Graduate Certificate – Healthcare Administration Online

Learn key fundamentals of healthcare administration and gain a competitive advantage. This AACSB-accredited, 100 percent online program offers you a faster, more affordable path to better opportunities in your field.

Apply by: 1/1/25
Start class: 1/8/25

Program Overview

Explore our online Graduate Certificate – Healthcare Administration

Total Tuition: $5,916
Program Duration: As few as 7 months
Credit Hours: 12

Boost your earning potential and advance your career with an AACSB-accredited, 100 percent online Graduate Certificate – Healthcare Administration from Southern Utah University.

In this robust program—which shares coursework with SUU’s related MBA program—you will gain a deeper understanding of U.S. private and public healthcare systems, industry-specific accounting and financial management protocols, and healthcare administration practices, including ethical and legal expectations.

More cost-effective than a graduate degree and with faster time to completion, this high-value certificate equips you with specialized knowledge and skills you can immediately apply in the workplace. Earned hours can be credited toward SUU online graduate business programs.

Upon completing this program, you will be able to:

  • Operate with a deeper understanding of the U.S. healthcare system
  • Apply advanced principles and techniques related to healthcare accounting and financial management
  • Operate with a deeper understanding of the U.S. healthcare system
  • Apply advanced principles and techniques related to healthcare accounting and financial management

This program prepares you for roles such as:

  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Health Services Manager
  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Health Services Manager

Accreditation

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The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

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SUU offers a variety of certificate programs online. Check out all of our online Graduate Certificate programs.

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Total Tuition: $5,916
Program Duration: As few as 7 months
Credit Hours: 12

Accreditation

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The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

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Tuition

Stay on budget with affordable tuition

Maximize the value of your certificate program online with our affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition, which includes all fees.

Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $493
Total Tuition: $5,916

Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
Healthcare Administration Graduate Certificate $493 $1,479 $5,916

Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $493
Total Tuition: $5,916

Calendar

Choose a start date and secure your spot

Designed for working professionals, SUU online programs conveniently feature 7-week courses and multiple start dates each year.

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Next Apply Date: 1/1/25
Next Class Start Date: 1/8/25
TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class Day
Spring I1/8/251/1/251/1/251/3/251/8/252/23/25
Summer II6/30/256/23/256/23/256/25/256/30/258/17/25

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Next Class Start Date: 1/8/25

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Admissions

How to apply to our Healthcare Administration Certificate online

Our streamlined admission process enables you to start quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the Graduate Certificate – Healthcare Administration online, including what additional materials you need and where you should send them.

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • 2.5 GPA
  • No GMAT required

Foundation course

Students may be required to take a 3 credit hour Foundations course based on a holistic review of the application and supporting documents with special consideration of undergraduate major, GPA and relevant work experience. Students will be notified of their course sequence at the time of admission.

Transcripts

Please submit official transcripts from the college/university in which a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from an accredited institution was obtained.

  • Transcript Assist - We can help you obtain your transcript at no cost! Simply give us permission by filling out the Transcript Assist form in your application. Once your application is submitted, we’ll request your transcript and notify you when it arrives. Please note that we only request the transcript for your highest earned degree. We can obtain transcripts from institutions that are part of the Parchment or National Student Clearinghouse networks, which includes most schools. Check their websites to see if your college is a member. If your institution is not affiliated, you’ll need to submit your transcript to SUU yourself.
  • Applicants who have graduated from SUU do not need to submit a transcript
  • International transcripts must include a transcript evaluation from a third-party service such as The Evaluation Company (TEC) or WES showing that the degree is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree

Official transcripts must be mailed or emailed directly from the granting institution(s) to:

Email address:
[email protected]

Mailing address:
Admissions Office
Southern Utah University
PO Box 8008
Cedar City, Utah 84720

Courses

Preview the online Graduate Certificate Healthcare Administration courses

For the Graduate Certificate - Healthcare Administration online, you must complete 12 credit hours. Students may be eligible to waive the 3 credit hour Business Foundations course in the first term based on a holistic review of their application and supporting documents with special consideration of undergraduate major, GPA and relevant work experience. Students will be notified of their course sequence at the time of admission.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This accelerated and condensed course covers the essential concepts of Business Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Financial and Managerial Accounting and Corporate Finance that are necessary for success in subsequent graduate level business administration courses.

HCA 6100 is a prerequsite for HCA 6300 and HCA 6400.  Courses should be taken in the order listed below for the shortest program completion time.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a foundation in Healthcare Administration. The course introduces the student to the structure and functions of the U.S. Health Care System. Topics to be covered include an overview of the U.S. Health Care System (private and public sectors), the interface between Public Health and U.S. Health Care System, various health care delivery structures, health care workforce, health care resources, types of health services, financing of health services and health care coverage, meeting the health care needs of special populations, and critical issues in health services.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Through this course students will explore advanced principles and techniques related to healthcare accounting and financial management. The primary objective of this course is for students to be able to apply administrative/managerial knowledge and the related accounting/financial theory and techniques within today’s healthcare marketplace.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will examine the interrelated changes in healthcare administration, ethical and legal expectations, and the organization of health care and health policy over the last century. The ways that leaders in healthcare organizations adapt to and challenge public policies throughout the policymaking process, the consequences of this behavior for the administration, services, staffing, inter-organizational linkages, and the impact on health and practice, research, and education.

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