MS in Healthcare Administration | Leadership

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Enhance Your Knowledge with an Online Master’s in Healthcare Leadership Degree

Are you interested in pursuing a career in the healthcare industry? Perhaps you’ve worked in healthcare for years, but you’re searching for a respected master’s degree from an accredited university that can help you pursue higher-tier management positions within your healthcare organization. If this sounds like you, Liberty’s online Master of Science (MS) in Healthcare Administration – Leadership may be a great fit.

Liberty University’s online Master of Science in Healthcare Administration – Leadership degree program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to be an active leader in the healthcare industry. Our online health administration degree combines diverse course material from business, informatics, and public health into a single master’s degree that can help you on your journey.

Our leadership specialization courses can help you learn various theories of leadership, including servant leadership. Whether you are seeking to grow in your current role or explore other areas within the field, our healthcare administration degree online can help you gain relevant knowledge and training.

Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Science in Healthcare Administration – Leadership.

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Why Choose Our Master’s in Healthcare Administration – Leadership?

Liberty University is an accredited Christian institution of higher learning. We are proud to offer our master of healthcare leadership degree program completely online. Your classes will be taught from a Christian worldview – coupling strong biblical values with a standard for academic excellence.

Our MS in Healthcare Administration – Leadership integrates concepts needed in the healthcare setting with social aspects that shape the way people interact with each other. The master’s in healthcare administration – leadership is designed to help you learn how to become a principled leader in the healthcare system.

At Liberty, we are committed to offering an online healthcare degree that can help you gain practical skills and pursue your career goals. We carefully constructed our healthcare administration programs to help make you a knowledgeable, skilled professional who can navigate ethical issues and demonstrate leadership in healthcare organizations.

This degree program is offered completely online with no set login times, so you can remain active in your job, with your family, and in your community without the worry of having to take courses on campus. At Liberty, our goal is to Train Champions for Christ, and we would be honored to partner with you through your master’s degree as you prepare to lead others in the healthcare field.

What Will You Study in the Online Master’s in Healthcare Administration – Leadership?

Through Liberty’s online graduate degree in healthcare management and leadership, you can gain valuable insight from professors in areas such as servant leadership and leadership theory. Your courses will challenge you to grasp the key ideas associated with servant leadership and apply them to your own life and career. By being challenged in this way, you can be better equipped to enter the healthcare field with knowledge and personal experience.

A crucial aspect of leadership is establishing and maintaining trust with employees, co-workers, and those in authority. A broad study of leadership theories and biblical reasoning can help you establish trust and a positive reputation before you even apply to work at a healthcare facility.

This degree program’s leadership courses complement core study in healthcare administration. You will study subjects such as healthcare informatics, organizational behavior in health systems, and strategies for effectively managing human capital in healthcare organizations. The time has never been better to pursue a master’s degree. Partner with Liberty and take your career to new heights.

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At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.

Preliminary Acceptance

If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:

Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.

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Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
Cumulative GPA
A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

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Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)

*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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