Get Your Healthcare Administration Certificate Online at UNE

UNE Online offers a Healthcare Administration Certificate online, as a means to advance your knowledge and for career advancement.

What is healthcare administration?

Healthcare administration is the management and logistical support of medical professionals. It’s not the practice of medicine – rather, healthcare administration graduates typically manage the people and processes within medical facilities, helping to improve overall efficiency.

Who gets a Healthcare Administration Certificate?

Many different career paths would benefit from a Healthcare Administration Certificate. Some healthcare administration professionals choose to work directly with people, while others prefer focusing on numbers and data.

Regardless of the specific position, a Healthcare Administration Certificate can lead to career advancement into managerial and executive roles.

What job titles could you get with a Healthcare Administration Certificate?

Earning a Healthcare Administration Certificate can help advance your career or improve job prospects. Some common career paths after the completion of a Healthcare Administration Certificate program include:

• Hospital administrator
• Healthcare office manager
• Insurance compliance manager
• Nursing home administrator
• Healthcare administration

A healthcare administration certificate can also lead to jobs at nursing homes, outpatient care facilities, and community health agencies.

What is the average salary for someone with a Healthcare Administration Certificate?

Many people with a Healthcare Administration Certificate go on to become medical and health services managers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical and health services managers earn an average annual salary of more than $115,000.

The highest paying sector among medical and health services managers is in the fields of pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing – and those career paths pay an average annual salary of over $204,000.

What is the projected career growth for people with a Healthcare Administration Certificate?

Career growth is projected to be strong for those with a healthcare administration certificate. Between 2018 and 2028, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected an 18% job growth for medical and health services managers.

Healthcare administration is a rapidly growing field, and the demand for medical and health service managers remains high. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that 71,600 new medical and health service manager positions will be created between 2018 and 2028.

Get your Healthcare Administration Certificate Online

Internet access is the only requirement for access to getting your Healthcare Administration Certificate online. At UNE Online, we offer concierge-level support to get you up and running, to give you a head start to a new career path.

About the Healthcare Administration program

Our variety of graduate certificate programs in emergency management, health data quality, healthcare management, or health policy, law, and compliance offer students the chance to up-skill or even change careers with a short time investment.

Program Highlights:

• 12-credit hour program
• Complete in as few as 6 months
• 100% online – no campus visits required
• No GRE required
• Dynamic faculty with robust experience in the field
• Regionally accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE)

More information on the Graduate Certificates:

• Emergency Management
• Health Data Quality
• Healthcare Management
• Health Policy, Law, and Compliance

Do your schoolwork when it’s convenient for your schedule

Asynchronous courses are designed for you to complete your school assignments on a schedule that fits your life and your schedule. Assignments are generally turned in on Wednesdays and Sundays – but when you complete the work is up to you.

How long does it take to earn your Healthcare Administration Certificate online?

The Graduate Certificates in Healthcare Administration can be completed in as few as six months. Each certificate consists of four eight-week courses with three start dates per year – summer, fall, and spring semesters – so you’re never too far away from another start date.

Stack Your Healthcare Administration Certificate Credits into a Master’s Degree

Students who successfully complete one or more of our Healthcare Administration Graduate Certificates can later “stack” their earned credits into UNE’s 100% online Master of Healthcare Administration degree program. This can be done immediately or within several years after completion of the certificate.

HIMSS Approved Education Partner

The University of New England is proud to join an exclusive group of organizations authorized to offer HIMSS-approved healthcare education and training programs. In earning the designation, UNE has demonstrated educational development that meets rigorous standards of quality established by HIMSS and prepares students for advanced learning of healthcare principles.

Applications are processed year-round

UNE has a rolling admissions policy for the healthcare administration degree program. Applications are processed and students are admitted as they are received, so it’s beneficial to apply as soon as you’re able. Class sizes are kept purposefully small, and they do fill up.

Read more about what rolling admissions mean for online graduate students.

Interested in applying for your Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Administration online? Please don’t hesitate to reach out to a specialized enrollment counselor via email at healthcareadmin@une.edu or by phone by calling 1 (866) 722-5096, or apply now.

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