About Master Of Health Administration (mha) in Sacred Heart University

With Sacred Heart University’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, you will gain the knowledge and innovative skills required to lead and transform the dynamic field of health-care administration and elevate your career.

Why Earn Your Master of Health Administration (MHA) at Sacred Heart?

The Master of Health Administration program at Sacred Heart is a 40-credit, online program designed for those interested in working in clinical and non-clinical health care. Be prepared to become an integral leader in shaping your organization’s future during this time of rapid evolution in the health-care environment. You will be ready to lead the advancement of health-care delivery through competencies acquired in the program, including finance, economics, leadership, quality, ethics and strategic planning. You will gain an understanding of the organization of health-care systems and how they may be optimized to maximize efficiencies and ensure patient safety and quality of care. 

In the MHA program, you will also:

• Benefit from interdisciplinary coursework that focuses on improving health-care delivery, health systems and policy and their intersection with economics, law, ethics, and leadership
• Learn to be an effective, visionary leader able to respond to and serve within your greater community
• Acquire broad and relevant exposure to topics essential to managing the complex and ever-evolving, health-care industry
• Gain practical real-world experiences collaborating with faculty who are professional, clinical and administrative leaders in their field
• Be prepared to communicate respectfully and with empathy, and to create and lead organizations bound by ethics and values
• Analyze case studies utilizing real-life cases, relevant projects, lively discussion and interactive learning forums

Flexible, online format

The MHA program at Sacred Heart is a flexible, 40-credit online program which can be completed in 2.5 years. Faculty have real-world experience and are employed in the areas in which they teach, providing a practical approach to solving today’s health-care challenges.

• Applicants typically admitted have less than 5 undergraduate failing grades (F’s or backlogs) and a minimum Bachelor’s grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (based on the traditional USA 4.0 scale.

English Language Requirements

• TOEFL iBT: 80
• TOEFL iBT® Home Edition: 80
• TOEFL Essentials: 8.5
• IELTS: 6.5
• PTE: 62

MS Business Analytics, Computer Science, IT, Chemistry, Cybersecurity, Finance & Investment Management and Healthcare Informatics will consider IELTS 6.0, Duolingo 105 or TOEFL Essentials 8.0. 

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