Master of Health Administration - Public Health

University of La Verne

The University of La Verne’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree provides health services professionals with the key competencies and specialized knowledge to manage effectively in healthcare organizations. The MHA program shares and implements the university’s commitment to personalized academic attention through small classes and one-on-one academic advising, as well as student-faculty learning and interaction with experienced staff.Through MHA courses, students learn the economics of healthcare, organizational communications, and current trends and issues in health services. Through these courses, students also:gain an in-depth understanding of the complex facets of health services managementacquire specialized knowledge in understanding the structure and management of the healthcare industrylearn how to analyze issues and recognize trends with a critical perspective anddevelop skills for integrating evolving trends in healthcare management, leadership, finance, human resources, and information technology.The University of La Verne understands the need for schedule flexibility that’s why students can pursue the MHA degree full-or part-time, online or at our La Verne and Irvine campuses. Courses take place in the evenings and on weekends to accommodate the schedules of working students. University of La Verne also accepts applications and admits qualified students throughout the year, so you don’t have to wait months to apply or race against application deadlines.The MHA program offers four concentrations to its students: financial management, public health, supply chain management, and health data analytics. These concentrations prepare students for careers in health administration while teaching them skills like strategic planning and management in health service organizations, marketing and business development, management of information, and public health policy.Public Health ConcentrationPublic health refers to all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole. Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases. Thus, public health is concerned with the total system and not only the eradication of a particular disease.