Master of Health Administration

The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program at UNC Charlotte is a professional program in the management and operations of health care organizations, preparing students to lead in the ever-changing and complex health care environment. The program is designed for students who are new to health administration as well as those who are currently working in the industry. Students with various undergraduate degree are accepted into the program. The competency-based curriculum covers the core health administration domains of leadership, critical thinking, science and analysis, management, and communication by using a theory-to-practice perspective that incorporates projects and assignments in an active learning environment. Graduates are prepared for careers in health systems, hospitals, medical group practices, nursing homes, home health agencies, outpatient clinics, consulting firms and government agencies among other settings.

Admission to the Graduate School requires a student to show evidence of successful completion of a U.S. bachelor’s degree program or its foreign equivalent from a regionally accredited (in the U.S.) or an officially recognized/approved or accredited institution abroad. An applicant’s academic credentials, if earned outside of the U.S., are reviewed for the purpose of assessing institutional accreditation, as well as the U.S. equivalency of the degree and grades.