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CAHME-Accredited MHA for Future Health Care Leaders
The health care industry demands leaders who pair business expertise with a profound commitment to the common good. Webster University’s Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) accredited Master of Health Administration (MHA) prepares professionals to drive systemic change through a curriculum rooted in ethical leadership and evidence-based management. Whether attending classes in person or through flexible live virtual sessions, students join a community that prioritizes mentorship and real-world experience. This 16- to 33-month program equips graduates with the quantitative and strategic skills necessary to manage complex health systems while fostering an environment of dignity and respect for all patients.
“Having CAHME accreditation means that Webster has a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for the world of health care administration and health care operations.”
Prince Ampomah
MBA, ’11, MHA, ’13
A Modern MHA Curriculum with Flexible Learning Built on Tradition
Introduced in 1975, Webster’s Master of Health Administration program has continually evolved to meet the needs of our students. Today, we offer you true convenience with our Live Virtual MHA courses for a unique program that features:
- Real-time, Live Virtual classes held one night per week via Zoom
- Additional asynchronous content and assignments
- Your choice of a full- or part-time schedule, taking one or two courses per term
- The ability to complete your MHA degree in 16 or 33 months
While you enjoy this flexibility, you’ll also benefit from the collaboration and support of your cohort classmates made up of around 20 working health care professionals. Together, you’ll explore a wide range of business areas — from finance to marketing to health informatics — to develop skills and competencies specific to health care operations. Learn to lead organizations to be more efficient and effective in patient-centered care with our Master of Health Administration degree designed for you.
Choose Webster for Your Health Administration Degree
Learn From Experienced Health Care Leaders
Webster faculty for our master’s in Health Administration degree are current and former health care leaders. They’ll share real-world examples — lessons you can apply in your work now and later — and offer guidance in your career development.
Network With a National Professional Cohort
Through live, virtual MHA courses, you’ll engage with professors and cohort classmates — working health care professionals in various functional areas. You’ll take part in discussions, hear diverse perspectives and make lasting connections.
Get Real-World Clinical and Operational Experience
Collaborate within your cohort to explore the operations of health care organizations, assessing complex issues and developing strategic solutions. You’ll be in direct contact with health administrators who may serve as mentors and further expand your network.
Earn an ACBSP-Accredited Business Education
At the core of your MHA courses is Webster’s business education, which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs and named among global programs for teaching excellence and a commitment to improvement.
Proven Student Success and Graduation Rates
Webster's MHA graduation rate is 82%. That means that 82% of students who enter the MHA program graduate within four years. Upon completion of our MHA program, Webster students have scored 8% higher than the national average on a standardized exam taken by students at other Higher Learning Commission accredited universities across the United States. Join the ranks of our alumni who are ready for health care administration jobs on day one.
Pursue Specialized, Competitive Credentials with Dual Degree Programs
MBA/MHA Dual Degree Program
Webster offers an MBA/MHA dual degree program to build on your business education and expand your career possibilities.
MSN/MHA Dual Degree for Nursing Leaders
The MSN/MHA dual degree is designed for the nurses desiring to earn a master's degree, and who have interest in nursing leadership and health care administration. The program focuses on the business of health care with an emphasis on high quality and safe patient care delivery and outcomes.
MHA Program Structure and Assessment
"Health care is practiced in multidisciplinary teams, and we try to replicate that through structured activities, case studies and practical application." — Dan Mueller, Visiting Assistant Professor
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Text on screen: Webster University Program Spotlight: Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Text on screen: Daniel Mueller, Visiting Assistant Professor
[An interview shot of Daniel Mueller fades into a montage of photos with students.]
Daniel Mueller: We exist to educate working professionals to be future health care leaders, to serve in managerial leadership roles in our health care system.
Text on screen: Douglas Whitman, Assistant Professor
Douglas Whitman: A business school class is going to teach great detail about running the financial side of a business…
[Another, longer montage of photos of students in health care and administration. Footage switches between shots of Whitman and other photo montages.]
But we need to be able to understand how those apply in health care. For example, Medicare, Medicaid. Those represent a substantial portion of the income to any health care organization, a doctor's office or a hospital, and those are not taught in a standard business school finance class. They are taught in a health care finance class, in our MHA program.
Text on screen: A diverse network of Practitioner Faculty
Mueller: Our faculty are really well prepared. They bring out real world examples in the classroom, especially in our structured activities and case studies.
Whitman: The examples, the case studies that are used would be from the health care industry.
Mueller: That's correct. All the subject matter that we teach in our course — health, policy, law — is focused on issues specifically designed by health administrative individuals, taught by our practitioners.
Text on screen: An innovative program: Live Virtual Format
Whitman: The Webster MHA can be done in the live virtual format in as little as 16 months.
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Text on screen: Live Virtual Format
If a student wants to take a full-time program, they will take two classes at a time and they can complete the entire program in 16 months. If a student would like to take it on a part-time basis and take one class at a time, then it would take about 33 months for them to finish.
We want to be able to provide the tools that people will need as they become directors, department leaders and C-suite level executives in an organization.
Text on screen: A diverse and global Alumni Network
Webster University is over 100 years old. The MBA program is over 45 years old. There are people that graduated from this program 45 years ago, 40 years ago, 30 years ago, 20 years ago that have already advanced into their careers to the highest levels.
The alumni network is incredibly valuable. We are experienced. We have a long-practiced system of teaching health care leadership to students.
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Text on screen: Proudly accredited by ACBSP, Global Business Accreditation
Text on screen: Learn More at webster.edu
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The Webster MHA faculty use a variety of teaching and learning methods to help students become competent health care leaders. These include use of case studies, class discussions, team assignments, presentations, writing research and other papers, reading assignments in textbooks and other academic reading materials.
The Webster MHA program uses several learning and assessment methods. Student learning can be assessed through both direct and indirect measures. These direct measures may include homework assignments, quizzes, exams, student presentations, assigned essays, research projects, case study analysis and from rubrics for oral and other performances. Examples of indirect measures include course evaluations, student surveys, course enrollment information, retention in the MHA Program, yearly alumni surveys and graduate school placement rates.
Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Find out more about the overall curriculum, electives and learning outcomes for an MHA degree at Webster.
Career Outlook for a Master of Health Administration Graduate
As a graduate of Webster’s Master of Health Administration program, you’ll have a broad understanding of the health care industry and specific health care administration skills to help organizations succeed. Demonstrate your expanded knowledge when you add these key competencies to your resume:
- Strategic relationship building
- Effective business communications
- Human resource management
- Leadership and organizational management
- Financial and quantitative analysis
- Marketing analysis
- Information technology
- Health-related legal principles
- Health policy
- Strategic planning and process improvement
MHA Job Opportunities and Employment Rates
With your MHA degree from Webster, you’ll be able to advance your standing in a variety of settings, such as regional and local patient care providers and health care-related organizations, like pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies. Our graduates experience a high employment rate. In the 2022-2023 academic year, 94% of Webster MHA graduates were employed within three months of graduation and hold positions such as:
- Health System Administrator
- Nursing Manager
- Hospital Administrator
- Human Resource Manager
- Department Director
- Physician Practice Manager
- Health Care Consultant
MHA Salary Information and Market Growth
Positions for health care leaders are expected to rise by 23% — about three times faster than average — by the year 2034. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data also reports the 2024 median pay topped $117,960. It’s the perfect time to fulfill your personal and professional goals with an MHA degree.
Start the Admissions Process for the Master of Health Administration Program
MHA Admission Rate: In the 2022-2023 academic year, Webster University admitted 83% of applicants to its MHA program.
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Contact the Admissions Office to Find Out More
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Call 314-246-7800 or 800-753-6765 or send an email to admit@webster.edu.