2023 Health Care Administration Rankings

SUMMARY

Choosing to study Health Care Administration is a valuable choice and frequently a required first step for pupils choosing to enter a career as an university healthcare administrator, a public healthcare director, or a compliance manager. Interestingly, health care administration is a fairly common choice coming in at the 39th most popular major. Last academic year alone, there were 12,414 health care administration degrees conferred. In-state tuition for health care administration at private schools is, on average, 3.1 times more expensive than their public peers.

There are 447 universities which offer health care administration. 447 schools is fairly average in terms of the number of institutions which offer each degree. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other health care administration students, consider looking at institutions in Florida which have the most undergrads admitted to health care administration annually. less precisely, the best region to get a degree in health care administration is in the Southeast region with University of Central Florida, Florida International University, and Columbia Southern University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to major in health care administration is the Conference USA with University of Alabama at Birmingham, Florida Atlantic University, and Florida International University representing the conference. Based on our extensive list on the best colleges, our choice for the best college for health care administration is University of Pennsylvania.

The best school does not mean it is the best school for you. There can be many more facets to think about when selecting ​university. Stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food could change your decision on where to go to school. Here at authority.org, we've examined the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which health care administration university has the best campus, the answer is University of Connecticut. If you are very interested in which university has the best campus, we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more so we can evaluate every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. You can explore our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbsphere and our pick of the university with the best student life for health care administration is Georgetown University. Curious why? Continue scrolling to discover more about Authority's top recommendations. Many of our picks just might shock you.

If cost is a major influence in your decisions, you might consider avoiding George Washington University. George Washington University&nbspappears to be the most expensive college for health care administration, at least for out of state students. We do have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that could put the price tag of George Washington University&nbspinto perspective. You may also want to know that health care administration is the 151st most expensive major in the US, with an average cost of $33,400. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for health care administration in the country is District of Columbia at George Washington University and Georgetown University, the primary colleges in the state, of $54,453 and $55,440. Even more broadly, the most expensive region of the U.S. for health care administration is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Stonehill College with a cost of $44,420, Providence College with a cost of $51,490, and Salve Regina University with a cost of $40,750.

Our cheapest region for health care administration is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Brigham Young University-Idaho with a cost of $4,208, Western Governors University with a cost of $6,380, and Colorado State University-Global Campus with a cost of $8,400. More optimistically, the most affordable university for health care administration is Florida Atlantic University. Our full list of the most affordable schools can be found here.

In-state learners can anticipate paying around $9,300 for a degree in health care administration. That cost increases intensely to an average of $20,100 for an out-of-state public-school student. Our pick for the college representing the best value for health care administration: University of Pennsylvania. Through this link you will find our comprehensive list for the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspin general. With that said, this discussion is based on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for health care administration majors can vary, but within two-years of finishing the degree students will typically make in the neighborhood of $41,000. While there can be much variation in salary; highest paid earners can experience pay up to $75,800. Even straight out of college, the minimum earning positions within the health care administration field earn $22,000, which is an alright wage. The highest earning grads for health care administration attended Georgetown University&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The prevailing diversity of health care administration ranks solid, coming in the 69th percentile of all majors. The college with the highest composite diversity for health care administration is University of Pennsylvania&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the schools which have the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Health Care Administration is only in the 61st percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually greater, ranking in the 69th percentile. White collegians make up the largest proportion at 55% of scholars studying health care administration. Additionally, 75% of scholars pursuing a health care administration degree are women.

The median score of health care administration professors is 4.2 stars, a score that is 5% higher than the median for every major; which is a good score. If you are searching for the most popular health care administration instructor in the nation, look no further than Todd Sabato from James Madison University. It may come as a shock, but the top ranked health care administration professors by student are at James Madison University. As we consider data beyond simply rankings it becomes clear that the school possessing comprehensively the best instructors for health care administration is University of Pennsylvania. One can find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the finest examples of instructors in the country.

Finally, the hardest school to get into for health care administration is University of Pennsylvania. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we have a general list of the hardest colleges to get into. Although, we do hope you believe that looking at academics with context only derived from superlatives could cause issues. We hope you look at some of our more nuanced pages on individual colleges and explore some of our helpful background articles on essential details to look out for as your university search continues.