Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Baltimore, USA
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master of Health Administration (MHA) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health trains leaders in healthcare management. The accelerated programme is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). It emphasizes equity, social determinants, population health, analytics and strategic problem‑solving. The programme includes a paid full‑time 11‑month administrative residency and a residency scholarship covering 75% of annual tuition. Ranked #9 in 2019.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter leadership in hospitals, health systems, payers and consulting. Alumni include CEO, COO, CIO, Vice President, Managing Director, Director of Operations, moving into healthcare executive leadership and services management.
The Master of Health Administration program is designed to prepare and develop leaders for a rapidly changing world.
The program was once again ranked in the top 10 (#9) of graduate programs in health administration per the 2019 U.S. News & World Report.
This accelerated program provides a rigorous and comprehensive academic experience with a career-building administrative residency in top organizations across the country.
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a graduate professional degree that prepares future healthcare executives for management and leadership positions dedicated to improving health and health services delivery across all sectors. The program is a full graduate member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) and is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
The program emphasizes the values and competencies required to understand the equity and outcomes of care delivery, address social determinants, and face the challenges of health disparities in multiple settings. The curriculum stresses innovation and strategic problem-solving by applying analytical, technical, and management skills required to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and integration of health and health care organizations and systems.
The interdisciplinary curriculum brings our early-career students together with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals creating a collaborative learning environment.
Unique features of the program:
- Accelerated, didactic program designed for highly proficient students.
- Program faculty, student advisors and mentors are accomplished professionals, with the majority having years of health care management experience.
- A paid, full-time, 11-month administrative residency where students become members of an organization's executive management team and work on important assignments, make meaningful contributions and develop and enhance valuable competencies related to health and health care administration.
- A scholarship is available to students during their administrative residency worth 75% of annual tuition.
- Residency organizations across the country representing important segments of the U.S. health care system include payers, providers, and consulting organizations.
Core Curriculum
The MHA program requires a minimum 70 credits of didactic coursework. All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered as pass/fail.
Learning Outcomes
- Legal and Regulatory Environment: Explain federal, state and local laws and regulations affecting the delivery of health care and related services.
- Financing Environments: Analyze the healthcare financing and economic environments, including regulation and processes applicable to public and private payers.
- Health Policy Environment:Analyze the effects of health policy on providers, payers and populations and its implications for organizational response and change.
- Provider Environment: Describe the array of key provider organizations and health professions and their implications for the quality and cost of care of individuals and populations.
- Public Health: Establish goals and objectives for improving health outcomes that incorporate an understanding of the social determinants of health and the socioeconomic environment in which the organization functions.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the school website for more information
MHA program graduates find exciting and rewarding positions in a variety of agencies and settings.
Sample positions held by alumni:
- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a hospital within Hopkins Medicine (class of 1990)
- Chief Information Officer, a community health plan in CA (class of 1993)
- CEO, HCA hospitals in VA (class of 1995)
- Vice President of Corporate Pharmacy, the health system in NC (class of 2000)
- Managing Director, The Advisory Board Company (class of 2001)
- Senior Manager, Deloitte (class of 2002)
- CEO, a regional care provider in TX (class of 2002)
- Director of Operations Analysis and Planning, hospital within Hopkins (class of 2003)
- Executive Director of Cancer Services, health system within Eastern PA (class of 2004)
- Vice President of Population Health and Clinical Integration, a UMMS hospital (class of 2004)
- Divisional Administrator, Digestive and Liver Diseases, academic medical center in NYC (class of 2005)
- Associate Director, Ambulatory Services within the health system in NC (class of 2007)
- Vice President, Kaufman Hall (class of 2008)
