Master of Science in Health Care Management (part-time)

Advance your health care career with this flexible format specialized master’s program. Take courses online, in person, or a combination of both with world-class faculty. With a blend of synchronous (real-time) and asynchronous (anytime) learning activities, pursue your next step on your time.
Are you ready to improve the quality of and access to health care? The part-time MS in Health Care Management empowers working professionals with the most relevant business skills to be effective and efficient leaders. Harness the resources, reputation, and experience of the Johns Hopkins medical community, and hone the skills necessary to advance your career.
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Program features
Flexible format
The fully online, flexible format allows you to complete the program while continuing your personal and professional obligations. Create a schedule that works for you.
Business foundations
Learn the most relevant business skills to be an effective and efficient leader who will improve the quality and access to health care.
Lead in health
Gain the specialized knowledge needed to make an impact on the community and lead the next generation in the business of health, health care, telehealth, supply chain management, and more.
Health expertise
Harness the resources, reputation, and experience of Johns Hopkins University and its top-ranked schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.
Olu Akinrimisi’s passion to help others led him to pursue a career in health care. It’s also taken him to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. As a student in the Master of Science in Health Care Management program, he’s learning business skills that will help him achieve his career goals while also making an impact on the community he serves.
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- 60 percent female / 40 percent male
- 80 percent of students are from the U.S.
- 4 countries represented
- 3.19 average undergraduate GPA
- 13.8 average years of full-time work experience
Curriculum
As a student in the part-time Master of Science in Health Care Management program, you'll expand your expertise and gain the confidence to make informed decisions on health care economics. The fully online, flexible format allows you to complete the program in as little as two years while maintaining your personal and professional obligations.
The student handbook provides access to information about services and resources for students as well as policies and procedures.
The latest edition of the Carey Business School University Catalog is available.
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The part-time Master of Science in Health Care Management degree prepares you to innovate and improve productivity in the health care sector. Through first-hand exposure to the vanguard of current research, study how the business of health care responds to the latest discoveries, and expand your expertise through cross-disciplinary learning and collaborations with the top-ranked Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Action-based courses allow you to apply practical management skills for health care business solutions.
Required courses (22 credits)*:
*Indicates courses that are currently available on-site only
**Indicates Signature Experiential Learning CourseBusiness foundations (14 credits)
- BU.520.601 Business Analytics
- BU.120.601 Business Communication
- BU.131.601 Business Leadership and Human Values
- BU.350.620 Information Systems
- BU.410.620 Marketing Management
- BU.680.620 Operations Management
- BU.510.601 Statistical Analysis
Functional core (8 credits)
- BU.881.707 Accounting for Decision Making in Healthcare
- BU.881.702 Frameworks for Analyzing Health Care Markets
- BU.883.705 Health Care Financing and Financial Management
- BU.881.703 Health Care Law and Regulation
Electives (14 credits):
Students choose seven courses from the following:
- BU.510.650 Data Analytics
- BU.150.710/5 Discovery to Market I and II
- BU.883.702 Emerging Frontiers in Health Technologies and Strategies
- BU.881.701 Fundamentals of Health Care Systems
- BU.883.706 Health Care Organization and Management
- BU.890.713/4 Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum I and II**
- BU.881.706 Health Innovation and Evaluation
- BU.881.705 Health Marketing and Access*
- BU.883.703 Medical Devices and Diagnostics
- BU.883.708 Negotiation in Health Care Settings
- BU.883.704 Pharmaceutical Strategy
- BU.881.704 Providers and Payers
- BU.550.620 The U.S. Health Care System: Past, Present, and Future
- BU.883.707 The Wire: Business Solutions for Community Health Improvement
Signature Experiential Learning Course
Challenge your in-depth understanding of complex health care issues in this two-part signature practicum. Apply practical management skills and build innovative business solutions for large health care issues.
Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum
Program Comparison
- Online, flexible format
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- 36 credits requirement
- Complete your degree in two years
- In-person classes
- Courses held in Baltimore, MD
- Complete your degree in one year
- Required capstone project
- Online, flexible format
- Optional in-person experiences
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Complete degree in two years
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Throughout your program and beyond, Carey career and leadership coaches and employer relations industry specialists provide you with the support, resources, and opportunities you need to achieve your unique career goals.
Graduates of this program work in a variety of industries including consulting, finance, management, operations, and logistics. Here are just a few organizations where program alumni are making an impact.
Companies
- Highmark Health
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Sage Growth Partners
- Sg2
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Titles
- Administrative Fellow
- Consultant
- Market Analyst
- Research Program Coordinator
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