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Transform the Healthcare Industry with an Online MBA in Healthcare Management

Are you excited about the idea of empowering healthcare professionals to use their gifts as effectively as possible to care for their patients? Do you have sharp organizational skills, an analytical mind, a heart for people, and a vision? If so, a career in healthcare management may be for you – and conferring Liberty’s online Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Healthcare Management can help.

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Why Choose Liberty’s Healthcare MBA Online?

You want more than a degree. You want an MBA program that will give you real-world training in healthcare. You need a healthcare MBA online program that can help set you apart from other applicants, but you don’t just want any degree – you want an industry leader in healthcare programs. At Liberty, we believe we have the best online MBA in healthcare management, and we are confident that it can help you meet your goals.

Here are some of the reasons you should choose our MBA in Healthcare Management online:

Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Rest assured that you’re earning your degree from an institution that has met rigorous accreditation standards.
Our master’s degree in healthcare management is offered completely online, allowing you to remain active in your job, family, and community without taking courses on campus.
Our online MBA degree has achieved accreditation from ACBSP, the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
Our program provides you with a balanced curriculum in business management and healthcare industry knowledge.
Your professors have real-world experience, and they are excited to share that with you throughout your healthcare management courses.

In addition, an online healthcare MBA program at Liberty is backed by decades of experience in distance education. As a pioneer in distance education since 1985, we understand what it takes to develop a flexible and challenging online degree program that fits the needs of working people. Our online healthcare MBA isn’t designed to control your life – it is designed to enhance your life by providing you with valuable instruction while allowing you to remain committed to the things that matter most – like your job, family, and community.

What Will You Study in Our MBA in Healthcare Management Degree?

In our master’s degree in healthcare management, you can dive deep into your studies of both business practices and healthcare. With this background, you can prepare to succeed in any healthcare management setting.

The core of our MBA programs is our quality business courses. This curriculum gives you a broad yet thorough overview of the many facets of business and how they interact with each other. This knowledge is critical for any business manager so that they can effectively manage the many departments in their organization and how they work together.

The same finance, operations, marketing, and human resources skills for all businesses are also needed to make healthcare organizations successful. With our program, you will have the practical business savvy you need to keep your healthcare facility running smoothly.

In addition to studying business fundamentals, you will also gain familiarity with issues specific to the healthcare industry.

You can learn:

Essentials of healthcare informatics, including information, resources, and technologies in healthcare
Issues and strategies for human resource management in the healthcare industry
Legal and ethical issues faced by today’s health professionals
Principles for management specific to the healthcare industry

Potential Career Opportunities

With an MBA in healthcare management, your future is truly in your hands. There are a variety of settings where you can use your skills to make a difference, including:

Consulting firms
Hospitals
Nursing homes and residential facilities
Office management
Pharmaceutical organizations
Physicians’ offices
Public health departments
Universities and research institutions

Within all these different types of organizations, there are many positions available. Some common job titles for healthcare managers include:

Ambulatory healthcare manager
Clinic director
Director of emergency facility
Healthcare consultant
Healthcare human resources manager
Healthcare professor/researcher
Health informatics officer
Medical executive assistant
Medical records manager
Project manager
Public health professional
Quality manager
Social and community service manager

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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. Students must also have completed at least 15 hours of upper-level (300-400) undergraduate business credit. 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.

Upon acceptance, the graduate transfer department will evaluate students for 27 hours of business credit in the following subject areas: accounting, business ethics, business finance, business integration and strategic management, business leadership, global dimensions of business, information management systems, legal environment of business, macroeconomics, human resource management, operations/production management, organizational behavior, marketing, microeconomics, or quantitative research techniques/statistics. Those who are missing some or all of these subject areas may be required to take BMAL 590.

Bridge Program

Students who are missing some or all admission requirements may be placed into the Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership as a bridge.* Upon successful completion of this certificate with at least a 3.0 GPA, these students can be re-evaluated for the MBA program.

*In order to be eligible for the bridge, admission requirements for the graduate certificate must still be met.

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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Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.

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Reserve/National Guard
Veterans/Retirees
Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
Current Department of Defense Employees

Available Benefits:

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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Frequently Asked Questions for the Online MBA Program

What exactly is healthcare management?

It takes a lot of people and a lot of facilities to make the healthcare industry possible. Patients receive direct care in places like hospitals, physicians’ offices, and nursing homes. But that’s not all. Pharmaceutical companies develop and distribute drugs used to care for patients. Key research needed to better understand the human body, disease, and medicine is done in research facilities all over the world. And there are also health insurance companies and government agencies involved in the industry. All of these facilities need strong managers to keep them running. This is where healthcare management comes in.

Those in healthcare management do just that – manage healthcare facilities. These professionals need industry knowledge, an eye for detail, and a business mindset. They may run a specific department or the entire facility. They have to keep track of the facility’s finances, laws and regulations, work schedules, and service records. They plan the services of the facility and strategize and implement improvements in how the facility is run. There are so many positions open to a healthcare manager. But no matter what, a healthcare manager is the visionary, coordinator, and driver behind the facility.

Which is better – healthcare management or administration?

Are you trying to figure out if you should get an online MBA in health administration or in healthcare management? There is a lot of confusion around the difference between these, and you may be wondering what the difference is and which is right for you.

In healthcare management, you will focus on the business side of healthcare. You will need to understand finance, operations, and decision-making. You will plan and organize the operations of the facility to maximize efficiency. Healthcare management at its core is about business operations at a broad level.

Healthcare administration, on the other hand, focuses specifically on staffing. To succeed in administration, you will need to understand the services your facility offers so that you can make strong hiring decisions. You will then plan and organize how to effectively use your staff. Healthcare administration focuses on the day-to-day operations with the staff.

The question of which is better depends on your skills and your desires. Both roles are critical to the success of a healthcare facility. Both have a strong career outlook. For this reason, one is not better than the other – but one may fit your goals better. And that means you’ll want to carefully consider what degree you earn, whether it be a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare online program or an MBA in Healthcare Management.

If you’re more interested in the administrative side of healthcare than the business side, please see our master of healthcare administration degree.

What can I do with a healthcare management MBA online?

With an online MBA in healthcare management, the opportunities are truly endless! You can become equipped to work in many different settings within the healthcare field. Many choose this MBA for hospital management careers. You can also work in physicians’ offices, pharmaceutical companies, research facilities, nursing homes, and more. You will also have a lot of room for growth in your career. You can move from an administrator position into a manager, director, or even a C-suite level position. If you’re wondering whether you can work in hospital management with an MBA, the answer is yes – especially with Liberty’s online MBA in healthcare management.

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