20 Affordable Online Bachelor’s Degrees in Healthcare Administration and Management

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates over 4M new jobs in the health care industry in the period 2012-2022, which in itself will drive a need for administrative and management roles.

In this college rankings list, we look at online bachelor’s degrees in Healthcare Administration and Management. Undergraduate academic programs covered in this article are either offered 100% fully online, or in some hybrid form that may require either or both of some on-campus classes or at least orientation sessions.

For career outlook, specifically, the occupation of Medical and Health Services Managers is expected to have job growth of 17% between 2014-2024. The BLS OOH also lists other healthcare occupations that overlap. (See the “Similar Occupations tab of the OOH job profile.) From the Web pages of the 20 colleges ranked in this article, we’ve compiled a list of occupations that graduates of a baccalaureate in health care administration or management might pursue. Note that a bachelor’s degree may suffice for many of the occupations, although some require an advanced degree and/or professional certification.

If you are interested in a career in healthcare administration or management, or closely-related fields, this rankings list of relevant and affordable online bachelor’s degrees may help you find a suitable college/ university. A statistical summary for the 20 ranked schools is below, followed by the NOTES section, and then the actual college rankings.

Statistics Summary

This is a summary of data available for the colleges/ universities mentioned in this college rankings list for Bachelors of Healthcare Administration and Management or related degree programs.

Yearly net price range:	$1,320 – $13,622.
In-state tuition range:	$3,074 – $29,745.
Out-of-state tuition range:	$3,770 – $29,745.
Lowest in-state:	#11 SCF.
Lowest out-of-state:	#1 STC.
Graduation rate range:	9 – 71%.
Transfer-out rate range:	13 – 39%.
Highest graduation rate:	#13 PC.
Lowest transfer-out rate:	#11 SCF.
# students range:	274 – 36624.
# undergrads range:	274 – 36624.
# grads range:	0 – 5877.
Largest # students:	#2 BYUI.
Largest # undergrads:	#2 BYUI.
Largest # grads:	#10 CSU.
Oldest school:	#15 CC (est. 1851).
Youngest school:	#1 STC (est. 1993).
# states covered:	18.
States covered:	AL, CA, CO, FL, ID, KS, LA, MI (2), MN, MO (2), MS, MT, NC, NY, PA, SD, TX, UT.

Rank-order list of schools covered

The following scrolling list shows the 20 ranked schools in rank order (increasing net price), from #1 to #20, for reader convenience.

Alphabetic list of schools covered in this ranking

The abbreviations used in the table below may not be official and in which case are used here for convenience only, and may be repeated in other summaries and charting.

Interactive Charts

This rankings article of online bachelors degrees in healthcare administration and management contains a number of charts, including a tuition summary of all 20 ranked colleges, plus additional charts for each ranked college (stats dashboard). The majority of charts are interactive (with the exception of the “circular comparison chart,” explained separately. Here is a summary on how to use them:

• A modern browser is required for most of the charting features.
• For the bar charts, including the rectangular one directly below and the individual ones in each school summary, the vertical Y axis represents cost in dollars, for net price and in-state and out-of-state tuition per college. The horizontal X axis represents the schools ranked.
• The chart directly below shows in-state tuition (blue bars), out-of-state tuition (orange bars) and net price (connected green dots). Hover your mouse over a tuition bar or net price point and a tooltip will pop up that shows the institution name and the two cost values – net price and tuition. Use your mouse’s scroll wheel to zoom in on a section in the main chart. The sub-chart below the main chart will indicate what section you are viewing. Hover your mouse over either of the three labels, “in,” “out” or “net” underneath the sub-chart to visually highlight just the selected chart.
• The circular chart below the grouped bar chart/ line chart combo is an alternative view of tuition info, as well as additional data points. See below for more details.
• Each school ranked also displays two donut charts. The leftmost donut chart is a breakdown of number of students, with the total displayed in the middle, and the blue arc representing the percentage of students that are undergrads. The rightmost donut chart represents graduation rate of undergrads, with the rate displayed in the middle and also represented by the blue arc. Hover your mouse over any arc to get the student percentage or the graduation rate, depending on the donut chart.
• All the charts are built using C3.js or CircosJS JavaScript code libraries, which in turn both build on the D3.js data visualization library. The CircosJS library builds on the original Circos code. See http://c3js.org and https://github.com/nicgirault/circosJS if you want to explore further.

Interactive Histogram/Line Chart: Tuition vs Net Price

As mentioned above, this chart compares in-state and out-of-state tuition, as well as net price, for all 20 schools ranked in this article on the most affordable online Bachelor’s degrees in Health Care Administration/ Management.

CircosJS Circular Comparison Chart: Multiple Data Points

Compare all 20 ranked colleges simultaneously with this circular “Circos” chart (non-interactive). It might be intimidating at first, but by understanding what each “ring” or “track” represents, it becomes fairly easy and quite useful. You can see which colleges cost the most and least, which are the oldest and youngest, which have the most students, and more. See the “Tips for Use” section below, for more information.

 

NOTES:

• In terms of topic categories searched in the NCES.ed.gov database, we queried only for “Healthcare Administration” and “Healthcare Management” categories. However, if the final 20 colleges in this rankings article have interdisciplinary programs, they may be mentioned in a school’s ranking.
• A college’s tuition for online programs may differ than that quoted for the on-campus program. This could be due to either or both of technology fees and out-of-state-portion waivers. Check with a college if you’re unsure. We have listed the tuition and net price values recorded in the NCES.ed.gov database.
• As accreditation can change or only be valid regionally, please verify accreditation of any college to which you are planning to apply.
• NCES data is subject to change and some of these “affordable degrees” guides may use more recent data than described in the Methodology.
• For the full list of programs covered to date, please check our School Rankings page.
• Online programs are strongly self-directed and recommended only for students who are self-driven when it comes to studying and researching.
• Some online program selection tips:
  • Spend the time to carefully read the degree requirements.
  • Browse the course curriculum and make notes of the courses that interest you most.
  • Consider creating a spreadsheet to compare summaries of course/ programs across the schools referenced here. If you are looking for a minimum set of courses, make a list of those courses, one per column. Then list ranked schools vertically in the spreadsheet, one per row. Color code or make an annotation for each course offered by a given school.
  • Add other columns to record information about tuition, net price, #credits/ courses required, etc., and color code their cells as suitable.
  • This visual approach to online program selection can be quite effective compared to staring at bare numbers.
• The methodology for this series on online bachelor’s degrees is essentially the same as for our 15-school college rankings list. For example, see the “Methodology” section of the ranking list article 15 of the Most Affordable Bachelor’s Degrees in Marketing for an explanation of the process we use to rank colleges in each topical bachelor’s list.

Rankings: Affordable Online Bachelor’s Degrees in Healthcare Administration/ Management