Program at Baker College is an Associate Undergraduate member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). AUPHA sets standards for admission to the Association recognizing academic units in the US offering a degree at the bachelor’s level in healthcare management in a regionally accredited institution. AUPHA is also an international consortium of graduate and undergraduate health administration programs and practitioners engaged in the development of health management education. 
On Campus Unavailable
Core courses for this degree program are not offered on campus.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available on campus each semester.
View campus locationsAvailable on Baker Online
Courses for this degree program are available through Baker Online.
100% online, this format offers flexible scheduling with 8-week semesters
Baker OnlineUnavailable on Online Live
Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.
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