Health Care Administration & Management

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2022

30,702

declining 2.33%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$7,158

growing 1.24%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$32,440

growing 2.46%

About

The most common degree awarded to students studying Health Care Administration & Management is a bachelors degree.

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Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Health Care Administration & Management and the types of students that study this field. Western Governors University awards the most degrees in Health Care Administration & Management in the US, but Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and Atlantis University (485768) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management.

Tuition costs for Health Care Administration & Management majors are, on average, $7,158 for in-state public colleges, and $32,440 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Health Care Administration & Management programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (11,761 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Health Care Administration & Management (2022)

Western Governors University
2,686 degrees awarded
Southern New Hampshire University
1,623 degrees awarded
Purdue University Global
843 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management, is Public, 4-year or above (11,761 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Health Care Administration & Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,158

Median In-State Public

$32,440

Median Out of State Private

Western Governors University has the most Health Care Administration & Management degree recipients, with 2,686 degrees awarded in 2022.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Health Care Administration & Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management, with 54.3%.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Health Care Administration & Management

Salt Lake County, UT
2,686 degrees awarded
Merrimack County, NH
1,675 degrees awarded
Hennepin County, MN
1,252 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management by year.

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Health Care Administration & Management.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (14,119 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Health Care Administration & Management are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.

Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (78.4%)

Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Health Care Administration & Management.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
14,119 degrees awarded
Black or African American
6,463 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
3,855 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Health Care Administration & Management for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination

N/A
N/A degrees awarded
N/A
N/A degrees awarded
N/A
N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Health Care Administration & Management.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Health Care Administration & Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health Care Administration & Management majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Health Care Administration & Management majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, and Management of Material Resources.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Health Care Administration & Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.