Program Highlights

Develop your skills and further your career with a healthcare administration degree.

Baker College’s healthcare administration degree program enables you to develop the broad range of knowledge and critical thinking skills you need to effectively manage the delivery, quality and costs of healthcare services. Our curriculum is developed with the input of an advisory board of healthcare professionals to ensure it addresses the demands of the real world. This is an open enrollment program.

When you graduate, you will have the training, knowledge and experience to begin a successful healthcare career.
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration degree program at Baker College combines general education and healthcare courses with a healthcare management related externship.

At a glance

120

Credit Hours

Years (Avg.)

Why Study Healthcare Administration?

Healthcare administrators plan, direct and coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, private and public clinics, agencies and other healthcare organizations. Some administrators specialize in one area, such as finance or marketing, but others have broader responsibilities that can range from managing people and services to developing procedures to improve the quality of health services.

Career Facts

$99,730

Median Yearly Income

18%

Outlook 2018–2028

$182,600

Median Salary for Executives

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Curriculum

The Baker College Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration program is a four-year, Higher Learning Commission-accredited program consisting of 120 credit hours (24 hours of healthcare administration and 24 hours of general education requirements). Our curriculum includes 33 hours of required courses, human anatomy and physiology and a 121-hour work experience.

Sample Courses

HSC 4010

Health Care Administration

Description

Studies the basic principles of healthcare administration including planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. The emphasis will be on administration of hospitals, organizational structure, trustee responsibility, medical staff relationships, third-party payors and fiscal management.

BIO 1210

Human Anatomy and Physiology I

Description

Focuses on the essential study of the body and associated terminology with a view toward the structure and function of the body parts, organs and systems, and their relationship to the whole body.

45 hours of lecture and 30 hours of lab, if required.

WRK 4410

Health Care Administration Externship

Description

Provides a minimum of 121 hours to a maximum of 180 hours of paid/unpaid experience in a health or health-related setting. The primary focus is to provide an opportunity for students to develop/experience activities of planning, directing, coordinating and budget-related activities. Students may be required to undergo a criminal background check and drug screening, as well as provide proof of current immunizations, dependent on the requirements of the externship placement facility.

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Why Baker College?

I chose Baker because they had such a detailed, laid-out plan for me. It got me working as a nurse, and their goal is to see everyone off and working. Baker faculty are very prepared professionals. I felt like they set me up for success.

—Leslie Aldrich, Baker College Alum

Accreditation

Baker College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission / 230 South LaSalle St., Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604-1411 / 800-621-7440 / www.hlccommission.org.