Health Care Administrator
Job Opportunities for Health Care Administrators
Do you want a career that marries your interest in healthcare with your leadership and management skills? Do you need convenience and flexibility in pursuing your degree? Prefer to take classes when your time allows? Then choose Mercy College’s Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care Administration Completion Program.
Health care administrators are responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating and managing the direction of their chosen healthcare facility. The Health Care Administration Completion Program prepares students to enter health care administrator positions setting that serves to enhance the knowledge and skills of those already employed in a management role while in the comfort and convenience of your home.
How to Become a Health Care Administrator
Students with a degree or diploma from an accredited college or university and with a GPA of 2.3 or higher are eligible for enrollment into the Health Care Administration completion program. Once enrolled, students in the health care administration program join a community of learners, also known as a “cohort,” who complete the same health care administrator courses together throughout the program.
A cohort is very beneficial in that it creates not only a community of learners all focused on achieving the same goal — becoming a successful health care administrator — but also helps establish a lasting network of individuals who will hopefully remain in contact long after the program has been completed, allowing for professional networking and career opportunities.
With this health care degree completion program, there are a number of both professional as well as support courses needed to meet the general education, residency credit and graduation requirements.
On-Campus Meeting Requirement:
As a condition for graduation, all health care degree completion students must complete two (.5) credit hour residencies (on-campus meetings). The residency consists of an 8-hour kick-off orientation session, which will take place the second Friday of August (just prior to entering the health care administration degree completion program) as well as an 8-hour summation session, which will take place the third Friday of April (just prior to graduation from the health care administration degree program).
Health Care Administrator Positions On Rise
Depending on geographic location, clinical or professional experiences and specific area of interest one has in health care administration, salaries in the field are looking great! Medical office managers are making $56,000 to $68,000 per year, while medical and health service managers are averaging $53,000 to $70,000 per year.
Career Opportunities in Health Care Administration
Common Occupational Titles in Health Care Administration
- Mid-Level Hospital Manager
- Long-Term Care Administrator
- Managed Care Organization Administrator
- Clinic Administrator
- Public Health Administrator
- Healthcare Consultant
Growing Career Opportunities in Health Care Administration
The Department of Labor expects career opportunities for health care administration professionals to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2010 as the health services industry continues to expand and diversify.
Salary Ranges in Health Care Administration
Abundant career opportunities are matched by healthy salaries: Health care administrators earn from $53,757 to $97,600, while nursing home administrators earn fron $49,280 to $66,330.
