Top MBA Programs for a Career in Healthcare

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Edinburgh Business School offers a 12-month MBA program for students.

Between September and July, students study eleven foundation courses in major disciplines including strategic leadership, professional development, finance and economics, strategic marketing, and operations improvement.

Towards the end of the MBA program students write a 5,000-word problem-solving assignment. This is a real-life assignment based on an organization for which students have previously worked or might wish to in the future. The assignment identifies the problem and offers a critique of why the organisation faces the problem, plus a theory driven solution.

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The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota features a full-time MBA with a medical industry specialization. Courses cover areas like:

• the pharmaceutical industry
• information technology in healthcare
• the medical device industry
• the healthcare marketplace

Experiential learning opportunities are available through multiple sources including:

• the Medical Industry Valuation Laboratory
• the Medical Industry Leadership Institute
• case competitions

Average Graduate Tuition: $17,064/year in-state and $26,412/year out-of-state

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Sabanci Business School’s MBA program is 12 months in total.

One noteworthy element to the MBA are the Company Action Projects (CAP). Students work on real-world projects that companies want to undertake.

Students work in teams, on-site, three days a week, at their project companies – and each team gets a company advisor. Partner companies have included Novartis and Pfizer.

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The Health Sector MBA at Questrom allows students to specialize their MBA degree with two required Health Sector courses (Health Sector Issues and Opportunities; Strategy, Economics, and Policy in the Health Sector) and two additional Health Sector electives e.g. Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies and Execution; Advances in Digital Health; Intellectual Property Strategies.

Tuition for the program per academic year is US$56,854.

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Peer to Peer learning is at the core of Adam Smith Business School’s MBA program. The b-school also runs the co-curricular, timetabled Professional Development and Employability Award to help students enhance their career.

One notable organization in the healthcare industry employing Smith grads is Halyard Health. In 2018-29, three percent of grads went into the healthcare sector.

For the 12-month programs, UK students will pay £18,300 in tuition, whereas international & EU students pay £29,300.

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To earn a Healthcare Management concentration within the MBA program at D’Amore, students must complete 16 credits of MBA core curriculum, their corporate residency, and 12 credit hours from the coursework. Required Healthcare Management MBA courses include: The American Healthcare System; Health Organization Management; Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations.

Recommended Healthcare electives include: Business of Healthcare Informatics; Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge; Healthcare Finance; Evaluating Healthcare Quality; Managing Healthcare Supply Chain Operations.

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The University of Wollongong’s MBA program takes 1.5 years if you choose the full-time option.

Candidates on the program are required to complete 10 compulsory subjects plus two elective subjects chosen from 900 level business subjects offered by the Faculty of Business and Law.

Some electives include Issues and Crisis Management and Decisioning and Analytics for Next Best Action Marketing.

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The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business offers both a one-year and two-year (which includes an internship) MBA program, as well as a Professional MBA and a Joint and Dual Degree MBA.

Students can choose from six electives, 10 certificates, and 20 career tracks.

Students wanting to venture down the healthcare route could pick to study the dual degree – MBA and Master of Health Administration in Health Policy and Management.

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Students at Rutgers are able to customize their MBA with a number of specializations. However, for those interested in healthcare, the b-school offers Pharmaceutical Management or the Customized Healthcare Concentration.

The healthcare concentration features classes including Healthcare Finance; Healthcare Policy; Health Economics; US Healthcare System & Pharmaceutical Managed Markets.

There is also the option for students to take the Mini-MBA: Healthcare Management if they don’t want to commit to a specialization in the subject.