Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online

Prepare to be an impactful community leader by connecting the wide-ranging healthcare industry to the patients you serve.

Apply by: 1/8/25
Start Class: 1/14/25
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Program Overview

Consider the MPA in Healthcare Administration online program at Murray State

$16,290* Total Tuition
As few as 12 months Program Duration
36 Credit Hours

The online Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Healthcare Administration from Murray State University prepares students to be impactful leaders within the healthcare industry in wide-ranging roles. You will study healthcare planning, financial aspects of health services organizations, and health administration and management within a broader overview of the healthcare delivery system.

Our relevant core coursework gives you a background in key areas of public administration, including policy analysis, budgeting and finance, organizational theory, human resource management and more.

This 100 percent online healthcare administration program from Murray State’s College of Humanities and Fine Arts includes a capstone experience in which you will integrate theories and methods by proposing and executing a project involving a substantive management or analytic issue in the public sector.

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This program will prepare you for careers such as:

  • Human Resource Administrator
  • Healthcare Administrator or Manager
  • Disaster Management Planner
  • Emergency Management Director
This program will prepare you for careers such as:+
  • Human Resource Administrator
  • Healthcare Administrator or Manager
  • Disaster Management Planner
  • Emergency Management Director
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Murray State University offers a variety of specialized Master of Public Administration concentrations. Check out all of our online MPA programs.

Tuition

Learn more about Murray State’s affordable tuition

Master of Public Administration online programs from Murray State University offer affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. All fees are included in the total tuition.

Tuition breakdown:

$452.50 Per Credit Hour
$16,290* Total Tuition
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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MPA – Health Administration $452.50 $1,357.50 $16,290*

*The tuition rate is subject to annual changes based on approval by the Murray State University Board of Regents and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Refer to Graduate Tuition Rates for more information on the cost of attendance for Murray State.

Calendar

View the application deadlines and class schedules for our online program

Murray State University online programs are delivered in an accelerated format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.

Now enrolling:

1/8/25 Next Application Deadline
1/14/25 Start Classes

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TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument & Financial Aid DeadlinePriority Registration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class DayTerm Length
Spring 11/14/251/8/251/9/251/10/251/13/253/5/257 weeks
Spring 23/11/253/5/253/6/253/7/253/10/255/6/257 weeks
Summer 15/12/255/6/255/7/255/8/255/9/256/21/257 weeks
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Admissions

Be prepared for admissions to our online MPA in Healthcare Administration

At Murray State University, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online, including where to send your transcripts.

The requirements include:

Online application accepted on a rolling basis
Bachelor’s degree FROM A 4-YEAR DOMESTIC INSTITUTION
Transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended
2.5 GPA ON UNDERGRADUATE COURSEWORK
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For admission to this MPA online program, you must meet the following requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year domestic institution
  • Undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or higher
  • Transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent from issuing institutions to:

Email address: [email protected]

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Courses

Take a look at the online healthcare administration curriculum

For the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online, you must complete 21 credit hours of core courses and 15 credit hours of electives.

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Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the process of research in public affairs, with an emphasis on quantitative methods and techniques.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A graduate-level introduction to the study of public administration, covering substantive topics in the field as well as the political dimensions of public service and the ethical issues faced by government practitioners. Emphasis is placed on the development of the discipline as a field of inquiry.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Problems and methods in perception of public problems, determination of goals, generation and evaluation of alternative policy practices and programs, and explanation of policy choices. Emphasis on political and analytical methods of examining policy making and policy outcomes. Includes a survey of literature dealing with theories of the policy process.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive, graduate-level overview of public agency and governmental budgeting and finance at the federal, state, and local government levels. This course examines budgeting as a tool of governmental economic and public policy. Specifically, the course considers the evolution and purposes of budgeting with special attention given to recent efforts to improve government resource allocation.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces management of public and nonprofit organizations by reviewing the history and evolution of organization theory and the application of these theories to 21st century public and nonprofit organizations. Topics such as organizational culture, conflict, stress, communication, leadership, groups, power and politics, and ethics will be examined in an attempt to explain and predict employee behavior in the context of public organizations.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive, graduate-level overview of public sector human resource and human capital management in the federal, state, and local governments, including such topics as types of personnel systems; recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; training and development; performance management; legal compliance; diversity; and labor-management relations. Students address the literature in one of these areas.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1
A course integrating the theories and methods of public administration in a major research project related to a substantive management or policy problem in the public sector. Students must propose a research design for an original project after completing a major review of public administration literature. Normally this course shall be taken in the last semester of graduate work within the M.P.A. program. Required for all MPA students.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 2
A course integrating the theories and methods of public administration in a major research project related to a substantive management or policy problem in the public sector. Students must complete an original research project that was proposed in POL 688. Normally this course shall be taken in the last semester of graduate work in the M.P.A. program. Required for all MPA students. Prerequisite: POL 688 and instructor permission.
Students must take five electives from the following.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course provides an overview of historical and contemporary topics associated with healthcare systems and their components. The course examines the complex components of the nation’s healthcare system and their interactions including organizational structure, financing, the impact of technology, utilization determinants and the involvement of federal agencies as well as private sectors.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Prepares administrators and practitioners to manage healthcare organizations by introducing concepts and skills essential to effective healthcare administration.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A course designed to provide healthcare administrators and practitioners an understanding of the critical issues and techniques used in successful planning efforts, including a comparison of public sector program planning and private sector strategic planning.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A course designed to provide healthcare administrators and practitioners a basic understanding of healthcare financial management principles and their application to the practical aspects of managerial decision-making in healthcare facilities.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course will explore the essential principles and techniques of quality improvement applied to patient care and the management of services in healthcare organizations will be emphasized.

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