Online Health Care Administration Certificate Program 

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Support Practitioners and Patients with Executive-Level Healthcare Management Skills 

Drive improved efficiency, safety, and use of information in healthcare organizations with the MBA-level content taught in GMercyU's online Healthcare Administration Certificate.

This four-course, 12-credit online certificate in healthcare administration teaches specialized skills in finance, information systems, and management for the growing healthcare administration sector.

Program begins
Varies (email us for details)

Format
100% online, asynchronous

Credits
4 classes, 12 credits total

Program length
Less than 1 year

Model
Continue working as you complete one course at a time in 7-week accelerated sessions

Benefits
Develop specialized business skills; certificate is stackable toward GMercyU's MBA degree

The GMercyU Difference

The healthcare administration certificate online teaches MBA-level coursework in key executive decision-making areas such as finance, marketing, and accounting. This strategy certificate features:

  • Small classes with field-experienced faculty mentors
  • An emphasis on health care sector-specific business skills
  • Accelerated course schedules featuring seven-week course blocks, so you can focus on one set of concepts at a time
  • Broader business skills integrated into coursework, including presentation, writing, and research skills.

Our healthcare administration certificate program can equip you for career opportunities with greater responsibility in hospitals, clinics, care homes, health care service providers, and health care product companies. 

Whether you want to enter healthcare administration for the first time or build on previous experience, earning your health care administration certificate online with us can help.

Curriculum – Health Care Administration Certificate Online

The online certificate in health care administration consists of four MBA-level courses.

  • MBA 610: Strategic Management - 3 credits
  • MBA 730: Health Care Budgeting, Planning & Finance - 3 credits
  • MBA 740: Managing Health Care Delivery Systems - 3 credits
  • MBA 750: Health Care Information Systems - 3 credits
Local to GMercyU? Join us for our Evening Graduate Program Open House on Thursday, April 11. See details, register here

Admissions Requirements – Online Certificate in Health Care Administration

You must be a graduate of a bachelor’s degree program or MBA program to apply to our health care administration certificate programs. You must also:

  • Submit official transcripts from all academic institutions attended, demonstrating achievement of a minimum grade point average (GPA) of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. If below a 3.0, you will be required to submit a personal statement as part of your application.
  • Send a copy of your current resume.
  • Provide two letters of recommendation speaking to your professional achievements and ability to succeed in a graduate-level academic program.
  • Demonstrate achievement of a minimum grade point average (GPA) of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. If below a 3.0, you will be required to submit a personal statement as part of your application.
  • Complete the Gwynedd Mercy University Graduate Application.

Have questions? We're ready to help! Please contact:
Wivina Chmura, Associate Director of Admissions
215-641-5541
gradadmissions@gmercyu.edu