Program Information

The Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) is a two-year, lock-step program with a summer internship between the first and second years. Small class size permits individual attention and guidance from faculty members. The program prepares qualified individuals motivated by a social mission and responsibility to the community for various management positions in the health services industry. Organizations seek individuals who have the ability to solve business problems and build strategic relationships in a climate of continuous change.

The UF M.H.A. program develops engaged early health care careerists to use evidence-based strategies to improve healthcare quality, affordability, and access. We provide students with fundamental knowledge using a cohort model in a campus-based setting that emphasizes experiential learning and data-driven problem solving both in the classroom and in the practice environment. Students will develop proficiency to detect, analyze, manage and respond to critical administrative issues in both provider and non-provider healthcare organizations. Our program embraces ethical conduct and professionalism, diversity and inclusion, practitioner involvement and team-based learning. Faculty inform practice with research and service to the community.

Applicants from any undergraduate major are considered. For more information about our program, please see our website:
http://hsrmp.phhp.ufl.edu/academic-programs/master-of-health-administration.

Degrees Offered with a Major in Health Administration

• Master of Health Administration

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

Health Services Research, Management, and Policy Departmental Courses

College of Public Health and Health Professions Courses

Health Administration (MHA)    

SLO 1     Knowledge and Skill       
Students will apply in-depth knowledge and skill in the healthcare delivery, organization, and financing, and management

SLO 2     Skills     
Students will exhibit mastery of a set of 16 competencies in 4 domains (healthcare environment and community; healthcare organizations and performance;
business analysis and techniques; leadership and professionalism)

SLO 3     Professional Behavior   
Students will gain experience in healthcare management and develop professional behavior skills in a summer internship