Our Mission: Develop lifelong healthcare leaders.

Our Vision: Develop new, early, and mid-career students into leaders who combine the essential knowledge, specific competencies, and practical experiences for a career in for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental healthcare in the Midwest, nation, and the world. We actively engage the healthcare community by preparing ethical and effective practitioners for healthcare leadership and serving as a resource for continued professional development.

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Internship Guide

Students and Graduate Profiles

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Student Recognitions

Scholarships

Library Subject Guide

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Why Study Health Administration at Grand Valley?

• The Master in Health Administration (MHA) Program is accredited by CAHME, the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
• Our MHA program emphasizes management principles that are relevant to nonprofit health organizations, which are very prominent in Michigan (e.g., CHE Trinity Health, including Mercy Health, Covenant Retirement Communities, Henry Ford Health System, Holland Homes, Hospice of Michigan, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, McLaren Health Care, Metro Health Hospital, Porter Hills Retirement Communities, Sparrow Health, and Spectrum Health System.) Students are also prepared for managerial roles in government and for-profit organizations.
• MHA faculty partners with other programs to provide management education to students who want a degree that incorporates elements outside of health management.
• The MHA program is open to students with undergraduate backgrounds in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, business, health professions, or any other field.
• Our program is flexible for both full and part-time students, and to pre-career and in-service students with courses meeting in the evening, on weekends and on-line.
• We are supportive of our students' career objectives and provide many curriculum options to match those objectives.

The completion of the MHA requires a minimum of 54 credits for pre-career students, who need 2 internships, 51 credits for early-career students who need 1 internship, and 48 credits for mid-career students. For information on tuition per credit hour and other fees, please visit the costs portion of the GVSU Financial Aid website. 

For scholarship information please visit the SPNHA scholarship page. For graduate assistant information, please visit the SPNHA graduate assistantship page. For other financial support and filing for FAFSA, please visit the GVSU Financial Support website.

The Graduate School provides funding for student conference attendance and research projects through the Academic Conference Fund and Presidential Research Grants.

Graduate Program Director: Lara Jaskiewicz

Internship Coordinator: Quincy Williams

Department Chair: Raymond Higbea

Academic Faculty

Career Center contact: Grace Pushman

Library liaison: Ashley Rosener

College Dean: George Grant, Jr.

Practitioner Faculty

Connect Early, Connect Often

Make regular appointments with Carlos Martinez in the Career Center and with your faculty advisor to discuss your post-graduation plans.  (Consult Banner to identify your advisor.)

Articles of Interest:

• Monster.com: Where Can You Work with a Master's in Healthcare Administration?
• U.S. News & World Report: Online Master's in Health Care Administration: An Overview
• MHA Degree.org: Salary for Masters in Healthcare Administration – Jobs & Career Outlook
• American College of Healthcare Executives: Your Career as a Healthcare Executive
• ExploreHealthCareers.org: Health Administrator

BLS Occupational Outlook:

• Medical and Health Services Managers

Selected job boards

• Career Vitals
• iHire Healthcare Administration
• Health eCareers
• NRHA Career Center 
• HealthCareerCenter.com
• Public Health Jobs
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• Michigan Association for Local Public Health
• Public Health Online
• American Health Information Management Association
• State of Michigan Job Openings
• American Public Health Association
• Medzilla

Graduation rates

• On average, a Full-Time student completes the MHA Program in 2 to 2.5 years.
• On average, a Part-Time student completes the MHA Program in 3 to 4 years.

Class sizes

• The average MHA class size was 20 in 2019-2020
• The range of MHA class sizes was 9 to 33 students in 2016-2017

Registration:

• 51% of MHA students registered full-time (9 or more credits) in Fall 2019
• 49% of MHA students registered part-time in Fall 2019

Post-Graduation

• 92% of MHA students who graduated 2017-2019 were employed within 6 months of graduation

Student Learning Outcomes

• Health Administration, MHA

Student Body Profile

MHA students at time of graduation, 2014-15 through 2018-2019 (Total graduates: 105)

• Age under 25: 13% 
• Age 25-29: 55%
• Age 30-39: 19%
• Age 40+: 12%
• Female: 65%
• Male: 35%
• African-American / Black: 6%
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: 1%
• Asian / Pacific Islander: 14%
• Hispanic: 1%
• Mixed-race: 4%
• White: 72%
• International (on student visa)  7%