University of Southern California

Master of Health Administration

Healthcare and the healthcare industry account for more than 14 percent of the entire economy and involve complex and fast-moving developments in technology, economics, ethics, finance, policy and management. Visionary and effective healthcare leadership is needed as management structures and healthcare finance are evolving.

The traditional MHA consists of 44 units of study, typically completed in two and a half to three years. A required residency provides those new to the field—or those interested in new career horizons--the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a structured field placement.A Residency Guidebook explains the process and provides the needed forms.

The Executive Master of Health Administration program is designed for working managers and clinical practitioners with five or more years of relevant experience. The 34-unit program has several classes in common with the traditional MHA. Northern California students can take many of their classes in Sacramento.

Recent alumni are employed in a wide range of occupations that engage them in the following types of activities:

  • Manage hospital facilities
  • Serve as chief consultant for a legislative body
  • Direct a hospital department
  • Serve as finance officer for a medical center
  • Serve as chief dietician for a hospital
  • Direct a neuroscience institute
  • Supervise a blood bank
  • Research and consult on projects for a health association
  • Coordinate programs for a county division of aging
  • Manage strategic marketing and communications for a health system region
  • Manage an assisted living center
  • Manage physician relations with a medical foundation
  • Manage an adult obesity program

Interested in learning more about the Master of Health Administration program from our alumni? Click here to contact USC alumni who received their Master of Health Administration in Sacramento.

Links
SPPD Master of Health Administration Program
SPPD Executive Master of Health Administration Program

For more information about SPPD's Master of Health Administration program in Sacramento, please contact:

Virginia Duncan Kaser
Director of Outreach and Career Services
University of Southern California
State Capital Center
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
1800 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Tel: (916) 442-6911, ext. 26
Fax: (916) 444-7712
E-mail: kaser@usc.edu