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Online Bachelor’s in Healthcare Management Program Guide
Healthcare is changing. As demand for healthcare grows, the business behind it becomes more complex. There’s increased demand for services, and new technologies have complicated business operations. Prepare to meet the challenge by developing in-demand skills to help steer modern practices or manage your own business.
With Maryville University’s online bachelor’s in healthcare management degree, you can help today’s businesses accommodate these needs and start benefiting from necessary system updates. It’s an online degree that can help you develop skills to guide modern healthcare operations past today’s challenges. Additionally, you can choose to pursue your certificate in senior living management and prepare for leadership roles that help redefine senior care for the needs and wishes of today’s senior population.
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At a glance
Apply with no application fee or entrance exams.
Gain real-world experience with a hands-on practicum.
Earn credit for certain healthcare licenses.
Explore financial aid and transfer credit friendly admission.
Choose to start in fall, spring, or summer.
Eligible for Early Access — get a head start on your graduate degree.
Curriculum
Maryville’s online Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management coursework covers management, human resources, communication, information systems, and more. Complete a practicum and capstone course to help you advance your skills and prepare to succeed in your desired field.
Our online healthcare management program comprises 128 credit hours, including a total of 42 major degree credits in addition to your general education requirements. As you earn your degree, you can also choose to pursue a certificate in senior living management (15 credit hours) that explores challenges and issues facing the aging population and senior care.
Healthcare Management Major Courses
- HCPM 100: Introduction to Healthcare Industry and Management
- HCPM 102: Healthcare Operations
- HCPM 210: Professionalism & Communications in the Healthcare Setting
- HCPM 211: Business Operations
- HCPM 230: Healthcare Human Resource Management
- HCPM 331: Quality and Compliance
- HCPM 341: Revenue Cycle Management
- HCPM 360: Software & Technology in Healthcare
- HCPM 451: Medical Law and Risk Management
- HCPM 455: Financial Management in Healthcare
- HCPM 456: Patient Partnership & Population Health Management
- HCPM 460: Public Health
- HCPM 490: Healthcare Management Practicum and Seminar
- HCPM 491: Healthcare Management Capstone
Senior Living Management Certificate
- HCPM 100: Introduction to Healthcare Industry and Management
- SRLM 150: Introduction to Gerontology
- SRLM 197: Aging and Physiological Adaptation
- SRLM 242: Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
- SRLM 420: Long Term Care Laws and Regulations
To ensure the best possible educational experience for our students, we may update our curriculum to reflect emerging and changing employer and industry demands. Undergraduate programs and certificates are designed to be taken at a part-time pace. Please speak to your advisor for more details.
Admission requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (high school) / 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (college)*
- Official transcripts from all colleges or universities previously attended
- Official high school transcript (required for applicants with fewer than 60 transfer hours from a regionally accredited school)
*Applicants who do not meet the GPA requirement may be considered for provisional admission.
- Eligible transfer credits accepted; associate degree completion may satisfy general education requirementsClick to view our transfer credit policy
- The acceptance of transfer credit is at the discretion of Maryville University
- No standardized tests required
Explore our additional resources to help guide your admission journey.
Accreditation and rankings
Why Maryville Online?
We’ve been progressively challenging the norms of higher education for nearly 150 years. We started as one of the first universities to educate women. Today, we continue to push the boundaries and prepare students like you for a digital world. At Maryville, we understand what it takes to step beyond your comfort zone.
Maryville University is a nationally ranked private college recognized for comprehensive and innovative education focused on student learning, outcomes, and success — both online and on campus. We’re located just 22 miles from downtown St. Louis.
Early Access program
Did you know that Maryville undergraduates can qualify for graduate level credits? Once you are accepted — and as long as you have not yet completed your elective requirements — we invite you to explore Early Access as an option.
Through Early Access, you can get a head start on earning a graduate degree by taking master’s-level courses that count toward your undergraduate and graduate degrees. Graduate-level Early Access courses are billed at the undergraduate tuition rate — so you can save time and money.
You can learn more at our Early Access page.
Faculty spotlight
Meet Karen Schechter
With more than 30 years of experience leading in healthcare, Karen Schechter steers the healthcare management degree online with inside knowledge of today’s health systems.
- MBA, Saint Louis University
- Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management, Saint Louis University
Professor Schechter understands the shifting needs of the ever-changing healthcare industry. She has served as director of healthcare services for 14 years and provided healthcare management consulting services as an entrepreneur for close to 30 years. She knows what success requires, and she shares those insights as an educator at Maryville University.
Today she leads our online BS in Healthcare Management program with deep knowledge of key areas such as strategic planning, practice startups, process improvement, compliance, revenue cycles, and more. Students in our healthcare management degree online program can benefit from her mentorship.
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