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Our MHA program is offered by the Triangle campus in Durham and the Charlotte campus.
The Master of Health Administration degree program is designed primarily for entry and mid-level health service managers who require enhanced managerial and business competencies in order to achieve their career goals. Although the health administration program is intended primarily for those who have been working in health service settings for approximately three years, individual arrangements may be developed for persons with shorter tenure as well as those who have not enjoyed previous employment in the health sector.
Our Master of Health Administration degree focuses on practical applications from both business and health service fields of knowledge. Emphasis is placed on the development of leadership skills that are necessary to thrive in the rapidly changing and often extraordinarily complex health service enterprise of the 21st Century, both within the United States and internationally.
The MHA program content is drawn from a wide range of disciplinary interests and is specifically targeted to the health service administration environment with all of its multifaceted operational and political dimensions. Managerial, financial, legal and ethical considerations are foundational to most courses in the MHA program.
The Master of Health Administration degree program maintains high academic quality, emphasizes practical applications, and provides flexible and convenient study options both in the traditional classroom setting and over the Internet. Graduates will have the requisite knowledge and skills for significant professional advancement in a wide range of health related settings.
Admission Requirements:
- An earned baccalaureate degree with a satisfactory grade point average from an accredited college of university
- Three letters of recommendation
- Satisfaction of an undergraduate prerequisite requirement
- Satisfactory completion of either the (1) Pfeiffer Graduate Entrance Assessment, (2) Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or of another standardized graduate admissions test. This requirement is waived for applicants who have earned a previous graduate degree from an accredited institution.
Undergraduate Prerequisite:Prerequisite competence in Microeconomics at the undergraduate level is required. This prerequisite may be satisfied either through (1) documentation of prior study or applied knowledge or (2) successful completion of specified course work. Students who have not satisfied the prerequisite requirement may be admitted to the program on a provisional basis with the stipulation that the prerequisite must be satisfied within one year of beginning graduate studies.
Program Requirements:The MHA program is a 36 semester hour course of study that is normally completed in five semesters (approximately one-and-one-half years). It is expected that students who enter the MHA program will have a working knowledge of commonly used computer programs involving word processing, database, and spreadsheet software. Each student must have an individual email address and have access to the Internet. MHA 690 is an applied field experience, normally conducted under the direction of a senior management official at the student’s place of employment. MHA 676 takes place between semesters and involves a 7-10 day foreign study experience in either England or Germany.
Master of Health Administration Curriculum (36 semester hours):
Select one of the following courses
* Required undergraduate prerequisite: Microeconomics
To request more information about Pfeiffer's MHA program, please click here.
To speak with a Pfeiffer representative about the MHA program for students in Durham, Raleigh and Charlotte, please contact Dr. Joel Vickers at
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or (704) 572-0067.
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